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East End Film Festival Movie Review – Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts (2018)

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Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts, 2018. Directed by Mouly Surya. Starring Marsha Timothy, Dea Panedra, Egy Fedley, Yoga Pratama, and Haydar Salishz. SYNOPSIS: When Marlina (Marsha Timothy) is confronted with the prospect of a horrific assault by a man named Markus (Egy Fedley) and his gang, the widower takes action into her own hands, […]

Arrow Season 6 Episode 18 Review – ‘Fundamentals’

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Jessie Robertson reviews the eighteenth episode of Arrow season 6… Ok, ok, holy sh…(Gary, can we cuss on here?)….okay, f*** it, holy shit, “Fundamentals” is everything. It’s just everything. What this episode does, besides take Oliver down a psycho-guilt trip caused by dangerous hallucinogenics is put things back in perspective. The “b” team leaves earlier […]

Movie Review – Crown Heights (2017)

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Crown Heights, 2017. Written and Directed by Matt Ruskin Starring LaKeith Stanfield, Nnamdi Asomugha, Natalie Paul, Luke Forbes, Adriane Lenox, Marsha Stephanie Blake, Nestor Carbonell, Amari Cheatom, and Bill Camp. SYNOPSIS: When Colin Warner is wrongfully convicted of murder, his best friend Carl King devotes his life to proving Colin’s innocence. Those in support of […]

Blu-ray Review – Wonder Woman (2017)

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Wonder Woman, 2017. Directed by Patty Jenkins. Starring Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Connie Nielsen, Robin Wright, David Thewlis, Danny Huston, Elena Anaya, Ewan Bremner, Lucy Davis, Eugene Brave Rock, Emily Carey, Lilly Aspell, and Saïd Taghmaoui. SYNOPSIS: Before she was Wonder Woman she was Diana, princess of the Amazons, trained warrior. When a pilot crashes […]

Marvel’s The Defenders Season 1 Episode 3 Review – ‘Worst Behavior’

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Ricky Church reviews the third episode of Marvel’s The Defenders… The third episode of The Defenders takes it biggest leap yet in assembling the team as all four of them come together for the climactic fight scene. It was an entertaining episode that highlighted each hero’s differences in their personalities and how they operate. There […]

Blu-ray Review – Ronin (1998)

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Ronin, 1998. Directed by John Frankenheimer. Starring Robert De Niro, Jean Reno, Natascha McElhone, Sean Bean, Michael Lonsdale, Jonathan Pryce, Stellan Skarsgård, and Skipp Sudduth. SYNOPSIS: A group of mercenaries are hired by Irish terrorists to retrieve a case to stop it falling into Russian hands. In case you didn’t know, ronin are Samurai warriors whose […]

Toronto International Film Festival Review – Suburbicon (2017)

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Suburbicon, 2017. Directed by George Clooney. Starring Matt Damon, Julianne Moore, Noah Jupe, and Oscar Isaac. SYNOPSIS: Suburbicon is a peaceful, idyllic suburban community with affordable homes and manicured lawns…the perfect place to raise a family, and in the summer of 1959, the Lodge family is doing just that. But the tranquil surface masks a […]

Movie Review – The Dark Tower (2017)

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The Dark Tower, 2017. Directed by Nikolaj Arcel. Starring Idris Elba, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Taylor, Dennis Haysbert, Claudia Kimm, Jackie Earle Haley, Fran Kranz, and Katheryn Winnick. SYNOPSIS: The last Gunslinger, Roland Deschain, has been locked in an eternal battle with Walter O’Dim, also known as the Man in Black, determined to prevent him from […]

Video Game Review – The Revenge of Shinobi

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Andy O’Flaherty reviews The Revenge of Shinobi… “In the year 19xx, the evil crime syndicate “Zeed” was reduced to rubble by the powers of stealth possessed by the Shinobi master, Joe Musashi.  It seemed as if the world had returned to peace. But three years later…” You know the rest.  Evil corporation somehow returns from […]