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Movie Review – Loving (2016)

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Loving, 2016. Directed by Jeff Nichols. Starring Joel Edgerton, Ruth Negga, Michael Shannon, Marton Csokas, Nick Kroll, Will Dalton and Sharon Blackwood. SYNOPSIS: In 1958, Richard and Mildred Loving were married in Washington DC.  Interracial marriage in their home state of Virginia was illegal and, on their return home, they were arrested, imprisoned but also spared […]

Movie Review – iBoy (2017)

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iBoy, 2017. Directed by Adam Randall. Starring Bill Millner, Maisie Williams, Miranda Richardson and Rory Kinnear. SYNOPSIS: When geeky Tom (Bill Milner) discovers his friend Lucy (Maisie Williams) being viciously attacked, the thugs turn their attention to him and he’s badly beaten up.  As he recovers, he learns that fragments from his mobile phone are […]

Movie Review – Denial (2016)

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Denial, 2016. Directed by Mick Jackson. Starring Rachel Weisz, Timothy Spall, Tom Wilkinson, Andrew Scott, Harriet Walter and Mark Gatiss. SYNOPSIS: American academic Deborah Lipstadt is accused of libel by historian David Irving when she declares him a Holocaust denier.  In a battle for historical truth, she and her legal team have to prove that […]

DVD Review – 100 Streets (2016)

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100 Streets, 2016. Directed by John O’Hanlon Starring Idris Elba, Gemma Arterton, Franz Drameh, Charlie Creed-Miles, Kierston Wareing and Ken Stott. SYNOPSIS: Set against the streets of Chelsea, three separate stories of people facing personal crises overlap: a former rugby star whose marriage is crumbling before his eyes, a cab driver whose life is devastated […]

Comic Book Review – Justice League/Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #1

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Chris Cooper reviews Justice League/Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #1… Two of comics greatest teams team up for the very first time! Something terrible has happened in Angel Grove! When the Command Center is breached and the teleporters are damaged, Zack is flung into another universe, where he’s mistaken for a villain by a mysterious masked vigilante. […]

Movie Review – Jackie (2016)

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Jackie, 2016. Directed by Pablo Larrain. Starring Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard, Greta Gerwig, Billy Crudup and John Hurt. SYNOPSIS: The assassination of President Kennedy in 1963, his funeral and the days immediately afterwards are related from the perspective of his wife, Jackie. One of the most shocking moments in 20th century history, one that reverberated around […]

Comic Book Review – Star Trek: Waypoint #3

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Villordsutch reviews Star Trek: Waypoint #3… Star Trek: Deep Space 9 and Star Trek: Voyager return to comics! In Castellucci’s, “Mother’s Walk,” major Kira confronts how she can perform a mandatory, ancient Bajoran pilgrimage when so many family members, needed for the rite, are dead. Who can she turn to? And in Scott’s “The Wildman […]

Movie Review – Manchester by the Sea (2016)

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Manchester by the Sea, 2016. Directed by Kenneth Lonergan. Starring Casey Affleck, Michelle Williams, Kyle Chandler, Lucas Hedges and Matthew Broderick. SYNOPSIS: Working as a janitor, Lee Chandler (Casey Affleck) has his life turned upside down by the sudden death of his older brother.  It’s a double shock when he discovers he’s been made guardian […]