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Blu-ray Review – For a Few Dollars More (1965)

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For a Few Dollars More, 1965. Directed by Sergio Leone Starring Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Gian Maria Volonte, Mara Krup, Luigi Pistilli, Klaus Kinski, Josef Egger, Panos Papadopulos, Benito Stefanelli, Robert Camardiel, Aldo Sambrell, Luis Rodriguez, Mario Brega. SYNOPSIS: Kino Lorber has completed its Special Editions of Sergio Leone’s “dollar” or “man with no […]

Comic Book Review – Assassin’s Creed: Conspiracies #1

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Calum Petrie reviews Assassin’s Creed: Conspiracies #1… It has been a little while since my last venture into the extended Assassin’s Creed universe, but I will admit I tend to enjoy the story in the comics more than the games recently. There is something about only investing 10/15 minutes at a time into a comic […]

Movie Review – Boundaries (2018)

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Boundaries, 2018. Written and Directed by Shana Feste. Starring Vera Farmiga, Christopher Plummer, Lewis MacDougall, Bobby Cannavale, Kristen Schaal, Christopher Lloyd, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Dolly Wells, Glenn Beck, Elizabeth Bowen, and Peter Fonda SYNOPSIS: Laura and her son Henry are forced to drive her estranged, pot-dealing, carefree father Jack across country after being kicked out […]

Movie Review – Relaxer (2018)

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Relaxer, 2018. Directed and Written by Joel Potrykus. Starring  Joshua Burge, David Dastmalchian, Andre Hyland. SYNOPSIS: With the new millennium fast approaching, a young man is dared by his brother to complete a seemingly impossible video-game quest without leaving his sofa. Billed in the press notes as a combination of Bunuel’s The Exterminating Angel by […]

Movie Review – Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)

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Ant-Man and the Wasp, 2018. Directed by Peyton Reed. Starring Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Douglas, Hannah John-Kamen, Michael Peña, Walton Goggins, Abby Ryder Fortson, Bobby Cannavale, T.I., David Dastmalchian, Divian Ladwa, Laurence Fishburne, Judy Greer, Randall Park, Michael Cerveris, Rob Archer, Sean Kleier, Goran Kostic, Benjamin Byron Davis, Riann Steele, and Michelle Pfeiffer SYNOPSIS: […]

Movie Review – I’ll Take Your Dead (2019)

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I’ll Take Your Dead, 2019 Directed by Chad Archibald Starring Aidan Devine, Ava Preston, Jess Salgueiro, Ari Millen, Brandon McKnight, Michael Reventar SYNOPSIS William has a simple job: he makes dead bodies disappear. Through circumstances out of his control, his little farm house in the country has become a dumping ground for the casualties of […]

Blu-ray Review – Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)

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Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, 2018. Directed by Bob Perischetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman. Featuring the voice talents of Shameik Moore, Jake Johnson, Hailee Steinfeld, Mahershala Ali, Brian Tyree Henry, Lily Tomlin, Luna Lauren Velez, John Mulaney, Kimiko Glenn, Nicolas Cage, Liev Schreiber, Chris Pine. SYNOPSIS: While everyone eagerly awaited Captain Marvel and Avengers: Endgame, Sony […]

Movie Review – Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018)

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Sicario: Day of the Soldado, 2018. Directed by Stefano Sollima. Starring Josh Brolin, Benicio Del Toro, Isabela Moner, Jeffery Donovan, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Catherine Keener, Matthew Modine, Shea Whigham, Elijah Rodriguez, Howard Ferguson Jr., David Castañeda, Jacqueline Torres, Raoul Max Trujillo, Jake Picking, Dan Davidson, Faysal Ahmed, Graham Beckel, Sherman Allen, and Bruno Bichir. SYNOPSIS: The drug […]

Blu-ray Review – Possum (2018)

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Possum, 2018. Directed by Matthew Holness Starring Sean Harris, Alun Armstrong, Simon Bubb, and Andy Blithe SYNOPSIS: A disgraced children’s puppeteer returns to his childhood home and is forced to confront the troubling memories that have tormented him his entire life. Anyone expecting any sort of light relief from Matthew Holness’s debut feature will be sorely disappointed. […]

Movie Review – Sorry to Bother You (2018)

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Sorry to Bother You, 2018. Written and Directed by Boots Riley. Starring Lakeith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson, Jermaine Fowler, Steven Yeun, Armie Hammer, Danny Glover, David Cross, Terry Crews, Omari Hardwick, Michael X. Sommers, Kate Berlant, Robert Longstreet, Lily James, Patton Oswalt, Rosario Dawson, Shelley Mitchell, and Forest Whitaker. SYNOPSIS: In an alternate present-day version of […]