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Movie Review – The Laundromat (2019)

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The Laundromat, 2019.Directed by Steven Soderbergh. Starring Meryl Streep, Gary Oldman, Antonio Banderas, Jeffrey Wright, Nonso Anozie, Matthias Schoenaerts, Melissa Rauch, Sharon Stone, Nikki Amuka-Bird and Rosalind Chao.SYNOPSIS:When a woman suffers an insurance injustice, she begins to investigate the shady law firm Mossack Fonseca, who would eventually become the subject of the Panama Papers.“We are […]

Video Review – Parasite (2019)

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Parasite, 2019.Directed by Bong Joon-Ho. Starring Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong, Choi Woo-shik, and Park So-dam.After two impressive festival screening, check out our video review for Parasite. In the video below, Flickering Myth critic EJ Moreno talks about director Bong Joon-Ho’s latest masterpiece and why this is one of the year’s best; watch the […]

Movie Review – For Sama (2019)

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For Sama, 2019.Directed by Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts. Starring Waad al-Kateab.SYNOPSIS:A filmmaker documents the siege of Aleppo by the Syrian regime, dedicating every shot to her infant daughter Sama.For many of us, the raging conflict in Syria is something abstract, something happening thousands of miles away. But for those who live or have lived […]

Video Game Review – The Ninja Saviors: Return of the Warriors

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Scott Watson reviews The Ninja Saviors: Return of the Warriors…I must have been one of the few back in the day who missed this side scroller beat ’em up from Taito.  The Ninja Saviors: Return of the Warriors is essentially a remake of a remake; based firstly on Taito’s 1987 arcade release, The Ninja Warriors, […]

Video Game Review – Gears 5

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Shaun Munro reviews Gears 5…The importance of the Gears of War franchise in shaping the modern third-person shooter cannot be overstated, but it’s also fair to say that the series has been wanting for a truly great entry in many a year, between the competent yet uninspired spin-off Judgment and the workmanlike, underwhelming Gears of War 4.And in many […]

Movie Review – Hustlers (2019)

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Hustlers, 2019.Directed by Lorene Scafaria. Starring Jennifer Lopez, Constance Wu, Julia Stiles, Keke Palmer, Lili Reinhart, Cardi B, Lizzo, Madeline Brewer, Mette Towley, and Trace Lysette.SYNOPSIS:When the dollar bills dry up in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, a group of savvy strip-club employees group together in order to turn-the-tables on their Wall Street […]

Toronto International Film Festival 2019 Review – Calm with Horses

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Calm with Horses, 2019Directed by Nick RowlandStarring Cosmo Jarvis, Barry Keoghan, Niamh Algar, Ned Dennehy and David WilmotSYNOPSISWhen former boxer Douglas ‘Arm’ Armstrong is offered a gig as an enforcer with the Devers drug mafia, life seems on the uptick — but the demands weigh heavily as he makes inroads with his young autistic son. […]

Movie Review – Satanic Panic (2019)

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Satanic Panic, 2019. Directed by Chelsea Stardust. Starring Rebecca Romijn, Arden Myrin. Hayley Griffith, Ruby Modine, Mike E. Winfield, AJ Bowen, Jordan Ladd, Jeff Daniel Phillips, and Jerry O’Connell. SYNOPSIS: A pizza delivery girl at the end of her financial rope has to fight for her life – and her tips – when her last […]

Toronto International Film Festival Review – A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

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A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, 2019.Directed by Marielle Heller. Starring Tom Hanks, Matthew Rhys, Susan Kelechi Watson, Chris Cooper, Enrico Colantoni, Maryann Plunkett, Tammy Blanchard, and Wendy Makkena.SYNOPSIS:After a jaded magazine writer is assigned a profile of Fred Rogers, he overcomes his skepticism, learning about empathy, kindness, and decency from America’s most beloved neighbor.If […]

Toronto International Film Festival 2019 Review – Hustlers

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Hustlers, 2019.Directed by Lorene Scafaria. Starring Jennifer Lopez, Constance Wu, Lili Reinhart, Cardi B, Mette Towley, Madeline Brewer, Lizzo, Keke Palmer and Julia Styles.SYNOPSISInspired by a 2015 New York Magazine article that went viral, Hustlers follows a savvy crew of former strippers who band together to turn the tables on their Wall Street clients.Inspired by the crazy […]