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Comic Book Review – Superman #4

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Tony Black reviews Superman #4… “SON OF SUPERMAN” part four! The battle for Jon hits Metropolis as the Eradicator targets Superman’s son! Can the Man of Steel protect the city and his son against the Kryptonian executioner—or will he have to make a sacrifice? SEE ALSO: Check out a preview of Superman #4 The opening […]

Movie Review – Valley of Love (2015)

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Valley of Love, 2015. Directed by Guillaume Nicloux. Starring Gerard Depardieu, Isabelle Huppert and Dan Warner. SYNOPSIS: An estranged married couple meet at a resort village near Death Valley.  Their son committed suicide six months ago, leaving letters asking both of them to be in the national park on specific days, because he’ll re-appear to them.  […]

Comic Book Review – Harley Quinn #1

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Ricky Church reviews Harley Quinn #1… Die Laughing” part one! Welcome back to Harley Quinn’s crazy world on Coney Island…now get ready to wave goodbye, because everyone there just might get eaten alive! Harley’s gotta protect her neighborhood against an all-out zombie apocalypse! Break out the chainsaws, everybody! SEE ALSO: Check out a preview of […]

Movie Review – Up For Love (2016)

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Up For Love, 2016. Directed by Laurent Tirard. Starring Jean Dujardin, Virginie Efira, Cedric Kahn and Stephanie Papanian. SYNOPSIS: Successful lawyer Diane (Virginie Efira) is in the midst of breaking up with husband Bruno (Cedric Kahn) but it’s complicated by their being business partners.  After an angry dinner together, she storms out of the restaurant but […]

Comic Book Review – Dishonored #1

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Calum Petrie reviews Dishonored #1… The city of Dunwall: whaling capital of Gristol and industrial hub of the Empire of the Isles. Twelve years have passed since Corvo Attano scuppered the Lord Regent’s duplicitous plot against the crown and cleared his name of the Empress Jessamine’s murder. Now a little older and perhaps a little […]

Movie Review – Born to Be Blue (2015)

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Born to Be Blue, 2015. Directed by Robert Budreau. Starring Ethan Hawke, Carmen Ejogo, Callum Keith Rennie and Stephen McHattie. SYNOPSIS: The career of jazz musician Chet Baker (Ethan Hawke) looks to be over.  He’s addicted to cocaine and a savage beating makes playing the trumpet almost impossible.  But he’s determined to get back to the top. […]

Comic Book Review – Batgirl #1

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Ricky Church reviews Batgirl #1… “Beyond Burnside” Chapter One: The Batgirl you know and love is going global with Eisner Award-winning and New York Times best-selling writer Hope Larson (A Wrinkle in Time, Goldie Vance) and all-star artist Rafael Albuquerque (AMERICAN VAMPIRE). In order to up her game, Babs travels to Japan on a quest […]

DVD Review – River (2015)

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River, 2015. Directed by Jamie M. Dagg. Starring Rossif Sutherland, Sara Botsford, Ted Atherton and Aidan Gillett.   SYNOPSIS: Working for an NGO in Laos, volunteer doctor John (Rossif Sutherland) is devastated when a patient dies on the operating table.  Ordered to take some leave, he decides to explore the country and heads south.  When […]