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American Gods Season 2 Episode 6 Review – ‘Donar the Great’

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Martin Carr reviews the sixth episode of American Gods season 2… Aside from a chuck away reference to Fredrick Nietzsche there is little of philosophical depth in Donar the Great. Flashback heavy and no more obscure than normal this vaudevillian segue into music hall politics with Velvet Underground undertones shows much but achieves little. Narrative […]

Movie Review – Greta (2019)

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Greta, 2019. Directed by Neil Jordan Starring Chloe Grace Moretz, Isabelle Huppert, Maika Monroe, Colm Feore, and Stephen Rea. SYNOPSIS: After finding a handbag left in a Subway car, a young woman befriends the bag’s older owner, but finds it increasingly difficult to end the relationship when Greta gets a little too close for comfort. […]

Movie Review – Furious (2017)

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Furious, 2017. Directed by Dzhanik Fayziev and Ivan Shurkhovetskiy. Starring Ilya Malakov, Aleksey Serebryakov, Aleksandr Ilin, Timofey Tribuntsev, Yuliya Khlynina, Igor Savochkin, and Polina Chernyshova. SYNOPSIS: In the 13th century, the Horde controls most of the known world. Now, an amnesiac Russian soldier sets out to get revenge on the Mongol army that destroyed his […]

Movie Review – Thriller (2019)

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Thriller. 2019. Directed by Dallas Jackson. Starring Jessica Allain, Mitchell Edwards, Maestro Harrell, Paige Hurd, Chauncey Jenkins, Michael Ocampo, Chelsea Rendon, Tequan Richmond, RZA, Pepi Sonuga, Luke Tennie, Mykelti Williamson, and Jason Woods. SYNOPSIS: A childhood prank comes back to haunt a clique of South Central Los Angeles teens when their victim returns home during […]

Game of Thrones Season 8 Episode 1 Review – ‘Winterfell’

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Eammon Jacobs reviews the first episode of Game of Thrones season 8… Disclaimer – we won’t be diving too deeply into the spoilers of the episode.  After the seventh season ramped up the danger as the White Walkers broke through the wall, it was always going to be interesting to see how the final instalment […]

Line of Duty Series 5 Episode 3 Review

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Eammon Jacobs reviews the third episode of Line of Duty series 5… Corrupt coppers, dramatic reveals and Stephen Graham shooting at people… It’s just another day on the job for the officers of AC-12. Don’t worry, this is spoiler-free! Line of Duty series five heavily leans into the over-arching story that Jed Mercurio has been […]

DVD Review – Baptiste Series One

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Rachel Bellwoar reviews series one of Baptiste… Not every TV detective is made to have a TV show named after them. With Julien Baptiste, it feels like the natural next step. After acting as the primary carryover between seasons one and two of The Missing, Baptiste and Tchéky Karyo, the actor who plays him, get […]

Movie Review – Room For Rent (2019)

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Room For Rent, 2019. Directed by Tommy Stovall. Starring Lin Shaye, Oliver Rayon, Valeska Miller, and Ryan Ochoa. SYNOPSIS: Joyce, a lonely widow, rents out a room in her house. She soon becomes dangerously obsessed with one of her guests, a mysterious drifter. Let’s start this review off by talking about the incomparable Lin Shaye. […]

Movie Review – Disneynature’s Penguins (2019)

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Penguins, 2019. Directed by Alastair Fothergill and Jeff Wilson. Narration by Ed Helms. SYNOPSIS: Adélie penguin Steve joins the million of other penguins in their journey to create happiness and a family for themselves across Antarctica. “Relatable content” is a phrase often used on the Internet. It’s when you see something that feels so similar […]