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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 […]

Movie Review – Hereditary (2018)

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Hereditary, 2018. Written and Directed by Ari Aster. Starring Toni Collette, Gabriel Byrne, Ann Dowd, Milly Shapiro, and Alex Wolff. SYNOPSIS: When Ellen, the matriarch of the Graham family, passes away, her daughter’s family begins to unravel cryptic and increasingly terrifying secrets about their ancestry. The more they discover, the more they find themselves trying […]

Movie Review – Upgrade (2018)

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Upgrade, 2018. Written and Directed by Leigh Whannell. Starring Logan Marshall-Green, Simon Maiden, Richard Cawthorne, Betty Gabriel, Michael M. Foster, Harrison Gilbertson, and Benedict Hardie. SYNOPSIS: Set in the near-future, technology controls nearly all aspects of life. But when Grey, a self-identified technophobe, has his world turned upside down, his only hope for revenge is […]

Chicago Critics Film Festival 2018 Review – First Reformed

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First Reformed, 2018. Written and Directed by Paul Schrader. Starring Ethan Hawke, Amanda Seyfried, Cedric the Entertainer, Philip Ettinger, Michael Gaston, Victoria Hill, and Van Hansis. SYNOPSIS: A former military chaplain is wracked by grief over the death of his son. Mary is a member of his church whose husband, a radical environmentalist, commits suicide, […]

Movie Review – The Seagull (2018)

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The Seagull, 2018. Directed by Michael Mayer. Starring Saoirse Ronan, Annette Bening, Billy Howle, Elisabeth Moss, Corey Stoll, Brian Dennehy, Glenn Fleshler, Michael Zegen, Mare Winningham, and Jon Tenney. SYNOPSIS: In the early 20th century, an aging actress and her lover visit the estate of her elderly brother. Everyone is in love with someone else […]