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Comic Book Review – Strange Skies Over East Berlin #1

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Calum Petrie reviews Strange Skies Over East Berlin #1… A terrible time in human history has been re-imagined, retold and revisited in this strange yet refreshing tale from Boom! Studios. The story of Herring, an operative working in East Berlin, Strange Skies Over East Berlin explores the human misery and oppression of the living situation […]

2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – Leap of Faith

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Leap of Faith, 2019. Written and directed by Alexandre O. Philippe. Starring William Friedkin. SYNOPSIS: A lyrical and spiritual cinematic essay on The Exorcist, Leap of Faith explores the uncharted depths of William Friedkin’s mind’s eye, the nuances of his filmmaking process, and the mysteries of faith and fate that have shaped his life and […]

October Horrors 2019 Day 10 – Don’t Look Now (1973)

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Don’t Look Now, 1973. Directed by Nicolas Roeg. Starring Julie Christie, Donald Sutherland, Hilary Mason, Clelia Matania, Massimo Serato and Renato Scarpa. SYNOPSIS: After the death of their daughter, a married couple move to Venice after the husband takes up a job restoring an old cathedral. As they settle into their new home, the couple […]

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 […]