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Second Opinion – Shazam (2019)

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Shazam, 2019.Directed by David F. Sandberg. Starring Zachary Levi, Asher Angel, Jack Dylan Grazer, Mark Strong, Djimon Hounsou, Grace Fulton, Faithe Herman, Ian Chen, Jovan Armand, Cooper Andrews and Marta Milans.SYNOPSIS:A teenage foster child becomes an unlikely superhero when he is handed magical powers by a dying wizard.DC has finally learned one of the classic […]

Blu-ray Review – Next of Kin (1982)

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Next of Kin, 1982.Directed by Tony Williams . Starring Jacki Kerin, John Jarratt, Alex Scott, Gerda Nicolson, Charles McCallum, Tommy Dysart, and Debra Lawrance.SYNOPSIS:A young woman inherits a large retirement home from her mother, and after reading her dead mother’s diary a series of mysterious deaths begins to occur.Before he became a household name amongst […]

The Orville Season 2 Episode 11 Review – ‘Lasting Impressions’

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Martin Carr reviews the eleventh episode of The Orville season 2…Poignancy and pathos extol a heavy price from the audience this week  as captain and crew encounter a time capsule. ‘Lasting Impressions’ is not only a highly perceptive piece of writing on the impact of social media, but subtlety encompasses other addictions without preaching. Touchstones […]

Blu-ray Review – Blood Hunger: The Films of José Larraz

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Blood Hunger: The Films of José Larraz Limited Edition Box SetDirected by José Larraz. Starring Karl Lanchbury, Vivian Neves, Pia Andersson, Marianne Morris, Anulka Dziubinska, Murray Brown, Michael Byrne, Patricia Granada, Lidia Zuazo, Rafael Machado, and Larry Dann.SYNOPSIS:Limited edition box set containing three genre-straddling movies from the 1970s by Spanish director José Larraz.José Ramón Larraz […]

Gotham Season 5 Episode 10 Review – ‘I Am Bane’

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Martin Carr reviews the tenth episode of Gotham season 5…There is something anti-climatic about ‘I Am Bane’ that makes it feel like an extended set up for the imminent season finale. Re-unification is happening, water supply purity is back to normal, yet there still exists one large spanner in the works. Old adversaries return, new […]

Movie Review – The Dirt (2019)

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The Dirt, 2019.Directed by Jeff Tremaine. Starring Douglas Booth, Colson Baker, Daniel Webber, Iwan Rheon, Pete Davidson and David Costabile.SYNOPSIS:The story of how Mötley Crüe came to be one of the most notorious rock ‘n roll groups in history.It’s all-too-inevitable that, in the wake of Bohemian Rhapsody‘s commercial and awards success – to say nothing of […]

Star Wars Resistance Season Finale Review – ‘No Escape: Part Two’

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Ricky Church reviews the season one finale of Star Wars Resistance…The end has come for Star Wars Resistance’s first season as Kaz, Yeager and their team make a desperate play to save the Colossus and rid themselves of the First Order while trying to rescue Tam from their clutches. Problem with that last part, though, is […]

Movie Review – Us (2019)

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Us, 2019.Written and Directed by Jordan Peele. Starring Lupita Nyong’o, Winston Duke, Evan Alex, Shahadi Wright Joseph, Elisabeth Moss, Tim Heidecker, Kara Hayward, Anna Diop, Cali Sheldon, Noelle Sheldon, Madison Curry, and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II.SYNOPSIS:A family’s serenity turns to chaos when a group of doppelgängers begins to terrorise them.Following up an Oscar-winning pop-culture phenomenon of […]

Second Opinion – Relaxer (2018)

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Relaxer, 2018.Directed by Joel Potrykus. Starring Joshua Burge, David Dastmalchian, Andre Hyland, Mahfuz Rahman, Madigan Bachman, Adina Howard, and Amari Cheatom.SYNOPSIS:With the impending Y2K apocalypse fast approaching, Abbie is faced with the ultimate challenge – the unbeatable level 256 on Pac-Man – and he can’t get off the couch until he conquers it. A survival […]