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Movie Review – Downhill (2020)

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Downhill, 2020.Directed by Nat Faxon and Jim Rash. Starring Will Ferrell, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Miranda Otto, Zach Woods, Kristofer Hivju, Julian Grey, Ammon Jacob Ford, Giulio Berruti, and Zoe Chao.SYNOPSIS:Barely escaping an avalanche during a family ski vacation in the Alps, a married couple is thrown into disarray as they are forced to reevaluate their lives […]

Movie Review – Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (2020)

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Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn), 2020.Directed by Cathy Yan. Starring Margot Robbie, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Rosie Perez, Ella Jay Basco, Ewan McGregor and Chris Messina.SYNOPSIS:Harley Quinn joins forces with a group of other women, both heroic and villainous, to save a young girl from a crime lord […]

Movie Review – Daniel Isn’t Real (2019)

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Daniel Isn’t Real, 2019.Directed by Adam Egypt Mortimer. Starring Miles Robbins, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Sasha Lane, Mary Stuart Masterson, and Hannah Marks.SYNOPSIS:A college student’s imaginary friend from his childhood reappears after a traumatic event and begins to take over his life.One of the highlights of last year’s FrightFest, Daniel Isn’t Real is brought to Blu-ray thanks […]

Movie Review – Parasite (2019)

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Parasite, 2019.Directed by Bong Joon-ho. Starring Song Kang-ho, Choi Woo-shik, Chang Hyae-jin, Park So-dam, Cho Yeo-jeong, Lee Sun-kyun, Jung Ziso and Lee Jung-eun.SYNOPSIS:A poor family tricks their way into the home of a wealthier one by deceiving their relatives into various household jobs.It’s not often that a film outside of the English language attracts serious […]

Movie Review – Dolittle (2020)

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Dolittle, 2020.Directed by Stephen Gaghan. Starring Robert Downey Jr., Antonio Banderas, Michael Sheen, Emma Thompson, Rami Malek, John Cena, Kumail Nanjiani, Octavia Spencer, Tom Holland, Craig Robinson, Ralph Fiennes, Selena Gomez, Marion Cotillard, Carmen Ejogo, Frances de la Tour, Jim Broadbent, Jessie Buckley, Ralph Ineson, Harry Collett, Carmel Laniado, Kasia Smutniak, Joanna Page, and Jason […]

Movie Review – Underwater (2020)

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Underwater, 2020.Directed by William Eubank. Starring Kristen Stewart, T. J. Miller, Vincent Cassel, John Gallagher Jr., Jessica Henwick, Mamoudou Athie, and Gunner Wright.SYNOPSIS:A crew of aquatic researchers work to get to safety after an earthquake devastates their subterranean laboratory. But the crew has more than the ocean seabed to fear.Underwater certainly wastes no time, as […]

Video Review – Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)

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Birds of Prey, 2020.Directed by Cathy Yan. Starring Margot Robbie, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Ewan McGregor, Rosie Perez, Ella Jay Basco, Chris Messina, Ali Wong, Matthew Willig, and Dana LeeIn this video review, EJ breaks down Birds of Prey (And The Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn). With stylistic directing and amazing acting from […]

Star Trek: Picard Season 1 Episode 3 Review – ‘The End of the Beginning’

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Martin Carr reviews the third episode of Star Trek: Picard…Beyond being a grammatical black mark The End of the Beginning signals an advance into uncharted waters for Picard, as flashbacks bleed into a narrative gaining momentum. Botched assassinations, intimate interrogations and emotional blackmail all lend episode three a sense of urgency. Choices are being limited, […]

Movie Review – Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (2020)

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Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn), 2020.Directed by Cathy Yan. Starring Margot Robbie, Rosie Perez, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Ewan McGregor, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Chris Messina, Ella Jay Basco, Matthew Willig, Steven Williams and Ali Wong.SYNOPSIS:After a heartbreaking, Gotham city-shaking split up with The Joker, Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie) forges her own […]

Movie Review – Come to Daddy (2020)

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Come to Daddy, 2020.Directed by Ant Timpson. Starring Elijah Wood, Stephen McHattie, Ona Grauer, Garfield Wilson, Simon Chin, Madeleine Sami, Martin Donovan, and Michael Smiley.SYNOPSIS:A man in his thirties travels to a remote cabin to reconnect with his estranged father.Opening with a pair of juxtaposed quotes from William Shakespeare and Beyoncé is certainly attention-grabbingly strange, […]