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Movie Review – Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)

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Spider-Man: Far From Home, 2019. Directed by Jon Watts. Starring Tom Holland, Jake Gyllenhaal, Zendaya, Samuel L. Jackson, Cobie Smulders, Jacob Batalon, Angourie Rice, Jon Favreau, Tony Revolori, Martin Starr, J.B. Smoove, Remy Hil, Numan Acar, Hemky Madera, Toni Garrn, and Marisa Tomei. SYNOPSIS: Following the events of Avengers: Endgame, Spider-Man must step up to take […]

Movie Review – For Love or Money (2019)

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For Love or Money, 2019. Directed by Mark Murphy. Starring Robert Kazinsky, Samantha Barks, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Ed Speleers, Anna Chancellor, Tony Way, Ivan Kaye and David Hargreaves. SYNOPSIS: A fairy tale romance takes an unexpected turn when Mark (Robert Kazinsky) discovers his beautiful bride-to-be, Connie (Samantha Barks), has actually been plotting against him. For Love […]

Swamp Thing Season 1 Episode 5 Review – ‘Drive All Night’

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Hasitha Fernando reviews the fifth episode of Swamp Thing… Liz’s investigations in to the disappearances of Dr. Alec Holland and loan officer Gordon Hass is making Avery Sunderland very nervous. After a botched attempt at intimidating her, Avery resorts to more extreme measures. In the heart of Marais’ marshlands Swamp Thing is struggling to master […]

Movie Review – Escape Plan: The Extractors (2019)

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Escape Plan: The Extractors, 2019. Directed by John Herzfeld. Starring Sylvester Stallone, Dave Bautista, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Jaime King, Max Zhang, Harry Shum, Jr., Devon Sawa and Daniel Bernhardt. SYNOPSIS: After security expert Ray Breslin is hired to rescue the kidnapped daughter of a Hong Kong tech mogul from a formidable Latvian prison, Breslin’s […]

Movie Review – Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)

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Spider-Man: Far From Home, 2019. Directed by Jon Watts. Starring Tom Holland, Jake Gyllenhaal, Zendaya, Samuel L. Jackson, Cobie Smulders, Jacob Batalon, Angourie Rice, Jon Favreau, Tony Revolori, Martin Starr, J.B. Smoove, Remy Hil, Numan Acar, Hemky Madera, Toni Garrn, and Marisa Tomei. SYNOPSIS: Following the events of Avengers: Endgame, Spider-Man must step up to […]

Book Review – The Colorado Kid by Stephen King

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Ricky Church reviews The Colorado Kid by Stephen King… After over 10 years out of publication, Stephen King’s mystery pulp novel The Colorado Kid returns to bookshelves in an updated edition featuring new artwork. King writes a fairly compelling tale as two old journalists in a small Maine island town recount one of their unsolved and most […]

Movie Review – Robert the Bruce (2019)

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Robert the Bruce, 2019. Directed by Richard Gray. Starring Angus Macfadyen, Anna Hutchison, Zach McGowan, Brandon Lessard, Talitha Bateman, Gabriel Bateman, Daniel Porter and Jared Harris. SYNOPSIS: Wandering the wilderness as an outlaw, Robert the Bruce bonds with a peasant family, who inspire him to continue his fight against the English. There hasn’t exactly been […]

TV Review – Catch-22 Episode 2

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Matt Smith reviews the second episode of Catch-22… After last week’s tone setting but emotionally bereft first episode, Catch-22 felt like it needed to hit the ground running if it wanted to maintain an audience. There is so much on television and on streaming sites that something that is slow off the mark these days […]

Movie Review – Child’s Play (2019)

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Child’s Play, 2019. Directed by Lars Klevberg. Starring Mark Hamill, Gabriel Bateman, Aubrey Plaza, Brian Tyree Henry, Beatrice Kitsos, Ty Consiglio, David Lewis, Marlon Kazadi and Tim Matheson. SYNOPSIS: A teenager bonds with a high-tech doll given to him by his mother, but the doll becomes dangerously attached to him, with fatal consequences. The horror […]

Movie Review – Yesterday (2019)

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Yesterday, 2019. Directed by Danny Boyle. Starring Himesh Patel, Lily James, Ed Sheeran, Kate McKinnon, Camille Chen, Maryana Spivak, Lamorne Morris, James Corden, Harry Michell, Ellise Chappell, Alexander Arnold, Sophia Di Martino, David Lautman, Joel Fry. SYNOPSIS: A struggling musician realises he’s the only person on Earth who can remember The Beatles after waking up […]