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Movie Review – Captain Marvel (2019)

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Captain Marvel, 2019. Directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck. Starring Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn, Annette Bening, Gemma Chan, Lashana Lynch, Kenneth Mitchell, Colin Ford, Chuku Modu, Robert Kazinsky, Lee Pace, Mckenna Grace, Djimon Hounsou, Rune Temte, Jude Law, and Clark Gregg. SYNOPSIS: While in training to be a Kree warrior, an […]

HBO throws gauntlet at Comic-Con with Game of Thrones activation during SXSW

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Remember the fallen, fight for the living, and “Bleed for the Throne” San Diego Comic-Con may be the most known convention for extensive and immersive experiences tied to popular movies and TV shows, but the past two years HBO has made SXSW an experience to rival the biggest comic-book convention in the US. Last year, […]

Movie Review – Motel Mist (2016)

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Motel Mist, 2016. Directed by Prabda Yoon Starring Surapol Poonpiriya, Prapamonton Eiamchan, Vasuphon Kriangprapakit, Wissanu Likitsathaporn, and Katareeya Theapchatri. SYNOPSIS: In just a few hours, at an unusual love motel on the outskirts of Bangkok called Motel Mistress, four (human) lives intertwine and change forever. Motel Mist takes place at a weird out of town motel where sexual proclivity […]

Movie Review – The Kindergarten Teacher (2019)

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The Kindergarten Teacher, 2019. Directed by Sara Colangelo. Starring Maggie Gyllenhaal, Gael García Bernal, Parker Sevak, Michael Chernus, Rosa Salazar, Anna Baryshnikov, Daisy Tahan, Ato Blankson-Wood. SYNOPSIS: Lisa Spinelli (Maggie Gyllenhaal) is an unhappy kindergarten teacher in New York, who suddenly becomes obsessed with one of her students whom she believes is a child prodigy. The Kindergarten Teacher is one of […]

Movie Review – Rosie (2018)

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Rosie, 2018. Directed by Paddy Breathnach. Starring Sarah Greene, Moe Dunford, Ellie O’Halloran, Ruby Dunne, Darragh Mckenzie and Molly McCann. SYNOPSIS: A desperate family in Dublin, evicted from their rental property so the landlord can sell it, hop between council-funded hotel stays to keep themselves off the streets. The sad reality of the precarious modern […]

Doom Patrol Season 1 Episode 3 Review – ‘Puppet Patrol’

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Hasitha Fernando reviews the third episode of Doom Patrol… Our titular motley crew are right back where they started. The shenanigans involving the devious Mr. Nobody and his vortex of mischief served only as a transitory period of torment for our heroes. Nothing new was gleamed by tumbling down that particular rabbit-hole (or Donkey’s throat […]

Movie Review – Red Room (2017)

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Red Room, 2017. Directed by Stephen Gaffney. Starring Brian Fortune, Cristina Ryan, Eddie Jackson, Rodrigo Ternevoy, Fionna Hewitt-Twamley, Martin O’Sullivan, Aisling O’Neill, Michelle Audrey, John Dalessandro, Eoin Quinn, Saoirse Doyle, Sohaila Lindheim, and Roisin Whelan. SYNOPSIS: The film sees three women held captive in a ‘room’ and told they can’t leave until it’s “their turn.” In […]

Movie Review – Ray & Liz (2018)

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Ray & Liz, 2018. Written and directed by Richard Billingham. Starring Ella Smith, Justin Sallinger, Patrick Romer, Tony Way, Sam Gittins, Joshua Millard-Lloyd and Deirdre Kelly. SYNOPSIS: A poverty-stricken family living in the Black Country during the 1980s struggles with the constant spectre of financial peril. From the very first shots of photographer turned filmmaker […]

Movie Review – Black Ruby (2017)

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Black Ruby, 2017. Directed by La Raza. Starring Zachary Laoutides, Krystal E. Heredia, Ric Morgan and Joseph Mennella. SYNOPSIS: The first feature film shot entirely on the iPhone 7, captures the story of two best friends, Jules and Louis, hustlers and jazz musicians who struggle to create a hit song when a young seductive black-Hispanic […]