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Movie Review – The Secret of Marrowbone (2017)

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The Secret of Marrowbone, 2017. Directed by Sergio G Sanchez. Starring George MacKay, Anya Taylor-Joy, Mia Goth, Matthew Stagg, Charlie Heaton and Tom Fisher. SYNOPSIS: When her husband is put in prison for hideous crimes, a mother flees the country with their four children and seeks refuge in a remote house in America.  But her […]

Movie Review – Sicario 2: Soldado (2018)

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Sicario 2: Soldado, 2018. Directed by Stefano Sollima. Starring Benicio Del Toro, Josh Brolin, Catherine Keener, Isabela Moner, Elijah Rodriguez, and Matthew Modine. SYNOPSIS: The drug war on the U.S.-Mexico border has escalated as the cartels have begun trafficking terrorists across the US border. To fight the war, federal agent Matt Graver re-teams with the […]

Blu-ray Review – The Boondock Saints (1999)

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The Boondock Saints, 1999. Directed by Troy Duffy. Starring Willem Dafoe, Sean Patrick Flanery, Norman Reedus, David Della Rocco, Billy Connolly, and Dot-Marie Jones. SYNOPSIS: A pair of Catholic brothers turn vigilante and go on the rampage in Boston’s criminal underworld. With a production history as troubled as some of the characters in the movie, […]

DVD Review – WWE: The Shield – Justice For All

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WWE: The Shield – Justice For All, 2018. SYNOPSIS: A look at the last three years in the careers of Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose – as opponents, as singles competitors and as allies in the reunited incarnation of The Shield. From the moment The Shield debuted at the tail end of 2012, […]

Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger Season 1 Episode 6 Review – ‘Funhouse Mirrors’

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Red Stewart reviews the sixth episode of Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger… I don’t blame Cloak & Dagger for experimenting with its presentation format. After all, we live in an era where new and old superhero shows are being produced every year, a trend that isn’t going to stop anytime soon. Because of this, you need to […]

Comic Book Review – The Man of Steel #6

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Ricky Church reviews The Man of Steel #6… Since this miniseries started, The Man of Steel has been on a bit of a bumpy ride with goo and so-so issues in its short run. Brian Michael Bendis brings it home in its final issue and actually delivers an ending that make up for a couple problems […]

Second Opinion – Sorry To Bother You (2018)

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Sorry To Bother You. 2018. Directed by Boots Riley. Starring Lakeith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson, Jermaine Fowler, Omari Hardwick, Terry Crews, Kate Berlant, Danny Glover, Steven Yeun, Armie Hammer, Robert Longstreet, David Cross, Patton Oswalt, Lily James, Forest Whitaker, and Rosario Dawson. SYNOPSIS: In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical […]

Second Opinion – Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)

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Ant-Man and the Wasp, 2018. Directed by Peyton Reed. Starring Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Douglas, Hannah John-Kamen, Michael Peña, Walton Goggins, Abby Ryder Fortson, Bobby Cannavale, T.I., David Dastmalchian, Divian Ladwa, Laurence Fishburne, Judy Greer, Randall Park, Michael Cerveris, Rob Archer, Sean Kleier, Goran Kostic, Benjamin Byron Davis, Riann Steele, and Michelle Pfeiffer. SYNOPSIS: […]

Retro Review – ZX81 Jetpac (2018)

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Villordsutch reviews ZX81 Jetpac… Back in 1983 the brothers Tim & Chris Stamper released, via their enigmatic software house Ultimate Play the Game, Jetpac for the ZX Spectrum.  This groundbreaking game was both ever-so-simple to pick up and unbelievably difficult to turn off, it also let all fellow Spectrum programmers know what the Speccy could […]