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Movie Review – Velvet Buzzsaw (2019)

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Velvet Buzzsaw, 2019. Directed by Dan Gilroy. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Zawe Ashton, Tom Sturridge, Toni Collette, Natalia Dyer, Daveed Diggs, John Malkovich, and Billy Magnussen. 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 […]

Movie Review – Lords of Chaos (2018)

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Lords of Chaos, 2018. Directed by Jonas Åkerlund. Starring Rory Culkin, Emory Cohen, Jack Kilmer, Valter Skarsgård and Sky Ferreira. SYNOPSIS: A teenager’s quest to launch Norwegian Black Metal in Oslo in the early 1990s results in a very violent outcome. The black metal community can appear, to onlookers, a quasi-circus act. A subculture of disgruntled teenagers […]

Movie Review – Cold Pursuit (2019)

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Cold Pursuit, 2019. Directed by Hans Petter Moland Starring Liam Neeson, Emmy Rossum, Laura Dern, William Forsythe, Julia Jones, Domenik Lombardozzi, Tom Bateman, John Doman, Michael Eklund, Tom Jackson, Raoul Max Trujillo, Micheal Richardson, Elizabeth Thai SYNOPSIS:  In a snowy tourist resort in the Rocky Mountains, quiet family-man and newly crowned ‘Citizen of the Year’, […]

Movie Review – Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror (2019)

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Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror, 2019. Directed by Xavier Burgin. Featuring Jordan Peele, Keith David, Rachel True, Tony Todd, Miguel A. Núñez Jr., Loretta Devine, Paula Jai Parker, Ken Foree, Kelly Jo Minter, Richard Lawson, Ernest R. Dickerson, Rusty Cundieff, Ken Sagoes, William Crain, Tina Mabry, Meosha Bean, Tananarive Due, Ashlee Blackwell, Robin […]

Black Lightning Season 2 Episode 12 Review – ‘The Book of Secrets: Chapter Two: Just and Unjust’

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Red Stewart reviews the twelfth episode of Black Lightning season 2… Contrary to my hopes from last week, the penultimate episode of Black Lightning’s second season lacked the fire and brimstone I felt a post-Khalil entry would have. I know, I know, it’s dumb to project your own personal wishes upon another writer, but can you honestly […]

Movie Review – The Prodigy (2019)

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The Prodigy, 2019. Directed by Nicholas McCarthy. Starring Taylor Schilling, Brittany Allen, Jackson Robert Scott, Colm Feore, Peter Mooney, and Paul Fauteux. SYNOPSIS:  A mother concerned about her young son’s disturbing behavior thinks something supernatural may be affecting him. Note to filmmakers, marketers, or whoever’s responsible for posting trivia on IMDb – avoid bragging about […]

Star Wars Resistance Season 1 Episode 15 Review – ‘The First Order Occupation’

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Ricky Church reviews the fifteenth episode of Star Wars Resistance… At long last the First Order has arrived in force at the Colossus, beginning what Kaz called an occupation of the station. Despite this and the title even named after his claim, ‘The First Order Occupation’ is less about their arrival and more about Kaz […]

Movie Review – Piercing (2018)

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Piercing, 2018. Directed by Nicolas Pesce. Starring Christopher Abbott, Mia Wasikowska, and Laia Costa. SYNOPSIS: A man kisses his wife and baby goodbye and seemingly heads away on business, with a plan to check into a hotel, call an escort service, and kill an unsuspecting prostitute. I’ll tell you what; no one can accuse filmmaker […]

Movie Review – Boy Erased (2018)

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Boy Erased, 2018. Directed by Joel Edgerton. Starring Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe, Joel Edgerton, Troye Sivan, Xavier Dolan, Britton Sear, Jesse LaTourette, Flea, Cherry Jones, and Joe Alwyn. SYNOPSIS: When Jared Eamons (Lucas Hedges) is outed following an incident on his college campus, his staunchly Baptist preacher father (Russell Crowe), and God fearing […]