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Movie Review – Baywatch (2017)

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Baywatch, 2017. Directed by Seth Gordon. Starring Dwayne Johnson, Zac Efron, Alexandra Daddario, Priyanka Chopra, Kelly Rohrbach, Ilfenesh Hadera, and Jon Bass. SYNOPSIS: A washed-up Olympic swimmer finds himself teaming up with a squad of elite lifeguards to uncover an international drug smuggling plot and save the beach they’re sworn to protect. Based on a […]

Movie Review – La Strada (1954)

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La Strada, 1954. Directed by Federico Fellini. Starring Giulietta Masina, Anthony Quinn, and Richard Basehart. SYNOPSIS: A care-free girl is sold to a traveling entertainer, consequently enduring physical and emotional pain along the way. Entire essays could be written on Giuletta Masina’s face alone. There’s a childlike quality to her puppy dog eyes, her ability […]

Movie Review – Interlude In Prague (2017)

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Interlude In Prague, 2017. Directed by John Stephenson. Starring James Purefoy, Aneurin Barnard, Samantha Banks, Morfydd Clark, Adrian Edmondson, and Dervla Kirwan. SYNOPSIS: Celebrated 18th century composer Mozart is brought to Prague by powerful Baron Saloka and, while there, starts to compose a new opera.  Despite being married, he also falls in love with young […]

Movie Review – Colossal (2016)

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Colossal, 2016. Directed by Nacho Vigalondo. Starring Anne Hathaway, Jason Sudeikis, Dan Stevens, Tim Blake Nelson, and Austin Stowell. SYNOPSIS: Gloria is an out-of-work party girl forced to leave her life in New York City, and move back home. When reports surface that a giant creature is destroying Seoul, she gradually comes to the realization […]

American Gods Season 1 Episode 4 Review – ‘Git Gone’

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Martin Carr reviews the fourth episode of American Gods… Convention kicks in for twenty minutes before ‘Git Gone’ gets a dark arse swagger on, reminding anyone with doubts that American Gods is far from finished making headlines. Re-conditioned corpses, Egyptian deities and boatload of bug spray keep this relationship origin story away from genre territory. […]

Movie Review – Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)

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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, 2017. Directed by Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg. Starring: Johnny Depp, Javier Bardem, Brenton Thwaites, Kaya Scodelario, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, Stephen Graham, David Wenham, Keira Knightley, Adam Brown and Paul McCartney. SYNOPSIS: Captain Jack Sparrow is pursued by an old nemesis, Armando Salazar, who along with his […]

70th Cannes Film Festival Review – Wind River (2017)

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Wind River, 2017. Directed by Taylor Sheridan. Starring: Jeremy Renner, Elizabeth Olsen, Gil Birmingham, Graham Greene, and Julia Jones. SYNOPSIS: The discovery of the bloody corpse of a Native American teen in the frozen Wyoming wilderness prompts a government animal tracker and an FBI agent to join forces to solve the case. Screenwriter turned director […]

DVD Review – Wolf Guy (1975)

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Wolf Guy, 1975. Directed by Kazuhiko Yamaguchi. Starring Sonny Chiba, Kyôsuke Machida, Saburô Date, Tooru Hanada, and Haruki Jo. SYNOPSIS: The surviving member of a clan of werewolves uncovers a plot involving murder, rape and a mysterious spirit tiger. 42 years after it original theatrical release, Wolf Guy can now finally be seen outside of […]

Comic Book Review – The X-Files: Funko Universe

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Tony Black reviews The X-Files: Funko Universe… A bevy of talented creators seek the truth—and some laughs—with this Funko version of your favorite FBI agents! After this, you’ll believe that Scully and Mulder couldn’t be any cuter! SEE ALSO: Check out a preview of The X-Files: Funko Universe here Now this is a real curio. […]