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Movie Review – Hunter (2018)

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Hunter, 2018. Directed by David Tarleton. Starring Nick Searcy, Shannon Brown, Adria Dawn, Rachel Cerda and Jason Kellerman. SYNOPSIS: Revered cage fighter Hunter (Jason Kellerman) is sleeping rough. Haunted by the murder of his mother and daughter he searches for solace, searches for answers and finds help in Danni (Rachel Cerda) counsellor at a nearby […]

Movie Review – Vice (2018)

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Vice, 2018. Written and Directed by Adam McKay. Starring Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Steve Carell, Sam Rockwell, Jesse Plemons, Alison Pill, Lily Rabe, Tyler Perry, Justin Kirk, LisaGay Hamilton, Shea Whigham, Eddie Marsan, Fay Masterson, Bill Camp, Don McManus, Bob Stephenson, Jillian Armenante, Abigail Marlowe, and Jamie Bernadette. SYNOPSIS: The story of Dick Cheney, an […]

Sundance Film Festival 2019 Review – The Farewell

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The Farewell, 2019. Directed by Lulu Wang. Starring Awkwafina, Tzi Ma, Diana Lin, Zhao Shuzhen, Lu Hong, Jiang Yongbo, Chen Han, Aoi Mizuhara, Chen Hanwei, and Li Xiang. SYNOPSIS: A Chinese family discover their grandmother has only a short while left to live and decide to keep her in the dark, scheduling a wedding to […]

Comic Book Review – Justice League Vol. 1: The Totality

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Ricky Church reviews Justice League Vol. 1: The Totality… The Justice League has been off on some fairly crazy adventures the last couple of years thanks to Scott Snyder and they’re off on even more wild and cosmic quests in the first volume of Snyder’s tale, Justice League Vol. 1: The Totality. Spinning out from the events […]

Movie Review – Serenity (2019)

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Serenity, 2019. Directed by Steven Knight. Starring Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Diane Lane, Jason Clarke, and Djimon Hounsou. SYNOPSIS: A down-on-his-luck war veteran is offered a tempting offer to solve his money troubles by his ex-wife to kill her husband but not everything is at it appears in this slick mystery film. Serenity for the […]

Movie Review – Velvet Buzzsaw (2019)

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Velvet Buzzsaw, 2019. Directed by Dan Gilroy. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Toni Collette, Zawe Ashton, Tom Sturridge, Natalia Dyer, Daveed Diggs, Billy Magnussen and John Malkovich. SYNOPSIS: After a series of paintings by an unknown artist are discovered, a supernatural force enacts revenge on those who have allowed their greed to get in the way […]

Comic Book Review – Life Is Strange #3

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Calum Petrie reviews Life Is Strange #3… Last issue we left the pair gathering their thoughts after Chloe finally got to experience what Max has to live with. The strange abilities that allowed Max to bend time have now started acting independently of her control and are forcing her to see visions of the alternate […]

Movie Review – Alita: Battle Angel (2019)

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Alita: Battle Angel, 2019. Directed by Robert Rodriguez. Starring Rosa Salazar, Christoph Waltz, Michelle Rodriguez, Keean Johnson, Jackie Earle Haley, Jennifer Connelly, Ed Skrein, Eiza Gonzalez, Mahershala Ali, Lana Condor, Casper Van Dien and Jorge Lendeborg Jr. SYNOPSIS: An action-packed story of one young woman’s journey to discover the truth of who she is and her […]

The Orville Season 2 Episode 6 Review – ‘A Happy Refrain’

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Martin Carr reviews the sixth episode of The Orville season 2… You could just look at this week as another exercise in relationship exploration as two people from diametrically apposed backgrounds are brought together. You might choose to go deeper and consider the concept of feelings and what makes us sentient, self-aware and therefore human. Then […]