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2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – Blackbird

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Blackbird, 2019. Directed by Roger Michell Starring Susan Sarandon, Sam Neill, Kate Winslett, Rainn Wilson, Mia Wasikowska, Lindsay Duncan, Bex Taylor-Klaus, and Anson Boon. SYNOPSIS: When a terminally ill mother (Susan Sarandon) brings her nearest-and-dearest together for one last time before she dies, it stirs up deep seated emotions within the fractured family. From the […]

AEW Dynamite 10/09/19 Results and Review

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EJ Moreno on the second episode of AEW Dynamite… The second week of All Elite Wrestling is here, and it’s just as impressive as the premiere. AEW is starting to show its style with hot matches beginning the show and an angle at the end that makes you want next week to be here already […]

Movie Review – Little Monsters (2019)

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Little Monsters, 2019. Written and directed by Abe Forsythe. Starring Lupita Nyong’o, Josh Gad, Alexander England, Nadia Townsend, Kat Stewart, Diesel La Torraca, and Stephen Peacocke. SYNOPSIS: A washed-up musician teams up with a teacher and a kids show personality to protect young children from a sudden outbreak of zombies. Watching this Australian rom-zom-com from […]

2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – Knives Out

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Knives Out, 2019. Written and directed by Rian Johnson. Starring Daniel Craig, Ana De Armas, Lakeith Stanfield, Chris Evans, Jamie Lee Curtis, Toni Collette, Don Johnson, Michael Shannon, Christopher Plummer, Katherine Langford, Jaeden Martell, and Riki Lindholme. SYNOPSIS: When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey (Christopher Plummer) is found dead at his estate just after his […]

Video Review – Little Monsters (2019)

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Little Monsters, 2019. Directed by Abe Forsythe. Starring Lupita Nyong’o, Alexander England, Kat Stewart, and Josh Gad. In this video review, EJ Moreno shares his thoughts on Little Monsters, a horror-comedy starring the always amazing Lupita Nyong’o. The film follows kindergarten teacher Miss Caroline, played by Nyong’o, as she attempts to keep her class alive […]

2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – The Whistlers

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The Whistlers, 2019. Directed by Corneliu Porumboiu. Starring Vlad Ivanov, Catrinel Marlon, Antonio Buíl, Rodica Lazar and Agustí Villaronga. SYNOPSIS: A bent cop becomes embroiled in a crime syndicate he was originally investigating and soon learns their secret language of coded whistles. The whistled language of ‘El Silbo’ dates back hundreds of years, way back […]

2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – The El Duce Tapes

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The El Duce Tapes, 2019. Directed by Rodney Ascher, David Lawrence, and Ryan Sexton. Starring Eldon Hoke and Steve Broy. SYNOPSIS: A posthumous examination of the life and times of controversial shock rocker Eldon Hoke, better known as El Duce, the lead singer of Seattle-based “rape-rock” band The Mentors. To many – this critic included […]

2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – Lara

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Lara, 2019. Directed by Jan Ole Gerster. Starring Corinna Harfouch, Tom Schilling, Volkmar Kleinert, Rainer Bock, Gudrun Ritter and André Jung. SYNOPSIS: On her 60th birthday, a woman prepares to attend a piano concert being given by her virtuoso son. At the beginning of Jan Ole Gerster’s patient character study Lara, the title character stands […]

The Flash Season 6 Episode 1 Review – ‘Into the Void’

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Jessie Robertson reviews the season 6 premiere of The Flash… Welcome back to Central City! Season 6 kicks off with everything you get in The Flash package: action, drama and a whole lot of science! Our season opener deals with the backlash of the last season’s finale, where we saw the tragic death(?) of Nora […]