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Movie Review – Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)

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Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, 2018. Directed by Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman. Featuring the voice talents of Shameik Moore, Jake Johnson, Hailee Steinfeld, Nicolas Cage, John Mulaney, Mahershala Ali, Liev Schreiber, Brian Tyree Henry, Lily Tomlin, Kimiko Glenn, Luna Lauren Vélez, Chris Pine, Kathryn Hahn, Zoë Kravitz, Oscar Isaac, and Lake Bell. SYNOPSIS: Spider-Man […]

Second Opinion – Once Upon a Deadpool (2018)

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Once Upon a Deadpool, 2018. Directed by David Leitch. Starring Ryan Reynolds, Fred Savage, Josh Brolin, Morena Baccarin, Julian Dennison, Zazie Beetz, T.J. Miller, Brianna Hildebrand, and Jack Kesy. SYNOPSIS: “To kick off the holiday season audiences of almost all ages will soon be able to enjoy the Merc with the Mouth’s reimagining of Deadpool 2 filtered […]

Second Opinion – Mary Poppins Returns (2018)

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Mary Poppins Returns, 2018. Directed by Rob Marshall. Starring Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben Whishaw, Emily Mortimer, Pixie Davies, Nathanael Saleh, Joel Dawson, Julie Walters, Meryl Streep, and Colin Firth. SYNOPSIS: Decades after her original visit, the magical nanny returns to help the Banks siblings and Michael’s children through a difficult time in their lives. […]

Black Lightning Season 2 Episode 9 Review – ‘The Book of Rebellion: Chapter Two: Gift of the Magi’

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Red Stewart reviews the ninth episode of Black Lightning season 2… Running away from home isn’t all that it’s made out to be. Movies like The Outsiders, American Beauty, and even The Lion King have often portrayed this path as leading to a partially happy outcome, but the truth is, even with money, there are a lot of problems […]

Second Opinion – Aquaman (2018)

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Aquaman, 2018. Directed by James Wan. Starring Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, Willem Dafoe, Patrick Wilson, Dolph Lundgren, Nicole Kidman, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Ludi Lin, Temuera Morrison, Michael Beach, Randall Park, Graham McTavish, Djimon Hounsou, John Rhys-Davies, Leigh Whannell, Sophia Forrest, Natalie Safran, and Julie Andrews. SYNOPSIS: The bastard son of a human fisherman and Atlanna, […]

Movie Review – Once Upon a Deadpool (2018)

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Once Upon a Deadpool, 2018. Directed by David Leitch. Starring Ryan Reynolds, Fred Savage, Josh Brolin, Julian Dennison, Zazie Beetz, Morena Baccarin, Brianna Hildebrand, T.J. Miller, Karan Soni, Leslie Uggams, Eddie Marsan, Stefan Kapicic, Bill Skarsgård, Terry Crews, Shioli Kutsuna, Lewis Tan, Jack Kesy, Hayley Sales and Rob Delaney. SYNOPSIS: Foul-mouthed mutant mercenary Wade Wilson […]

Movie Review – Beautiful Boy (2018)

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Beautiful Boy, 2018. Directed by Felix Van Groeningen. Starring Steve Carell, Timothee Chalamet, Maura Tierney, Kaitlyn Dever, Stefanie Scott, Kue Lawrence, Jack Dylan Grazer, Oakley Bull, Christian Convery, Julian Works, Amy Forsyth, Andre Royo, Timothy Hutton, and Amy Ryan. SYNOPSIS: Based on the best-selling pair of memoirs from father and son David and Nic Sheff, Beautiful […]

Doctor Who Series 11 Finale Review – ‘The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos’

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Villordsutch reviews Doctor Who Series 11 Finale, ‘The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos’… Written by – Chris Chibnall Directed by – Jamie Childs Doctor – “I have to lay down the rules if someone is new!” And so Series 11, Jodie Whittaker’s first run, comes to a close!  This blast of the first double X’d […]

Arrow Season 7 Episode 9 Review – ‘Elseworlds Part 2’

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Jessie Robertson reviews part 2 of The CW’s DC crossover event Elseworlds… Remember, the Wi-Fi password is Alfred! The Good: – I liked tonight’s intro better than the normal Arrow intro! – So tonight’s episode was all about Gotham City; it looks and feels more like an audition for a new show than an important […]