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Movie Review – Fighting With My Family (2019)

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Fighting With My Family, 2019. Written and 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 underdog story of WWE superstar Paige, who rose from the ranks of a wrestling family in Norwich to […]

Movie Review – High Flying Bird (2019)

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High Flying Bird, 2019. Directed by Steven Soderbergh. Starring Andre Holland, Zazie Beetz, Melvin Gregg, Sonja Sohn, Zachary Quinto, Glenn Fleshler, Jeryl Prescott, Justin Hurtt-Dunkley, Caleb McLaughlin, Bobbi Bordley, Kyle MacLachlan and Bill Duke. SYNOPSIS: A sports agent pitches a rookie basketball client on an intriguing and controversial business opportunity during a lockout. Less than a year […]

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 […]