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Movie Review – Sweet Country (2017)

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Sweet Country, 2017. Directed by Warwick Thornton Starring Bryan Brown, Sam Neill, Hamilton Morris, Matt Day, Tremayne Doolan, Trevon Doolan, and Ewen Leslie. SYNOPSIS: In the Northern Territory frontier of Australia in 1920, an Aboriginal farmhand is left in charge of a property while his boss is away.  But he shoots a white man in […]

Blu-ray Review – Thor: Ragnarok (2017)

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Thor: Ragnarok, 2017. Directed by Taika Waititi Starring Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Cate Blanchett, Idris Elba, Jeff Goldblum, Tessa Thompson, Karl Urban, Mark Ruffalo, and Anthony Hopkins. SYNOPSIS: Thor: Ragnarok hits home video in a Blu-ray + DVD + digital copy edition that’s overflowing with bonus features. Much of the extras reinforce the fun, tongue-in-cheek […]

Movie Review – Annihilation (2018)

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Annihilation, 2018. Directed by Alex Garland Starring Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson, Tuva Novotny, Oscar Isaac and Benedict Wong. SYNOPSIS: After the disappearance of her husband on a secret mission, biologist Lena assumes he’s dead.  His return is a shock and, when he’s taken seriously ill, she decides to follow in […]

Comic Book Review – Optimus Prime #16

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Ricky Church reviews Optimus Prime #16… Even though Optimus Prime #16 is a relatively quiet issue, things are never quite dull on Cybertron. The feared and mythical Onyx Prime has returned to the planet in ‘The Falling Part 2’, but rather than outright attacking it the majority of the issue features a parlay between him, Optimus, Windblade […]

Movie Review – The Divine Order (2017)

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The Divine Order, 2017. Written and Directed by Petra Volpe. Starring Marie Leuenberger, Maximilian Simonischek, Rachel Braunschweig, Sibylle Brunner, Marta Zoffoli, Bettina Stucky, Ella Rumpf, Sofia Helm, and Nicholas Ofczarek. SYNOPSIS: In 1971, a young Swiss mother and wife helps to raise awareness of the burgeoning local women’s suffrage movement. An informative and entertaining drama, […]

DVD Review – Kickboxer: Retaliation (2018)

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Kickboxer: Retaliation, 2018. Directed by Dimitri Logothetis. Starring Alain Moussi, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Christopher Lambert, Sara Malakul Lane, Mike Tyson, Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, Ronaldinho Gaúcho, and Sam Medina. SYNOPSIS: After the brutal defeat of Tong Po, kickboxer Kurt Sloane is kidnapped and forced to take on the hulking Mongkut in another fight to the death. […]

Movie Review – Monster Family (2018)

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Monster Family, 2018. Directed by Holger Tappe. Featuring the voice talents of Emily Watson, Jason Isaacs, Nick Frost, Jessica Brown Findlay, and Catherine Tate. SYNOPSIS: Count Dracula (Jason Isaacs) is lonely, with only his trio of musical bats for company, so when Emma Wishbone (Emily Watson) shows him some kindness, he puts his plans of […]

Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 5 Episode 11 Review – ‘All the Comforts of Home’

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Danny Hale reviews the eleventh episode of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 5… It’s been quite the wait to finally see our team return to Earth and to their original time and while All the Comforts of Home certainly saw our characters escape their Kree prison it also did a great job of immediately setting […]

Gotham Season 4 Episode 12 Review – ‘Pieces of a Broken Mirror’

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Martin Carr reviews the twelfth episode of Gotham season 4… Bombs in biplanes, fist fights in alleyways and physicians controlling gangland turf are just a few of the things which Gotham throws up this week. There are rifts dividing enemies and friends alike as some long standing characters battle their inner demons. As we attempt […]