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Movie Review – The Greatest Showman (2017)

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The Greatest Showman, 2017. Directed by Michael Gracey. Starring Hugh Jackman, Zac Efron, Rebecca Ferguson, Zendaya, Michelle Williams, Paul Sparks, Keala Settle, Diahann Carroll, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Austyn Johnson, Cameron Seely, Sam Humphrey, Eric Anderson, and Natasha Liu Bordizzo. SYNOPSIS: Inspired by the imagination of P.T. Barnum, The Greatest Showman is an original musical that celebrates the […]

Marvel’s Runaways Season 1 Episode 7 Review – ‘Refraction’

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Liam Hoofe reviews the seventh episode of Marvel’s Runaways…  In recent episodes of Marvel’s Runaways, the group’s parents and their association with PRIDE has taken centre stage in the show and more often than not, been more interesting than the children’s storylines. This week’s episode was no different, with the episode focusing on Victor Stein and […]

Movie Review – All the Money in the World (2017)

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All the Money in the World, 2017. Directed by Ridley Scott. Starring Michelle Williams, Christopher Plummer, Mark Wahlberg, Charlie Plummer, Andrew Buchan, Romain Duris, Olivia Grant, Marco Leonardi, Charlotte Beckett, Stacy Martin, Francesca Inaudi, and Timothy Hutton. SYNOPSIS: The story of the kidnapping of 16-year-old John Paul Getty III and the desperate attempt by his devoted […]

Movie Review – Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)

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Star Wars: The Last Jedi, 2017. Written and Directed by Rian Johnson. Starring Daisy Ridley, Mark Hamill, Adam Driver, Carrie Fisher, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Peter Mayhew, Anthony Daniels, Laura Dern, Kelly Marie Tran, Benicio del Toro, Billie Lourd, Gwendoline Christie, Lupita Nyong’o, Jimmy Vee, Tim Rose, Warwick Davis, Hermione Corfield, […]

Movie Review – The Foreigner (2017)

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The Foreigner, 2017. Directed by Martin Campbell. Starring Jackie Chan, Pierce Brosnan, Rufus Jones, Charlie Murphy, and Orla Brady. SYNOPSIS: The story of humble London businessman Quan (Chan), whose long-buried past erupts in a revenge fuelled vendetta when the only person left for him to love – his teenage daughter – is taken from him […]

Movie Review – The Sigma Kids (2018)

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Sigma Kids, 2018. Directed by Anthony Crupi. Featuring Patti Brett, Marla Kanevsky, Carlos Alomar, and David Bowie. SYNOPSIS: A documentary about David Bowie’s time in Philadelphia and the fans who waited for him outside Sigma Sound Studios. Young Americans wasn’t the first album David Bowie recorded after breaking with the Spiders from Mars (that was […]

Movie Review – Call Me By Your Name (2017)

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Call Me By Your Name, 2017. Directed by Luca Guadagnino. Starring Armie Hammer, Timothée Chalamet, Michael Stuhlbarg, Esther Garrel, Victoire Du Bois, Vanda Capriolo, Antonio Rimoldi, Peter Spears, Andre Aciman, and Amira Casar. SYNOPSIS: A young man named Elio (Timothée Chalamet), living in Italy during the 1980s, meets Oliver (Armie Hammer), an academic who has […]

Movie Review – Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)

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Star Wars: The Last Jedi, 2017. Written and Directed by Rian Johnson. Starring Daisy Ridley, Mark Hamill, Adam Driver, Carrie Fisher, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Peter Mayhew, Anthony Daniels, Laura Dern, Kelly Marie Tran, Benicio del Toro, Billie Lourd, Gwendoline Christie, Lupita Nyong’o, Jimmy Vee, Tim Rose, Warwick Davis, Hermione Corfield […]

DVD Review – Annabelle: Creation (2017)

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Annabelle: Creation, 2017. Directed by David F. Sandberg. Starring Anthony LaPaglia, Samara Lee, Miranda Otto, Stephanie Sigman, Mark Bramhall, Brad Greenquist, and Lulu Wilson. SYNOPSIS: Yet another prequel from The Conjuring universe detailing how the creepy Annabelle doll came to be. Having now established that there is a ‘universe’ based around James Wan’s 2013 hit […]