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Movie Review – Capernaum (2018)

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Capernaum, 2018. Directed by Nadine Labaki. Starring Zain Al Rafeea, Yordanos Shiferaw, Kawthar Al Haddad, Fadi Kamel Youssef, Nour el Husseini, Alaa Chouchnieh and Boluwatife Treasure Bankole. SYNOPSIS: A 12-year-old boy decides to sue his parents for giving birth to him, in the wake of his incarceration for a violent assault. When translated into English, […]

Gotham Season 5 Episode 6 Review – ’13 Stitches’

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Martin Carr reviews the sixth episode of Gotham season 5… Denizens are crawling from beneath the city dragging their underbellies towards a light which is getting further away. Smog coated, derelict and beyond redemption Gotham sits on the precipice of damnation, as principal players continue teaming up in increasingly insane ways. Madness for everyone is […]

Doom Patrol Season 1 Episode 1 Review

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Hasitha Fernando reviews the first episode of Doom Patrol… Doom Patrol first made their comic book debut on the summer of 1963. Co-created by writers Arnold Drake and Bob Haney with artist Bruno Premiani, it was published by DC Comics in the same period Marvel Comics launched X-Men. Suffering a premature death in the next […]

Glasgow Film Festival 2019 Review – Fighting With My Family

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Fighting With My Family, 2019. Directed by Stephen Merchant. Starring Florence Pugh, Jack Lowden, Nick Frost, Lena Headey, Vince Vaughn, Dwayne Johnson, Kim Matula, Aqueela Zoll, Ellie Gonsalves, Thea Trinidad and Stephen Merchant. SYNOPSIS:  The true story of Paige, a WWE superstar who rose from the rags of Norwich to the riches of professional wrestling. […]

Movie Review – Greta (2019)

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Greta. 2019. Directed by Neil Jordan. Starring Isabelle Huppert, Chloë Grace Moretz, Maika Monroe, Colm Feore, and Zawe Ashton. SYNOPSIS: A young woman befriends a lonely widow who’s harboring a dark and deadly agenda towards her. Neil Jordan’s Greta pushes a singular anomaly in The Prodigy closer towards 2019 “certifiable trend” territory. Much like Nicholas […]

Movie Review – The Final Girls: We Are the Weirdos 2 (2019)

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The Final Girls: We Are the Weirdos 2, 2019. Directed by Kate Dolan, Mariama Diallo, Hanna Bergholm, Jessica Hudak, Lee Kyoung, Rebecca Culverhouse, Zandashé Brown, Sofia Carillo and Diane Michelle. SYNOPSIS: A collection of horror shorts, directed by some of the brightest new female voices in genre cinema. Last year, Blumhouse head honcho Jason Blum […]

Comic Book Review – Superman: Rebirth Deluxe Edition Book 3

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Ricky Church reviews Superman: Rebirth Deluxe Edition Book 3… When it comes to superheroes known for being a hopeful figure, Superman stands at the top of that list for the inspiration he offers both to his fellow superheroes and real-life fans. Peter Tomasi and Patrick Gleason strike to the core of Superman’s status in Superman: Rebirth […]

Second Opinion – How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019)

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How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, 2019. Directed by Dean DeBlois. Featuring the voice talents of Jay Baruchel, America Ferrera, F. Murray Abraham, Gerard Butler, Cate Blanchett, Craig Ferguson, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Kristen Wiig, Kit Harington, and Justin Rupple. SYNOPSIS: When Hiccup discovers Toothless isn’t the only Night Fury, he must seek “The […]

Video Game Review – Macrotis: A Mother’s Journey

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Red Stewart reviews Macrotis: A Mother’s Journey… “Many human beings say that they enjoy the winter, but what they really enjoy is feeling proof against it. For them there is no winter food problem. They have fires and warm clothes. The winter cannot hurt them and therefore increases their sense of cleverness and security. For […]