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Movie Review – A Star Is Born (2018)

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A Star Is Born, 2018.Directed by Bradley Cooper. Starring Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga, Sam Elliott, Dave Chapelle, Anthony Ramos, and Michael Harney.SYNOPSIS:A musician helps a young singer and actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.Hollywood adores a film about itself. It’s infatuated with its own ego, […]

Movie Review – The Queen Of Hollywood Blvd (2017)

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The Queen Of Hollywood Blvd. 2017Directed by Orson Oblowitz Starring Rosemary Hoschschild, Ana Mulvoy Ten, Michael Parks, Roger Guenveur Smith and Ella Thomas.SYNOPSIS:On her 60th birthday, the proud owner of a Los Angeles strip club, finds herself in hot water over a twenty-five year old debt to the mob, leading her on a downward spiral of […]

Movie Review – Private Life (2018)

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Private Life, 2018.Written and Directed by Tamara Jenkins. Starring Paul Giamatti, Kathryn Hahn, Kayli Carter, John Carroll Lynch, Molly Shannon, Siobhan Fallon Hogan, Emily Robinson, Lizzy DeClement, Francesca Root-Dodson, David Cale, Samantha Buck, and Desmin Borges.SYNOPSIS:An author (Hahn) is undergoing multiple fertility therapies to get pregnant, putting her relationship with her husband (Giamatti) on edge.I’m […]

October Horrors 2018 Day 5 – Night of the Living Dead (1990)

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Night of the Living Dead, 1990.Directed by Tom Savini. Starring Tony Todd, Patricia Tallman, Tom Towles, McKee Anderson and William Butler.SYNOPSIS:Barbara and her brother Johnny are visiting their mothers’ grave when the two are attacked by seemingly deranged assailants and Johnny is killed. After escaping to a nearby farmhouse Barbara is joined by a band […]

Video Game Review – Spider-Man

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Ricky Church reviews Spider-Man…After what has been a very long time, Insomniac Games’ Spider-Man has finally been released. The game is a very welcome entry to superhero video games and takes its place among the very best of them as players step into the wall-crawling shoes of Spider-Man and fights some of his most famous villains […]

Movie Review – Housewife (2017)

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Housewife, 2017.Directed by Can Evrenol. Starring Clémentine Poidatz, David Sakurai, Alicia Kapudag, Defne Halman, and Ali Aksöz.SYNOPSIS:On a snowy eve, Little Holly’s sister and father are killed by her frantic mother. Years later, Holly is married, lonely, and her life is soon about take a turn for the ultra weird, when she visits “Umbrella of […]

October Horrors 2018 Day 4 – Possession (1981)

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Possession, 1981.Directed by Andrzej Zulawski. Starring Isabelle Adjani, Sam Neill, Margit Carstensen, Heinz Bennet, and Johanna Hofer.SYNOPSIS:Mark, an international spy, returns home from his latest mission to be confronted with a demand for a divorce from his wife Anna after she admits to having an affair. This marital spat, however, is merely the kicking off […]

Movie Review – Venom (2018)

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Venom, 2018.Directed by Ruben Fleischer. Starring Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams, Riz Ahmed, Jenny Slate, Scott Haze, Michelle Lee, Sope Aluko, Reid Scott, Sam Medina, Jared Bankens, Wayne Pére, and Woody Harrelson.SYNOPSIS:When Eddie Brock acquires the powers of a symbiote, he will have to release his alter-ego “Venom” to save his life.Really, Sony and Marvel should […]

Kidding Season 1 Episode 4 Review – ‘Bye, Mom’

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Martin Carr reviews the fourth episode of Kidding…There is a depth of exploration and intellectual curiosity which frames Showtime’s Kidding which underpins, asks questions and challenges what audiences should expect from their dramatic television. Manipulation of identity for personal and corporate gain exist alongside heartfelt deviations into notions of gender identity, sexual attraction and issues […]