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Movie Review – Guns Akimbo (2020)

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Guns Akimbo, 2020Written and Directed by Jason Lei Howden. Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Samara Weaving, Natasha Liu Bordizzo, Ned Dennehy, Mark Rowley, Hanako Footman, and Rhys Darby.SYNOPSIS:A guy relies on his newly-acquired gladiator skills to save his ex-girlfriend from kidnappers.Guns Akimbo might be the single most awkward reviewing assignment I have taken on, mostly because of […]

Movie Review – True History of the Kelly Gang (2019)

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True History of the Kelly Gang, 2019.Directed by Justin Kurzel. Starring George MacKay, Essie Davis, Orlando Schwerdt, Thomasin McKenzie, Nicholas Hoult, Charlie Hunnam, Russell Crowe and Sean Keenan.SYNOPSIS:A retelling of the life story of infamous Aussie outlaw Ned Kelly, from a troubled childhood to his eventual demise at the hands of the authorities. Much like […]

Video Game Review – Metro Redux on Nintendo Switch

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Calum Petrie reviews Metro Redux on Nintendo Switch…Many big games have been receiving ports to the Nintendo Switch; games such as The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Alien Isolation and DOOM (2016) have all been received well. The issues when porting have usually been sacrifices to performance and visuals to compress the current gen huge file […]

Movie Review – Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)

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Portrait of a Lady on Fire, 2019. Written and directed by Céline Sciamma. Starring Noémie Merlant, Adèle Haenel, Luàna Bajrami, Valeria Golino, Christel Baras, Armande Boulanger, Guy Delamarche and Clément Bouyssou. SYNOPSIS: On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait […]

Movie Review – Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)

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Portrait of a Lady on Fire, 2019.Directed by Céline Sciamma. Starring Noémie Merlant, Adèle Haenel and Luàna Bajrami.SYNOPSIS:A painter hired to produce a portrait of a wealthy lady before she is married falls in love with her subject.There’s a scene early on in Céline Sciamma’s desperately romantic, sensory lesbian love story Portrait of a Lady […]

Movie Review – The Invisible Man (2020)

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The Invisible Man, 2020.Directed by Leigh Whannell. Starring Elisabeth Moss, Storm Reid, Aldis Hodge, Michael Dorman, Harriet Dyer, Benedict Hardie, and Oliver Jackson-Cohen.SYNOPSIS:When Cecilia’s abusive ex takes his own life and leaves her his fortune, she suspects his death was a hoax. As a series of coincidences turn lethal, Cecilia works to prove that she […]

Movie Review – Dark Waters (2019)

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Dark Waters. 2019Directed by Todd Haynes Starring Mark Ruffalo, Anne Hathaway, Tim Robbins, Bill Camp, Victor Garber, Mare Winningham, William Jackson Harper, Louisa Krause, Brian Gallagher, Bruce Cromer, and Bill PullmanSYNOPSIS:A corporate defense attorney takes on an environmental lawsuit against a chemical company that exposes a lengthy history of pollution.Dark Waters closes with a fascinating […]

Movie Review – Downhill (2020)

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Downhill, 2020.Directed by Nat Faxon and Jim Rash. Starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Will Ferrell, Zach Woods, Miranda Otto, Zoë Chao, Kristofer Hivju, Julian Grey, Ammon Jacob Ford and Giulio Berruti.SYNOPSIS:A family is tested when the father flees, leaving his family behind, in the face of a potentially deadly avalanche.Downhill was a weird proposition from the start. […]

Video Review – The Invisible Man (2020)

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The Invisible Man, 2020.Directed by Leigh Whannell. Starring Elisabeth Moss, Storm Reid, Aldis Hodge, Michael Dorman, Harriet Dyer, Benedict Hardie, and Oliver Jackson-Cohen.In this video review, EJ reviews The Invisible Man, the latest horror film from Blumhouse. After the lackluster start of The Dark Universe, this is a welcomed changed back to straight-forward horror. Join […]

Movie Review – Wendy (2020)

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Wendy, 2020.Directed by Benh Zeitlin. Starring Devin France, Yashua Mack, Gage Naquin, Gavin Naquin, Ahmad Cage, Krzysztof Meyn, Shay Walker, Tommie Lynn Milazzo, and Stephanie Lynn WilsonSYNOPSIS:Lost on a mysterious island where aging and time have come unglued, Wendy must fight to save her family, her freedom, and the joyous spirit of youth from the […]