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Fantastic Fest 2019 Review – Why Don’t You Just Die!

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Why Don’t You Just Die!, 2018. Directed by Kirill Sokolov. Starring Aleksandr Kuznetsov, Vitaliy Khaev, Evgeniya Kregzhde, Michael Gor, Elena Shevchenko, and Igor Grabuzov. SYNOPSIS: Andrey, a detective and the world’s most horrible father, brings together a terrible group of people in his apartment: his resentful actress daughter, an angry thug, and a cheated cop. […]

The Good Place Season 4 Episode 1 Review – ‘A Girl From Arizona, Part 1’

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Liam Hoofe reviews the season 4 premiere of The Good Place… The Good Place returned to our screens this week for the premiere of its fourth, and final, season. The show has established itself as one of the most original comedies on television in recent years and this week’s opener began to move the pieces […]

Netflix Review – Disenchantment: Part Two

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Liam Hoofe reviews the second season of Matt Groening’s Disenchantment… When Disenchantment arrived on Netflix in August of 2018, the show’s initial critical reception was mixed. The opening five or six episodes struggling to find a consistent tone and the three main protagonists failed to connect with their audience. That all shifted in the final […]

American Horror Story: 1984 Episode 2 Review – ‘Mr. Jingles’

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EJ Moreno reviews the second episode of American Horror Story: 1984… In true American Horror Story fashion, things are getting wild quickly. With possible ghosts, two serial killers, and not one trustworthy character, AHS: 1984 is presenting damn good ideas in a short amount of time. The second episode, ‘Mr. Jingles’ does a great job […]

Raindance Film Festival 2019 Review – Under the Radar: The Mike Edmonds Story

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Under the Radar: The Mike Edmonds Story, 2019. Directed by Simon Frith. Starring Mike Edmonds, Terry Gilliam, Colin Firth, Michael Palin, Danny John-Jules, Mark Billingham and Robert Watts. SYNOPSIS: An exploration of the life and career of British thespian Mike Edmonds – one of Hollywood’s most prolific small actors. The name Mike Edmonds might not […]

Fantastic Fest 2019 Review – VFW

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VFW, 2019. Directed by Joe Begos. Starring Stephen Lang, Martin Kove, William Sadler, Fred Williamson, George Wendt, Travis Hammer, and David Patrick Kelly. SYNOPSIS: A group of war veterans must defend their local VFW post and an innocent teen against a deranged drug dealer and his relentless army of punk mutants. What happens when you […]

Blu-ray Review – Shaft (2019)

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Shaft, 2019. Directed by Tim Story. Starring Jessie T. Usher, Samuel L. Jackson, Richard Roundtree, Alexandra Shipp, Regina Hall, Matt Lauria, Avan Jogia, Lauren Vélez, Method Man, Almeera Jiwa, Ian Casselberry, Aaron Dominguez, and Isaach De Bankolé. SYNOPSIS: John Shaft Jr., a cyber security expert with a degree from MIT, enlists his family’s help to […]

Movie Review – Aquarela (2019)

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Aquarela, 2018. Directed by Viktor Kossakovsky. SYNOPSIS: Water and ice are shown around the world, in all of their many powerful forms. Sitting in a cold theatre, watching this documentary about water in various forms, you’d expect to relax and nearly fall asleep. But not with Aquarela; it will keep you equal parts tense and […]

Raindance Film Festival 2019 Review – Aurora

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Aurora, 2019. Directed by Miia Tervo Starring Mimosa Willamo, Amir Escandari, Oona Airola, Chike Ohanwe, Ria Kataja, Hannu-Pekka Bjorkman SYNOPSIS: Aurora (Mimosa Willamo) is a free-spirit-cum-alcoholic, who dreams of a life away from her job at a Lapland nail bar, or as the carer for her similarly sozzled father. Her path crosses with Darian (Amir […]