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Blu-ray Review – The Cat O’Nine Tails (1971)

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The Cat O’Nine Tails, 1971. Directed by Dario Argento. Starring James Franciscus, Karl Malden, Catherine Spaak, Horst Frank, Pier Paolo Capponi, and Cinzia De Carolis. SYNOPSIS: A blind man and an investigative reporter team up to get to the bottom of a murder mystery connected to a pharmaceutical company. Continuing their trawl through their catalogue […]

DVD Review – The Hero (2017)

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The Hero, 2017. Directed by Brett Haley. Starring Sam Elliott, Laura Prepon, Nick Offerman, Krysten Ritter, and Katherine Ross. SYNOPSIS: With his glory days far behind him, a fading movie star is forced to confront his past and his own mortality. It’s one of the most distinctive voices in the movies.  Sam Elliott’s gravelly tones […]

Waco Episode 1 Review – ‘Visions and Omens’

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Red Stewart reviews the first episode of Waco… I remember first learning about the Waco Siege during the Bundy Standoff in 2014. Many news outlets at the time were making comparisons between the two, leading me to look it up on Wikipedia. I don’t remember much about it, and I’ve refrained from revisiting that article […]

Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 5 Episode 9 Review – ‘Best Laid Plans’

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Danny Hale reviews the ninth episode of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 5… From the beginning of ‘Best Laid Plans’ it’s clear that Kasius is starting to lose his hold over his captives as Mack, Yo-Yo and Flint have rallied the humans on the Lighthouse into rebellion and while they’re mostly expendable characters that we […]

Movie Review – Flay (2017)

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Flay, 2017. Directed by Eric Pham. Starring Ella Lamont, Dalton E. Gray, Johnny Walter, Violett Beane, A. Michael Baldwin, and Patricia Cane. SYNOPSIS: After the death of her mother, an estranged daughter struggles to save her brother, and those around her from a malevolent faceless spirit. Possessed objects are no stranger to the horror genre […]

Movie Review – Den of Thieves (2018)

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Den of Thieves, 2018. Directed by Christian Gudegast. Starring Gerard Butler, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Pablo Schreiber, Evan Jones, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Dawn Olivieri, Brian Van Holt, Jordan Bridges, Eric Braeden, Maurice Compte, Sonya Balmores, Cooper Andrews, Meadow Williams, Kaiwi Lyman, Jay Dobyns, Nick Loeb, Mo McRae, and Jermaine Rivers. SYNOPSIS: As a series of […]

Book Review – Strange Weather by Joe Hill

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Michelle Herbert reviews Strange Weather by Joe Hill… Strange Weather is a collection of short stories, which not surprisingly have a connection to meteorological conditions, whether that is a growing forest fire or rain that no longer falls as expected. These stories have weather in the background, yet these are very human stories full of […]

Movie Review – Basmati Blues (2017)

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Basmati Blues, 2017. Directed by Dan Baron. Starring Brie Larson, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Saahil Sehgal, Scott Bakula, Tyne Daly, Lakshmi Manchu, and Donald Sutherland. SYNOPSIS: A brilliant scientist is plucked out of the company lab and sent to India to sell the genetically modified rice she created – which she doesn’t realize will destroy the farmers […]