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Mr. Mercedes Season 1 Finale Review – ‘Jibber-Jibber Chicken Dinner’

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Martin Carr reviews the Mr. Mercedes season 1 finale… As far as finales go this is strong stuff held together by grizzly dream sequences, psychotic Professor X wannabes and some nasty knife work. We get to see placebo pills being popped, Hodges floating around unconvinced by the death of his arch nemesis while a half […]

Riverdale Season 2 Episode 1 Review – ‘A Kiss Before Dying’

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Liam Hoofe reviews the Riverdale season 2 premiere… Riverdale, the TV adaptation of the iconic Archie Comics, returned to our screens last night, kicking off the show’s second season in riveting fashion. Riverdale has always been delightfully over the top, delivering twists and turns at a breakneck speed in an incredibly stylish and confident fashion, […]

October Horrors 2017 Day 12 – It (1990)

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It, 1990. Directed by Tommy Lee Wallace. Starring Tim Curry, Jonathan Brandis, Seth Green, Emily Perkins, Brandon Crane, Adam Faraizl, Marlon Taylor, Ben Heller, Richard Thomas, John Ritter, Annette O’Toole, Harry Anderson, Dennis Christopher, Tim Reid, and Richard Masur. SYNOPSIS: A group of childhood friends are reunited after a spate of gruesome murders in their […]

Movie Review – The Snowman (2017)

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The Snowman, 2017. Directed by Tomas Alfredson. Starring Michael Fassbender, Rebecca Ferguson, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Val Kilmer, Toby Jones, J.K. Simmons, Chloe Sevigny, and Sofia Helin. SYNOPSIS: When an elite crime squad’s lead detective (Fassbender) investigates the disappearance of a victim on the first snow of winter, he fears an elusive serial killer may be active again. […]

Blu-ray Review – The House (2017)

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The House, 2017. Directed by Andrew Jay Cohen. Starring Will Ferrell, Amy Poehler, Jason Mantzoukas, Nick Kroll, Ryan Simpkins, and Jeremy Renner SYNOPSIS: Forty somethings Scott and Kate Johansen (Will Ferrell and Amy Poehler) are proud that their daughter Alex (Ryan Simpkins) is going to college.  She’s done so well that she’s getting a scholarship […]

Toronto After Dark Film Festival Review – The Villainess (2017)

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The Villainess, 2017. Directed by Jung Byung-gil. Starring Kim Ok-bin, Shin Ha-kyun, Sung Joon, Kim Seo-hyung, Jo Eun-ji, Lee Seung-joo, Son Min-ji, Min Ye-ji and Kim Yeon-woo. SYNOPSIS: A female assassin leaves a trail of bodies behind her as she seeks revenge. Enthusiastically hailed as “the new The Raid” since its Cannes premiere this past May, the second feature from director Byung-gil […]

Movie Review – The LEGO Ninjago Movie (2017)

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The LEGO Ninjago Movie, 2017. Directed by Charlie Bean. Featuring the voice talents of Dave Franco, Michael Pena, Kumail Nanjiani, Fred Armisen, Zach Woods, Abbi Jacobson, Justin Theroux, Olivia Munn, and Jackie Chan. SYNOPSIS: Ninjago is the story of six young ninja tasked with defending their island home, called Ninjago. By night, they’re gifted warriors, […]

DC’s Legends of Tomorrow Season 3 Episode 1 Review – ‘Aruba-Con’

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Jessie Robertson reviews the season 3 premiere of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow… When we last left our heroes, they had basically broken time. Dinosaurs were running around, Big Ben was in the US it was pure chaos. Thankfully, very quickly, Rip shows up and puts everything back, and reveals he has created the Time Bureau, […]

61st BFI London Film Festival Review – On Chesil Beach (2017)

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On Chesil Beach, 2017. Directed by Dominic Cooke. Starring Saoirse Ronan, Billy Howle, Emily Watson, Anne-Marie Duff, Samuel West, Adrian Scarborough, and Bebe Cave. SYNOPSIS: Young newlyweds Edward and Florence arrive at their seaside hotel for their honeymoon in the 1960s, full of anticipation as to what married life has in store for them. As […]