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Movie Review – Brittany Runs a Marathon (2019)

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Brittany Runs a Marathon, 2019.Directed by Paul Downs Colaizzo Starring Jillian Bell, Jennifer Dundas, Alice Lee, Michaela Watkins, Mikey Day, Lil Rel Howery, Kate Arrington, Beth Malone, Patch Darragh, Erica HerdnandezSYNOPSIS:When Brittany (Jillian Bell) decides that her party-hard, responsibility-free lifestyle is hurting those around her, as well as herself, she decides to go against her […]

Supergirl Season 5 Episode 4 Review – ‘In Plain Sight’

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Martin Carr reviews the fourth episode of Supergirl season 5…Things finally ramp up this week as certain people reveal their true colours, home town reunions bring about some soul searching and alien threats are neutralised. Thankfully there was little time for navel gazing as the Legion came up trumps and supported each other through difficult […]

Watchmen Season 1 Episode 2 Review – ‘Martial Feats of Comanche Horsemanship’

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Martin Carr reviews the second episode of Watchmen…Racial insurrection, American arrogance and a determined sense of entitlement permeate this second foray into the reengineered world first created by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. Iron statues of disgraced Presidents and incinerated servants define Watchmen as designed by Damon Lindelof. Reading between the lines is mandatory as […]

Movie Review – The Racer (2019)

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The Racer, 2019.Directed by Kenneth Mercken. Starring Fortunato Cerlino, Niels Willaerts, and Koen De Graeve.SYNOPSIS:The Racer follows the struggles, glory and dreams of a young cyclist who will do whatever it takes to succeed, no matter the consequences for himself and those around him.Sports movies are a genre of their own. When done right they […]

October Horrors 2019 Day 28 – Young Frankenstein (1974)

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Young Frankenstein, 1974.Directed by Mel Brooks. Starring Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman, Cloris Leachman, Teri Garr, Kenneth Mars and Madeline Kahn.SYNOPSIS:Fredrick Frankenstein, upon hearing of his grandfather’s experiments, decides to embark upon his own quest to create new life out of the body parts of the dead, with decidedly strange and surprising results.To say […]

Movie Review – Lying and Stealing (2019)

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Lying and Stealing, 2019.Directed by Matt Aselton. Starring Theo James, Emily Ratajkowski, Fred Melamed, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Isiah Whitlock Jr. and Evan Handler.SYNOPSIS:When aspiring actress Elyse meets mysterious art consultant Ivan, she quickly learns there is more to his work than meets the eye. The Bonnie and Clyde duo embark on a series of high-profile art […]

TV Review – Dickinson

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EJ Moreno reviews Dickinson…Over the first three episodes of Dickinson, the show left me feeling more puzzled than most viewings in recent memory. A show that looks this good, with this strong of a cast and a subject matter that I enjoy? It should feel like a slamdunk, but each episode pushed me further away […]

Comic Book Review – Copra #1

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Rachel Bellwoar reviews Copra #1…Why start in the middle if you can start at the beginning? Most of the time I’d say that was a rhetorical question, and the first five volumes of Copra (which were originally self-published by series creator, Michel Fiffe) are available now from Image Comics, but this is where having Image+ […]

Batwoman Season 1 Episode 4 Review – ‘Who Are You?’

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Jessie Robertson reviews the fourth episode of Batwoman…Batwoman starts juggling multiple storylines successfully for the first time tonight and truly enters Arrowverse territory. From our villain of the week (Magpie) to Kate’s personal life to a sinister subplot forming, as well as time for Mary!, Batwoman juggles so many balls, somehow, it still manages to […]