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Star Wars Rebels Season 4 Episode 10 Review – ‘Jedi Night’

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Chris Cooper reviews the tenth episode of Star Wars Rebels season 4…Note – I’d love to steer clear of it, but this review is going to contain pretty hefty spoilers. This late in the game it’s nigh-on impossible to talk about the episode without spoiling something. I’d rather give you some fully fledged thoughts rather […]

Movie Review – Game Night (2018)

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Game Night, 2018.Directed by John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein. Starring Jason Bateman, Rachel McAdams, Kyle Chandler, Sharon Horgan, Billy Magnussen, Lamorne Morris, Kylie Bunbury, Jesse Plemons, Michael C. Hall, Danny Huston, and Chelsea Peretti.SYNOPSIS: A group of friends who meet regularly for game nights find themselves trying to solve a murder mystery.Rolling the dice on […]

Movie Review – Annihilation (2018)

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Annihilation, 2018.Written and Directed by Alex Garland. Starring Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson, Tuva Novotny, Benedict Wong, David Gyasi, and Oscar Isaac.SYNOPSIS:Lena, a biologist and former soldier, joins a mission to uncover what happened to her husband inside Area X – a sinister and mysterious phenomenon that is expanding across the […]

Movie Review – The Party (2018)

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The Party, 2018.Directed by Sally Potter. Starring Kristen Scott Thomas, Timothy Spall, Patricia Clarkson, Bruno Ganz, Cherry Jones, Emily Mortimer, and Cillian Murphy.SYNOPSIS:A celebratory gathering hosted by Janet (Kristen Scott Thomas) brings together a generation of friends, lovers, and family members, for a soirée that will escalate beyond family squabbles, to guns, duplicity, and revelations.Sally […]

Movie Review – The Lodgers (2018)

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The Lodgers, 2018.Directed by Brian O’Malley. Starring Charlotte Vega, Bill Milner, David Bradley, Moe Dunford, Eugene Simon, Deirdre O’Kane, and Roisin Murphy.SYNOPSIS:Anglo Irish twins Rachel and Edward share a strange existence in their crumbling family estate. Each night, the property becomes the domain of a sinister presence (The Lodgers) which enforces three rules upon the […]

Comic Book Review – WWE #14

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Liam Hoofe reviews WWE #14…Following last month’s successful Women’s Royal Rumble, and the debut of Ronda Rousey following the match, the Women’s division in the WWE has never felt more important than it does now. With the first ever Women’s elimination chamber on the horizon, and the division likely to get a lot of attention […]

Second Opinion – Dark River (2017)

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Dark River, 2017.Directed by Clio Barnard. Starring Ruth Wilson, Mark Stanley, Sean Bean, and Dean Andrews.SYNOPSIS:Alice (Ruth Wilson) returns to the family farm after the death of her father.  It’s 15 years since she left, the farm is falling apart and brother Joe (Mark Stanley) is barely managing to keep it going.  But when Alice […]

Comic Book Review – The Death of Stalin

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Liam Hoofe reviews The Death of Stalin… When talking about Russia, Winston Churchill once said ‘Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery wrapped inside an enigma’. This quote alone demonstrates what it was that makes Russia the most fascinating country of the 20th Century. The Soviet Union and their decades-long rule over large parts of Eastern […]

Movie Review – November (2017)

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November, 2017Directed by Rainer Sarnet Starring Rea Lest, Jörgen Liik, Katariina Unt, Arvo Kukumägi, Dieter Laser, Taavi EelmaaSYNOPSIS:In 19th Century Estonia, peasant girl Liina longs for village boy Hans, who is in turn infatuated with a visiting German baroness. The two attempt to win their heart’s desire amidst a backdrop of spirits, werewolves, plagues, and the devil himself.Rainer Sarnet’s beautifully […]