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Movie Review – The Hurricane Heist (2018)

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The Hurricane Heist, 2018. Directed by Rob Cohen. Starring Maggie Grace, Toby Kebbell, Ryan Kwanten, Ralph Ineson, Randy Couture, Melissa Bolona, and Jamie Andrew Cutler. SYNOPSIS: Thieves attempt a massive heist against the U.S. Treasury as a Category 5 hurricane approaches one of its Mint facilities. The Hurricane Heist is only a film through technicality. It’s […]

Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 5 Episode 17 Review – ‘The Honeymoon’

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Danny Hale reviews the seventeenth episode of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 5… ‘The Honeymoon’ followed Fitz, Simmons and Yo-Yo on their lead to England while Coulson and Talbot continued to flee HYDRA with no means of getting home. This was a fast-paced, action heavy episode with some strong emotional beats that all brings the […]

Movie Review – The Endless (2018)

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The Endless, 2018. Directed by Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead. Starring Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead, Callie Hernandez, Tate Ellington, Emily Montague, James Jordan, and Lew Temple. SYNOPSIS: Two brothers return to the cult they fled from years ago to discover that the group’s beliefs may be saner than they once thought. Before highlighting the mind-bending […]

Young Sheldon Season 1 Episode 18 Review – ‘A Mother, a Child, and a Blue Man’s Backside’

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Martin Carr reviews the eighteenth episode of Young Sheldon… Young Sheldon is increasingly about the little things. Comic asides, chuck away one liners between characters and risqué moments which enrich rather than diminish any Sheldon centric situation. Perry and Armitage take great pleasure in stealing many of the best lines, while the latter proves his […]

Gotham Season 4 Episode 18 Review – ‘That’s Entertainment’

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Martin Carr reviews the eighteenth episode of Gotham season 4… The League of Shadows, counter kidnapping, exploding heads and a kitsch musical homage with festival soundstage overtones help bring things to life this week. Monaghan chews up the screen, is given more time to hone his alter ego to unnerving affect, whilst pastiche drifts closer […]

Black Lightning Season 1 Episode 12 Review – ‘The Resurrection and the Light: The Book of Pain’

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Red Stewart reviews the twelfth episode of Black Lightning… “The Book of Pain” was the direction I feared Black Lightning would go after the fourth episode “Black Jesus.” At the time it seemed unlikely given how solid the first four entries were, but considering all the ups and downs the series has faced in the weeks […]

Movie Review – Rampage (2018)

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Rampage, 2018. Directed by Brad Peyton. Starring Dwayne Johnson, Naomie Harris, Malin Akerman, Jake Lacy, Joe Manganiello, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, P.J. Byrne, Marley Shelton, Breanne Hill, Jack Quaid, Matt Gerald, Jason Liles, Demetrius Grosse, and Will Yun Lee. SYNOPSIS: When an experiment in genetic editing goes disastrously wrong, an albino gorilla is artificially enlarged to […]

Movie Review – Pyewacket (2017)

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Pyewacket, 2017. Directed by Adam MacDonald. Starring Nicole Munoz, Laurie Holden, Chloe Rose and Eric Osborne. SYNOPSIS: After the death of her father, teenager Leah becomes fascinated by the occult but her relationship with her mother becomes strained. She is increasingly resentful when her mother decides they need a fresh start in a new home […]

Movie Review – Love, Simon (2018)

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Love, Simon, 2018. Directed by Greg Berlanti. Starring Nick Robinson, Jennifer Garner, Josh Duhamel, Katherine Langford, Alexandra Shipp, Logan Miller, Keiyan Lonsdale, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., and Tony Hale. SYNOPSIS: Simon Spier keeps a huge secret from his family, his friends, and all of his classmates: he’s gay. When that secret is threatened, Simon must face […]