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Second Opinion – Pitch Perfect 3 (2017)

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Pitch Perfect 3, 2017.Directed by Trish Sie. Starring Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Hailee Steinfeld, Brittany Snow, Anna Camp, John Lithgow, DJ Khaled, Hana Mae Lee, Ruby Rose, Alexis Knapp, Chrissie Fit, Ester Dean, Shelley Regner, Kelley Jakle, Matt Lanter, Guy Burnet, Alexis Knapp, Jessica Chaffin, Michael Rose, Andy Allo, Venzelia Joy, Moises Arias, Hannah Fairlight, […]

Second Opinion – 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, Diahann Carroll, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Ziv Zaifman, and Natasha Liu Bordizzo.SYNOPSISThe Greatest Showman is the tale of entertainment revolutionary P.T. Barnum (Hugh Jackman) and the extraordinary lengths he went to bring spectacle to the masses in […]

Movie Review – Downsizing (2017)

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Downsizing, 2017.Directed by Alexander Payne. Starring Matt Damon, Kristen Wiig, Christoph Waltz, Hong Chau, Rolf Lassgård, Ingjerd Egeberg, Udo Kier, Søren Pilmark, and Jason Sudeikis.SYNOPSIS:A social satire in which a guy realizes he would have a better life if he were to shrink himself. Downsizing is the second failed social satire of 2017 prominently featuring Matt […]

Video Game Review – Blossom Tales on Nintendo Switch

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Sam Thorne reviews Blossom Tales…One reason for the Nintendo Switch’s ‘indie gold rush’ period, as many people have coined it, is due to the sheer lack of storefront curation or quality vetting on other digital marketplaces like Steam. Every indie game coming to the Switch seems to be of reasonable quality – at least playable […]

Blu-ray Review – The LEGO Ninjago Movie (2017)

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The LEGO Ninjago Movie, 2017.Directed by Charlie Bean. Featuring the voice talents of Dave Franco, Michael Pena, Kumail Nanjiani, Fred Armisen, Zach Woods, Abbi Jacobson, Justin Theroux, Olivia Munn, and Jackie Chan.SYNOPSIS:Ninjago is the story of six young ninja tasked with defending their island home, called Ninjago. By night, they’re gifted warriors, using their skills […]

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 the […]

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 mother to convince […]

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, Diahann Carroll, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, and Natasha Liu Bordizzo.SYNOPSIS:We meet a young Phineas Taylor Barnum, whose father is a tailor. Barnum and his father visit rich people’s houses, where Barnum becomes enamoured with Charity, the daughter of one […]

Comic Book Review – Star Trek: New Visions – “The Hunger”

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Villordsutch reviews  Star Trek: New Visions – “The Hunger”…For thousands of years, it had drifted above the outer rim of the Galaxy, draining life from all the worlds it found there. Now, it has learned of the banquet of populous planets near the heart of the Milky Way, and is heading there at terrifying speed—with […]