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Second Opinion – Mid90s (2018)

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Mid90s, 2018. Directed by Jonah Hill. Starring Sunny Suljic, Lucas Hedges, Olan Prenatt, Na-kel Smith, Gio Galicia, Ryder McLaughlin, Jerrod Carmichael, and Katherine Waterston. SYNOPSIS: Stevie (Sunny Suljic) is just like a lot of other boys growing up in 90s Los Angeles; he has an oppressive older brother (Lucas Hedges) who won’t let him touch […]

Movie Review – Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich (2018)

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Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich, 2018. Directed by Sonny Lagula and Tommy Wiklund. Starring Thomas Lennon, Kennedy Summers, Nelson Franklin, Barbara Crampton, and Udo Kier. SYNOPSIS: Edgar and two friends travel to a small town convention marking 30 years since the infamous ‘Toulon Murders’ when an ancient evil possesses all the puppets brought by visitors […]

Movie Review – Little (2019)

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Little, 2019 Directed by Tina Gordon. Starring Regina Hall, Issa Rae, and Marsai Martin. SYNOPSIS: A ruthless tech mogul (Regina Hall) transforms into a child version of herself (Marsai Martin) overnight, and it’s up to her assistant April (Issa Rae) to help her switch back. No matter your feelings on the film Little, the success […]

DVD Review – The Bouncer (2018)

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The Bouncer, 2018. Directed by Julien Leclercq. Starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Sami Bouajila, Sveva Alviti, Kevin Janssens, and Sam Louwyck. SYNOPSIS: An ageing bouncer struggles to raise his 8-year-old daughter when he becomes involved with the criminal underworld. Another year, another direct-to-DVD release starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, the craggy-faced Muscles from Brussels whose career went […]

American Gods Season 2 Episode 5 Review – ‘The Ways of the Dead’

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Martin Carr reviews the fifth episode of American Gods season 2… Carnal coupling New Orleans style awaits the seasoned watcher and newbie alike as Nordic folklore combines with a smattering of voodoo infused racial histrionics. Flaming heads talking in present day moments of acid trip clarity sit alongside bullet wound imagery, laughing lynch mobs and […]

Movie Review – Pet Sematary (2019)

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Pet Sematary, 2019. Directed by Kevin Kolsch and Dennis Widmyer. Starring Jason Clarke, Amy Seimetz, Jeté Laurence, Obssa Ahmed, Alyssa Brooke Levine, Sonia Maria Chirila, Hugo Lavoie, Lucas Lavoie, and John Lithgow.   SYNOPSIS: Dr. Louis Creed and his wife, Rachel, relocate from Boston to rural Maine with their two young children. The couple soon […]

Comic Book Review – Transformers: The IDW Collection Phase Two – Vol. 8

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Ricky Church reviews Transformers: The IDW Collection Phase Two – Vol. 8… While IDW has started a new Transformers series with a fresh continuity, the publisher is still releasing its previous series in deluxe format with Transformers: The IDW Collection Phase Two – Vol. 8. Collecting several issues from Transformers, More Than Meets The Eye, the Drift: Empire of […]

Video Game Review – Dangerous Driving

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Shaun Munro reviews Dangerous Driving… EA’s refusal to give Burnout fans another entry into the beloved arcade racer series has left something of a gap in the market over the last decade, and one that curiously few developers have actually attempted to fill. Enter Three Fields Entertainment, then, a small developmental outfit founded by several former […]

Movie Review – Mid90s (2018)

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Mid90s, 2018. Directed by Jonah Hill. Starring Sunny Suljic, Na-Kel Smith, Olan Prenatt, Ryder McLaughlin, Gio Galicia, Lucas Hedges, Katherine Waterston and Alexa Demie. SYNOPSIS: A 13-year-old kid desperate for attention finds himself welcomed into a group of skateboarders in 90s LA. “You should look up to me,” says a teenage character during the first […]