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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 […]

The Boys Season 1 Episode 6 Review – ‘The Innocents’

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Martin Carr reviews the sixth episode of The Boys season 1… In amongst the revelations which continue coming there are a few emotional sledgehammers that stand out in episode six. These are not the meta moments, choreographed television specials or victim support groups, but occur with much more subtlety. They perfectly counterpoint the #MeToo movement […]

Movie Review – Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (2019)

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Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw, 2019. Directed by David Leitch. Starring Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, Idris Elba, Vanessa Kirby, Ryan Reynolds, Rob Delaney, Eiza González, Helen Mirren, Eddie Marsan, Eliana Sua, Cliff Curtis, Stephanie Vogt, David Mumeni, Axel Nu, Lampros Kalfuntzos, Lori Pelenise Tuisano, John Tui, Joshua Mauga, and Roman Reigns. SYNOPSIS: Lawman […]

Video Review – Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw

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Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw, 2019. Directed by David Leitch. Starring Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, Idris Elba, Vanessa Kirby, Ryan Reynolds, Rob Delaney, Eiza González, Helen Mirren, Eddie Marsan and Roman Reigns. This week sees the release of the new Fast and Furious spin-off, Hobbs & Shaw. In the video below, Flickering Myth […]

Movie Review – Photograph (2019)

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Photograph, 2019. Directed by Ritesh Batra. Starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Sanya Malhotra and Farrukh Jaffar. SYNOPSIS: A Mumbai street photographer asks a customer to pose as his fiancée when his over-bearing grandmother comes to visit. Humble is very much the word to describe Ritesh Batra’s Photograph. It’s a humble, unassuming movie about humble, unassuming people, set […]