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Movie Review – Terminal (2018)

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Terminal, 2018. Directed by Vaughn Stein. Starring Margot Robbie, Simon Pegg, Dexter Fletcher, Max Irons and Mike Myers. SYNOPSIS: Two hitmen agree to take on a high-risk mission for a mysterious employer and a large paycheck. Along the way, they encounter a woman who may be more involved in their mission than they had realised. The […]

Blu-ray Review – Dark Blue (2002)

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Dark Blue, 2002. Directed by Ron Shelton. Starring Kurt Russell, Ving Rhames, Scott Speedman, Michael Michele, Brendan Gleeson, Jonathan Banks, Kurupt, Dash Mihok, Khandi Alexander, Lolita Davidovich, and Marin Hinkle. SYNOPSIS: In the aftermath of the Rodney King incident in 1991 Los Angeles, a corrupt cop begins to question his methods as L.A. begins to […]

Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 5 Episode 20 Review – ‘The One Who Will Save Us All’

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Danny Hale reviews the twentieth episode of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 5… SPOILER WARNING FOR AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR Talbot took centre stage this week as he brought his new powers to the Confederacy as Thanos begins his attack on Earth. General Talbot wastes no time in confronting the Confederacy head-on, Coulson dragged along for […]

Movie Review – The Con is On (2018)

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The Con is On, 2018. Directed by James Oakley. Starring Uma Thurman, Tim Roth, Maggie Q, Stephen Fry, Alice Eve, Sofia Vergara, and Crispin Glover. SYNOPSIS: In an effort to avoid paying off a massive gambling debt to a notorious mobster in England, a couple flees to Los Angeles and hatch a jewel theft plot. […]

Arrow Season 6 Episode 21 Review – ‘Docket No. 11-19-41-73’

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Jessie Robertson reviews the twenty-first episode of Arrow season 6… Three words best describe this episode: Melodrama, thy name. Whenever a superhero is put on trial, it usually ends up wacky and bad. So with a long sentence hanging over Oliver, this felt like a dooming moment looming. Just think: Diggle went to prison last […]

Chicago Critics Film Festival 2018 Capsule Review – Fast Color

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It is movingly fitting that one of the only superhuman-based films centered on women (in this case, generations of women with Gugu Mbatha-Raw and her growing star power, underrated television character actor Lorraine Toussaint, and youngster Saniyya Sidney bonding and making amends while also going even further back reading ancestral passages from a handed diary) focuses […]

The Flash Season 4 Episode 20 Review – ‘Therefore She Is’

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Jessie Robertson reviews the twentieth episode of The Flash season 4… ‘Therefore She Is’, is naïve while being brilliant. Tonight’s episode focuses on some flashbacks that take us back to see how this happy couple, the DeVoes, came to be. It reminds me of exactly no one else’s courtship. Once they start dating, Marlize discovers […]

Chicago Critics Film Festival 2018 Capsule Review – Bodied

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Whatever opinions one may have on rap music, specifically battle rapping, are strongly advised to be left at the door; either way, you’re coming away from Bodied (backed by notable industry talent comprised of producer Eminem, writer Kid Twist, and go-to music video director Joseph Kahn) with an updated perspective. However, the real pleasant surprise is just […]

Movie Review – Tremors: A Cold Day in Hell (2018)

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Tremors: A Cold Day in Hell, 2018. Directed by Don Michael Paul. Starring Michael Gross, Jamie Kennedy, Tanya van Graan, Jamie-Lee Money, Rob van Vuuren, and Greg Kriek. SYNOPSIS: Burt Gummer suspects that giant worms are being utilized as weapons at a research facility in Canada. He soon finds himself in a race against time to create […]