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Movie Review – Opus Zero (2017)

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Opus Zero, 2017. Written and Directed by Daniel Graham. Starring Willem Dafoe, Andrés Almeida, and Cassandra Ciangherotti. SYNOPSIS: After missing his father’s funeral, Paul (Willem Dafoe) visits the Mexican village where he lived while continuing to work on an unfinished symphony. Opus Zero is a movie stuck on the cusp. As much leeway as your […]

Movie Review – Batman: Hush (2019)

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Batman: Hush, 2019. Directed by Justin Copeland Featuring the voice talents of Jason O’Mara, Jennifer Morrison, Jerry O’Connell, Rebecca Romijn, Rainn Wilson, Sean Maher, Bruce Thomas, Stuart Allan, James Garrett, Maury Sterling, Geoffrey Arend, Vanessa Williams, Jason Spisak, Adam Gifford, Dachie Alessio, Peyton List, and Tara Strong. SYNOPSIS: A new adversary who calls himself Hush […]

Movie Review – Crawl (2019)

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Crawl, 2019. Directed by Alexandre Aja. Starring Kaya Scodelario, Barry Pepper, Ross Anderson, Morfydd Clark, Jose Palma, and Anson Boon. SYNOPSIS: When high-school swimmer Hayley (Kaya Scodelario) attempts to check up on her father during the onset of a Stage 5 hurricane, she ends up trapped in their family home as the tide rises, and […]

Blu-ray Review – Pokémon: Detective Pikachu (2019)

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Pokémon: Detective Pikachu, 2019. Directed by Rob Letterman. Starring Ryan Reynolds, Justice Smith, Kathryn Newton, Bill Nighy, Ken Watanabe, Chris Geere, Suki Waterhouse, Josette Simon, Rita Ora, Karan Soni, Diplo, Omar Chaparro, and Rob Delaney. SYNOPSIS: In a world where people collect Pokémon to do battle, a boy comes across an intelligent talking Pikachu who […]

Movie Review – Only You (2019)

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Only You, 2019. Directed by Harry Wootliff Starring Laia Costa, Josh O’Connor, Lisa McGrillis, Natalie Arle-Toyne, Isabelle Barth, Tam Dean Burn, Stuart Martin SYNOPSIS: A chance encounter between two complete strangers, Jake (Josh O’Connor) and Elena (Laia Costa), results in them sharing a Taxi ride home on New Year’s Eve that sparks a movie-spanning relationship. […]

Comic Book Review – Batman: Last Knight on Earth #2

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Ricky Church reviews Batman: Last Knight on Earth #2… Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo’s Batman: Last Knight on Earth is back and just as crazy as the first issue. The pair continue their crazy tale of a world gone mad as Batman, along with Joker’s head in a jar, stay on their trek across the country trying […]

The Boys Season 1 Finale Review – ‘You Found Me’

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Martin Carr reviews the season 1 finale of The Boys… This is why Amazon greenlit a second season before one minute had been broadcast. Between the breakdowns, heart attacks and callous disregard for each other this moral vacuum of a finale demands your attention. From the blackmailing of high ranging government officials to revelations with […]

Movie Review – The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019)

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The Angry Birds Movie 2, 2019. Directed by Thurop Van Orman. Starring Jason Sudeikis, Josh Gad, Danny McBride, Rachel Bloom, Bill Hader, Leslie Jones, Awkwafina, Sterling K Brown, Peter Dinklage and Tiffany Haddish. SYNOPSIS: The birds and pigs put their differences aside in order to take on the threat posed by an icy third island, […]

The Boys Season 1 Episode 7 Review – ‘The Self-Preservation Society’

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Martin Carr reviews the seventh episode of The Boys season 1… In the words of Winston Wolf ‘if self-preservation is an instinct you possess, you better do what I say and do it fast’. Motivations, suspicions and blame should be metered out with care as recognising the enemy is getting more difficult. Hughie has gone […]