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The New Look – Episodes 1-3 Review

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Chris Connor reviews the first three episodes of Apple TV+’s The New Look… Coco Chanel and Christian Dior remain icons of the fashion world and household names, decades on from their peak. What is less widely discussed perhaps is the work either did during the Second World War when Paris was under Nazi occupation and […]

Movie Review – Players (2024)

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Players, 2024. Directed by Trish Sie. Starring Gina Rodriguez, Damon Wayans Jr., Tom Ellis, Augustus Prew, Joel Courtney, Liza Koshy, Jerry Kernion, Ego Nwodim, Marin Hinkle, Brock O’Hurn, and Sarah Dacey Charles. SYNOPSIS: New York sportswriter Mack has spent years devising successful hook-up “plays” with her friends, but when she unexpectedly falls for one of […]

Movie Review – Bob Marley: One Love (2024)

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Bob Marley: One Love, 2024. Directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green. Starring Kingsley Ben-Adir, Lashana Lynch, Jesse Cilio, Tosin Cole, Michael Gandolfini, Nadine Marshall, James Norton, Micheal Ward, Sam Palladio, Anthony Welsh, Sundra Oakley, Umi Myers, Cornelius Grant, Alexx A-Game, Dónall Ó Héalai, Naomi Cowan, Davo, Luca Slade, Sheldon Shepherd, Nia Ashi, Stefan Wade, Anna-Share Blake, […]

Video Review – Madame Web is deliciously messy trash

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EJ Moreno with a video review of Sony’s Madame Web… Sony’s latest Spider-Man movie without Spidey, Madame Web, is messy, but it’s a perfect kind of mess. As we are flushed with self-serious superhero films, we need more of these types of movies. For the ecosystem of comic book movies, we need earnestly cheesy films […]

Movie Review – Bottoms (2023)

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Bottoms, 2023. Directed by Emma Seligman. Starring Rachel Sennott, Ayo Edebiri, Havana Rose Liu, Kaia Gerber, Nicholas Galitzine, Miles Fowler, Ruby Cruz, Marshawn Lynch, Zamani Wilder, Virginia Tucker, Summer Joy Campbell, Dagmara Domińczyk, Punkie Johnson, Krystal Alayne Chambers, Alyssa Matthews, Wayne Pére, Toby Nichols, Liz Elkins Newcomer, Ted Ferguson, Bruno Rose, and Cameron Stout. SYNOPSIS: […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Alligator & Alligator II: The Mutation

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Alligator & Alligator II: The Mutation Box Set Directed by Lewis Teague/Jon Hess. Starring Robert Forster, Robin Riker, Michael V. Gazzo, Henry Silva, Dee Wallace, Richard Lynch, Joseph Bologna, and Steve Railsback. SYNOPSIS: Limited edition box set featuring the creature feature double bill of Alligator and its sequel, plus a few extras. It has taken […]

Movie Review – The Taste of Things (2023)

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The Taste of Things, 2023. Directed by Anh Hung Tran. Starring Juliette Binoche, Benoît Magimel, Emmanuel Salinger, Patrick d’Assumçao, Galatea Bellugi, Jan Hammenecker, Frédéric Fisbach, Bonnie Chagneau-Ravoire, and Jean-Marc Roulot. SYNOPSIS: The story of Eugenie, an esteemed cook, and Dodin, the fine gourmet with whom she has been working for over the last 20 years. […]

Movie Review – Desperation Road (2023)

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Desperation Road, 2023. Directed by Nadine Crocker. Starring Garrett Hedlund, Willa Fitzgerald, Ryan Hurst, Woody McClain, Pyper Braun, Katy Bodenhamer, Paulina Gálvez and Mel Gibson. SYNOPSIS: After 11 years in a Mississippi state prison, Russell Gaines struggles to leave his past sins behind him as he returns home to his stoic father, Mitchell. One fateful […]

Movie Review – Upgraded (2024)

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Upgraded, 2024. Directed by Carlson Young. Starring Camila Mendes, Archie Renaux, Marisa Tomei, Lena Olin, Anthony Stewart Head, Saoirse-Monica Jackson, Rachel Matthews, Andrew Schulz, Grégory Montel, Fola Evans-Akingbola, Aimee Carrero, Jack Hewitt, Renny Krupinski, Paul Hawkyard, Declan O’Connor, Liamm Burke, and Thomas Kretschmann. SYNOPSIS: Aspiring art intern Ana is invited on a last-minute work trip […]