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Movie Review – Dolemite (1975)

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Dolemite, 1975. Directed by D’Urville Martin. Starring Rudy Ray Moore, D’Urville Martin, Jerry Jones, Lady Reed and Hy Pyke. SYNOPSIS: After being released from prison for a crime he didn’t commit, pimp Dolemite sets out to find and kill the man who set him up, the villainous Willie Green. As some of you might have […]

Comic Book Review – Dark Nights: Metal – The Deluxe Edition

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Ricky Church reviews Dark Nights: Metal – The Deluxe Edition… One of the biggest events DC Comics has made in recent years is Dark Nights: Metal, a continuation of sorts to Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo’s fan-favourite Batman run from The New 52. The pair take on the multiverse in this wild and crazy story that deals with […]

Movie Review – Blackenstein (1973)

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Blackenstein, 1973. Directed by William A. Levey. Starring John Hart, Ivory Stone, Andrea King, Roosevelt Jackson, and Joe Du Sue. SYNOPSIS: After being wounded in Vietnam, Eddie is given a second chance at life by a DNA scientist who manages to reconstruct the wounded soldiers lost limbs. However, the results soon turn monstrous when a […]

Marvel’s Luke Cage Season 2 Episode 12 Review – ‘Can’t Front On Me’

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Liam Hoofe reviews the penultimate episode of Marvel’s Luke Cage season 2… Tensions spill over and everything comes to a head in the penultimate episode of Luke Cage season 2. While it has not been without its moments, Luke Cage season 2 has, for the most part, been a fairly enjoyable follow-up for Harlem’s favourite […]

Movie Review – Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song (1971)

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Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song, 1971. Directed by Melvin Van Peebles. Starring Melvin Van Peebles, Hubert Scales, Simon Chuckster, and John Dullugan. SYNOPSIS: After saving a young Black Panther member from a beating by a pair of white police officers, a black man named Sweetback goes on the run hoping to find freedom in Mexico. With […]

Marvel’s Luke Cage Season 2 Episode 11 Review – ‘The Creator’

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Liam Hoofe reviews the eleventh episode of Luke Cage season 2… The past comes back to haunt several characters in the eleventh episode of Luke Cage season 2, The Creator. Cross-generational conflict has been a big theme in Luke Cage season 2. Whether it’s Luke’s father trying to repair all of the damage he has […]

Movie Review – Super Troopers 2 (2018)

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Super Troopers 2, 2018. Directed by Jay Chandrasekhar. Starring Erik Stolhanske, Jay Chandrasekhar, Steve Lemme, Paul Sotor, Kevin Heffernan, Brian Cox, Marisa Coughlan, Bruce McCulloch, Lynda Carter, Rob Lowe, Hayes MacArthur, Tyler Labine, and Will Sasso. SYNOPSIS: When a border dispute arises between the U.S. and Canada, the Super Troopers are tasked with establishing a […]

Blu-ray Review – The Endless (2017)

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The Endless, 2017. Directed by Justin Benson & Aaron Moorhead. Starring Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead, Callie Hernandez, Lew Temple, Emily Montague, James Jordan, Tate Ellington, and Kira Powell. SYNOPSIS: Two brothers return to the cult they fled a decade ago, only to discover that perhaps there was something in what they believed. Movies about cults […]

Second Opinion – Adrift (2018)

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Adrift, 2018. Directed by Baltasar Kormákur. Starring Shailene Woodley and Sam Claflin. SYNOPSIS: A true story of survival, as a young couple’s chance encounter leads them first to love, and then on the adventure of a lifetime as they face one of the most catastrophic hurricanes in recorded history. Adrift opens with the aftermath of […]