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Movie Review – Vivarium (2019)

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Vivarium, 2019. Directed by Lorcan Finnegan. Starring Imogen Poots, Jesse Eisenberg, Jonathan Aris, Senan Jennings, and Eanna Hardwicke. SYNOPSIS: A young couple looking for the perfect home find themselves trapped in a mysterious labyrinth-like neighborhood of identical houses. Can someone please check on Lorcan Finnegan? Vivarium is as subtle as the asteroid’s intentions in Armageddon. […]

Star Trek: Picard Season 1 Finale Review – ‘Et in Arcadia – Part II’

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Martin Carr reviews the season 1 finale of Star Trek: Picard… Beyond the battles this season one finale carries weight, imbues pathos and carries a universal message more valuable now than ever. Character moments, dramatic resolution and nail biting scenarios become the secondary window dressing for something more resonant. A universal understanding which transcends cultural […]

Comic Book Review – Transformers vs. Terminator #1

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Ricky Church reviews Transformers vs. Terminator #1…A new Transformers crossover has begun and this time the Transformers are facing down another set of popular sci-fi robotic villains in Transformers vs. Terminator #1. The idea of Autobots and Decepticons fighting T-800s and Skynet is rife with potential that writers John Barber and David Mariotte not only fulfill, but […]

Movie Review – Vivarium (2019)

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Vivarium, 2019.Directed by Lorcan Finnegan. Starring Imogen Poots, Jesse Eisenberg, Eanna Hardwicke, Jonathan Aris, and Senan Jennings.SYNOPSIS:A young couple looking for the perfect home find themselves trapped in a mysterious labyrinth-like neighborhood of identical houses.Maybe the American dream is a nightmare in disguise. That seems to be the point Vivarium (directed and co-written by Lorcan […]

Movie Review – Vivarium (2019)

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Vivarium, 2019.Directed by Lorcan Finnegan. Starring Imogen Poots, Jesse Eisenberg, Senan Jennings, Jonathan Aris and Eanna Hardwicke.SYNOPSIS:When a couple visits a strange, suburban housing development, they find themselves trapped within the confines of its eerily silent, identical streets.The notion of setting a twisted satire in the American suburbs is, by now, a well-worn trope. From […]

Movie Review – Resistance (2020)

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Resistance, 2020.Written and Directed by Jonathan Jakubowicz. Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Edgar Ramírez, Clémence Poésy, Matthias Schweighöfer, Bella Ramsey, Géza Röhrig, Karl Markovics, Alicia von Rittberg, Vica Kerekes, and Ed Harris.SYNOPSIS:The story of a group of Jewish Boy Scouts who worked with the French Resistance to save the lives of ten thousand orphans during World War […]

Movie Review – End of the Century (2019)

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End of the Century, 2019.Directed by Lucio Castro. Starring Juan Barberini, Ramon Pujol and Mía Maestro.SYNOPSIS:After hooking up with a handsome stranger in Barcelona, a man realises they’ve actually met before – 20 years previously.Memory is an odd thing. Sometimes we sugar-coat the past for our own benefit, whether it’s to make ourselves feel better […]

Movie Review – Dogs Don’t Wear Pants (2019)

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Dogs Don’t Wear Pants, 2019.Directed by J-P Valkeapää. Starring Pekka Strang, Krista Kosonen, Ilona Huhta, Oona Airola and Jani Volanen.SYNOPSIS:A bereaved father finds that he is able to move through his grief via the world of erotic asphyxiation.The world of BDSM doesn’t have a great deal of representation on the big screen. Outside of the […]