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Blu-ray Review – Jake Speed (1986)

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Jake Speed, 1986.Directed by Andrew Lane. Starring Wayne Crawford, Dennis Christopher, Karen Kopins, John Hurt, Donna Pescow, and Leon Ames.SYNOPSIS:A woman hires a fictional hero to help find her kidnapped sister.Post-Indiana Jones, the 1980s suddenly filled up with adventure movies featuring a rough-and-ready hero helping out an attractive young woman (who was usually looking for […]

Movie Review – Hereditary (2018)

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Hereditary, 2018.Written and Directed by Ari Aster. Starring Toni Collette, Gabriel Byrne, Ann Dowd, Milly Shapiro, and Alex Wolff.SYNOPSIS:When Ellen, the matriarch of the Graham family, passes away, her daughter’s family begins to unravel cryptic and increasingly terrifying secrets about their ancestry. The more they discover, the more they find themselves trying to outrun the […]

Sundance London 2018 Review – The Tale (2017)

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The Tale, 2017.Directed by Jennifer Fox. Starring Laura Dern, Isabelle Nelisse, Jason Ritter, Elizabeth Debicki, Ellen Burstyn, and Common.SYNOPSIS:Documentary maker Jennifer seems to have it all until a story she wrote at the age of 13 is discovered by her mother.  It’s about a special relationship with an adult and Jennifer realises that what’s in […]

Sundance London 2018 Review – Leave No Trace (2017)

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Leave No Trace, 2017.Directed by Debra Granik. Starring Ben Foster, Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie, Jeff Kober, and Dale Dickey.SYNOPSIS:Father and daughter, Will and Tom, have lived off the grid for years on a nature reserve on the edge of Portland.  But their cover is blown by accident and they’re removed from their home to be put […]

Video Game Review – Friday the 13th: The Game (May Update)

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Harrison Abbott reviews the May Update for Friday the 13th: The Game…It’s only been a few months since the last update to Friday the 13th: The Game, but in that short space of time, the combined teams over at Gun Media and IIIFonic have been furiously making announcements, pledging new features at an absolutely manic rate.They […]

Sundance London 2018 Review – Hereditary (2017)

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Hereditary, 2017.Directed by Ari Aster. Starring Toni Collette, Gabriel Byrne, Alex Wolff, Ann Dowd, and Milly Shapiro.SYNOPSIS:The matriarch of the Graham family has died, but still casts a shadow over everybody, especially her teenage granddaughter.  As an overwhelming terror takes over the household, the family starts to unravel and the mother has to explore darker […]

Sundance London 2018 Review – Yardie (2018)

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Yardie, 2018.Directed by Idris Elba. Starring Aml Ameen, Stephen Graham, Calvin Demba, Naomi Ackie, and Shantol Jackson.SYNOPSIS:Broken by the murder of his older brother, Dennis turns to a life of crime in the backstreets of Kingston, Jamaica circa 1973. A decade later, he’s sent overseas to London, where he reunites with lost family and sets […]

Movie Review – Adrift (2018)

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Adrift., 2018Directed by Baltasar Kormakur. Starring Shailene Woodley, Sam Claflin, Grace Palmer, Jeffrey Thomas, and Elizabeth Hawthorne.SYNOPSIS:Based on the true story of survival, a young couple’s chance encounter leads them first to love, and then on the adventure of a lifetime as they face one of the most catastrophic hurricanes in recorded history.Foreshadowing can be […]

Comic Book Review – The Man of Steel #1

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Ricky Church reviews The Man of Steel #1…Comics legend Brian Michael Bendis’ stewardship of DC’s biggest superhero begins now with The Man of Steel #1, the first is a five-issue weekly miniseries. Though Bendis technically began his Superman story in the final pages of Action Comics #1000, Man of Steel #1 is the proper introduction to Bendis’ tale and gives […]

Movie Review – American Animals (2018)

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American Animals. 2018.Directed by Bart Layton. Starring Ann Dowd, Evan Peters, Barry Keoghan, Blake Jenner, Udo Kier, Jared Abrahamson, Warren Lipka, Spencer Reinhard, Chas Allen, Eric Borsuk, and Betty Jean Gooch.SYNOPSIS:Four young men mistake their lives for a movie and attempt one of the most audacious heists in U.S. history.“Animals” are wild at heart. Restless […]