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Second Opinion – Peter Rabbit (2018)

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Peter Rabbit. 2018.Directed by Will Gluck. Starring James Corden, Domhnall Gleeson, Colin Moody, Sia, Sam Neill, Margot Robbie, Elizabeth Debicki, Daisy Ridley, Rose Byrne, Marianne Jean-Baptiste.SYNOPSIS:Feature adaptation of Beatrix Potter’s classic tale of a rebellious rabbit trying to sneak into a farmer’s vegetable garden.Will Gluck’s Peter Rabbit is far from the garden-variety kiddie distraction this […]

Movie Review – The Mercy (2018)

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The Mercy, 2018.Directed by James Marsh. Starring Colin Firth, Rachel Weisz, David Thewlis, Ken Stott, and Mark Gatiss.SYNOPSIS:When amateur sailor Donald Crowhurst (Colin Firth) decides that there must be more to life than failed entrepreneurial endeavors, he sets out on a solo mission to circumnavigate the globe, against the wishes of his wife (Rachel Weisz), […]

Movie Review – The Further Adventures of Anse and Bhule in No Man’s Land (2013)

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The Further Adventures of Anse and Bhule in No Man’s Land, 2013.Directed by Barry Hunt. Starring Garfield Wedderburn, Daniel Hill, Lorraine Bahr, and Kelly Tallent.SYNOPSIS:The Further Adventures of Anse and Bhule is a post-apocalyptic, love story following a cult of men as they discover women from a dueling tribe, shattering and transforming each others fears, […]

Riverdale Season 2 Episode 12 Review – ‘The Wicked and The Divine’

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Liam Hoofe reviews the twelfth episode of Riverdale season 2…Reunions, betrayals, camgirls and gangland hits, normal service resumed in Riverdale this week in an episode that moved several of the show’s key storylines forward at hyper speed.‘The Wicked and The Divine’ split its runtime between several of the show’s key characters, allowing each story plenty […]

Movie Review – Peter Rabbit (2018)

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Peter Rabbit, 2018.Directed by Will Gluck. Starring James Corden, Domhnall Gleeson, Rose Byrne, Daisy Ridley, Margot Robbie, Elizabeth Debicki, Sia, Colin Moody, and Sam Neill.SYNOPSIS:Feature adaptation of Beatrix Potter’s classic tale of a rebellious rabbit trying to sneak into a farmer’s vegetable garden.Based on Beatrix Potter’s classic children’s tales, Peter Rabbit is a curious combination […]

Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 5 Episode 10 Review – ‘Past Life’

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Danny Hale reviews the tenth episode of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 5…Well, that was emotional. The decision to open ‘Past Life’ with Kasius finding Sinara’s body was a great move; it ignited the episode with a further blow to Kasius, building on where we left him last week. The Kree is being pushed to […]

Waco Episode 2 Review – ‘The Strangers Across the Street’

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Red Stewart reviews the second episode of Waco…A storm is alluded to a couple of times in ‘The Stranger Across the Street’, first as a Biblical event entailing the opening of the Fifth Seal and subsequent arrival of the Armies of Babylon, and second as a literal hurricane.In most cases I would have criticized this […]

Movie Review – Winchester (2018)

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Winchester, 2018.Directed by Michael Spierig and Peter Spierig. Starring Helen Mirren, Jason Clarke, Sarah Snook, Laura Brent, Eamon Farren, Tyler Coppin, Alice Chaston, Finn Scicluna-O’Prey, Angus Sampson, and Emm Wiseman.SYNOPSIS:Eccentric firearm heiress believes she is haunted by the souls of people killed by the Winchester repeating rifle.There’s a brief moment in Winchester (directed by the […]

Young Sheldon Season 1 Episode 13 Review – ‘A Sneeze, Detention and Sissy Spacek’

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Martin Carr reviews the thirteenth episode of Young Sheldon…We are back on familiar ground this week as Molaro and Lorre tap into a Sheldon specific phobia which begins with the common cold. Taking their cue from his lack social skills, abject fear of bacteria and a single-minded sense of self-preservation, Young Sheldon makes illness entertaining. […]