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Star Wars Resistance Season 1 Episode 1 Review – ‘The Recruit’

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Chris Cooper reviews the first episode of Star Wars Resistance…Here we go again, a new animated Star Wars show. I didn’t watch The Clone Wars, but I did see Rebels from the beginning, and loved it. Looking back at how that show started, and what I’ve now seen from Resistance, there are a lot of […]

2018 BFI London Film Festival Review – Widows

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Widows, 2018.Directed by Steve McQueen. Starring Viola Davis, Liam Neeson, Elizabeth Debicki, Michelle Rodriguez, Daniel Kaluuya,  Colin Farrell, Cynthia Erivo, Brian Tyree Henry, Jacki Weaver, Carrie Coon, Liam Neeson, Robert Duvall, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, John Bernthal, Garret Dillahunt and Lukas Haas.SYNOPSIS:When her husband is killed in a robbery gone wrong, Veronica Rawlings must not only come […]

Movie Review – Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (2018)

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Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween, 2018.Directed by Ari Sandel. Starring Madison Iseman, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Chris Parnell, Caleel Harris, Ken Jeong, Shari Headley, Darin De Paul, Jesse Goel, Peyton Wich, and Jack Black.SYNOPSIS:Halloween comes to life in a comedy adventure based on R.L. Stine’s 400-million-selling series of books.Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (directed by Ari Sandel, who […]

October Horrors 2018 Day 10 – The House by the Cemetery (1981)

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The House by the Cemetary, 1981.Directed by Lucio Fulci. Starring Catriona MacColl, Paolo Malco, Ania Pieroni, and Giovanni Frezza.SYNOPSIS:Dr Norman Boyle moves his family to Boston to take up the research into the mysterious Freudenstein house being conducted by a colleague who seemingly went mad and murdered his mistress before hanging himself. However, as the […]

Movie Review – First Man (2018)

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First Man, 2018.Directed by Damien Chazelle. Starring Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy, Jason Clarke, Kyle Chandler, Christopher Abbott, Patrick Fugit, Ciaran Hinds, Ethan Embry, Olivia Hamilton, Lukas Haas, Shea Whigham, Corey Stoll, Brian d’Arcy James, Cory Michael Smith, J.D. Evermore, John David Whalen, Kris Swanberg, Skyler Bible, Ben Owen, William Gregory Lee, Steven Coulter, Shawn Eric […]

2018 BFI London Film Festival Review – Thunder Road

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Thunder Road, 2018.Directed by Jim Cummings. Starring Jim Cummings, Kendal Farr, and Nican Robinson.SYNOPSIS:A police officer comes to grips with a death of his mom when giving a heartfelt eulogy at her funeral.If there’s any justice in the world, Jim Cummings will enjoy a prosperous career boost off the back of this delightfully unassuming tragi-comedy, […]

2018 BFI London Film Festival Review – The Bill Murray Stories: Life Lessons Learned from a Mythical Man

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The Bill Murray Stories: Life Lessons Learned from a Mythical Man, 2018.Directed by Tommy Avallone. Starring Tommy Avallone and Bill Murray.SYNOPSIS:This documentary explores various urban legends around Hollywood’s most elusive star.If you’ve ever bothered to Google Bill Murray, you’ll probably be aware that he has a penchant for showing up in unexpected paces – be it […]

Movie Review – MFKZ (2018)

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MFKZ, 2018.Directed by Shōjirō Nishimi and Guillaume “Run” Renard. Starring Kenn Michael, Vince Staples, Dascha Polanco, Michael Chiklis, RZA and Danny Trejo.SYNOPSIS:When strange superpowers begin to erupt out of him, Angelino discovers that he’s not as normal as he thought he was and that the mean streets of his hometown might not be the greatest […]

Comic Book Review – Newbury & Hobbes: The Undying #2

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Calum Petrie reviews Newbury & Hobbes: The Undying #2…When I reviewed issue #1 of Newbury & Hobbes: The Undying, I stated that it ended on a proper cliffhanger. The next issue wasted no time getting straight into the thick of it and letting readers explore more of the the steampunk/clockwork atheistic of the reading material.The […]