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Short Film Review – OVER (2015)

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OVER, 2015. Directed by Jörn Threlfall. Length: 14′ SYNOPSIS: OVER presents a crime scene. During the course of 9 wide shots told in reverse order, we witness an intriguing story unfold. What has happened in this quiet neighborhood? A murder, a hit-and-run, an accident? The reality is profound, and deeply unexpected. Set in a quiet neighbourhood in West […]

Movie Review – Blackhat (2015)

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Blackhat, 2015. Directed by Michael Mann. Starring Chris Hemsworth, Wei Tang, Viola Davis, Manny Montana, Wang Leehom and William Mapother. SYNOPSIS: A furloughed convict and his American and Chinese partners hunt a high-level cyber crime network from Chicago to Los Angeles to Hong Kong to Jakarta. There’s a clash at the heart of Michael Mann’s […]

Movie Review – The Accountant (2016)

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The Accountant, 2016. Directed by Gavin O’Connor. Starring Ben Affleck, Anna Kendrick, J.K. Simmons, Jon Bernthal, John Lithgow, and Jeffrey Tambor. SYNOPSIS: As a math savant uncooks the books for a new client, the Treasury Department closes in on his activities and the body count starts to rise. I won’t pretend to have much of an […]

Second Opinion – Storks (2016)

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Storks, 2016. Directed by Nicholas Stoller and Doug Sweetland. Featuring the voice talents of Andy Samberg, Katie Crown, Kelsey Grammer, Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele, Anton Starkman, Jennifer Aniston, Ty Burrell, Stephen Kramer Glickman, Danny Trejo, Awkwafina, Ike Barinholtz, Jorma Taccone, Chris Smith. SYNOPSIS: Storks deliver babies — or at least they used to. Now, they deliver packages […]

DVD Review – Shark Lake (2015)

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Shark Lake, 2015. Directed by Jerry Dugan. Starring Dolph Lundgren, Sara Malakul Lane, Lily Brooks O’Briant, James Chalke, Michael Aaron Milligan and Ibrahim Renno. SYNOPSIS: When some sharks are released into a the lake at the quiet town of Lake Tahoe, it’s up to an overzealous cop who ignores the law, her love interest and […]

Star Wars Rebels Season 2 Episode 15 Review – ‘The Honorable Ones’

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Chris Cooper reviews the fifteenth episode of Star Wars Rebels season 2… Well well well. Who would have thought that since coming back after Christmas, the strongest and most interesting episodes of Rebels would both centre on Zeb, who up to this point has really only been muscle and occasional comic relief. ‘The Honorable Ones’, […]

Comic Book Review – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #55

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Chris Cooper reviews Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #55… “Recent events have strained many relationships amongst the TMNT and their allies. Many must decide whether to trust or to betray, to separate or to stay, and to love or to hate. Time takes its toll, but where do the Turtles go from here?” This month brings […]

Movie Review – Rise of the Footsoldier 4: Marbella (2019)

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Rise of the Footsoldier 4: Marbella, 2019. Directed by Andrew Loveday. Starring Terry Stone, Craig Fairbrass, Roland Manookian, Josh Myers, Andrew Loveday, Emily Wyatt, and Conor Benn. SYNOPSIS: Unhinged gangster Pat Tate gets released from prison and heads to Marbella to get revenge on those who put him away. The opening text of Rise of […]

Movie Review – Primal (2019)

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Primal, 2019. Directed by Nick Powell. Starring Nicolas Cage, Famke Janssen, Kevin Durand, LaMonica Garrett, and Michael Imperioli. SYNOPSIS: A big-game hunter for zoos has booked passage on a Greek shipping freighter with a fresh haul of exotic and deadly animals from the Amazon, including a rare white Jaguar – along with a political assassin […]