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Second Opinion – Get Out (2017)

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Get Out, 2017. Written and Directed by Jordan Peele. Starring Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Bradley Whitford, Caleb Landry Jones, Stephen Root, LilRel Howery, Betty Gabriel, Marcus Henderson, Lakeith Stanfield, and Catherine Keener SYNOPSIS: A young African-American man visits his Caucasian girlfriend’s mysterious family estate. Horror films that manage to be at once scary, funny and […]

Movie Review – The Strike (2016)

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The Strike, 2016 Directors: Guillermo Iván and Ben Loggins Starring: Bronson Pinchot, Erin Fogel, Guillermo Iván, Christopher Marquez, Lara Goldie and Paul Calderon SYNOPSIS: After years of missed opportunities, criticism, and bad first impressions, 3 less than talented NYC actors take fate into their own hands when they devise a half-baked theatrical “siege” in order […]

Comic Book Review – Transformers: Till All Are One #7

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Ricky Church review Transformers: Till All Are One #7… As Windblade and her team fight their way through Elita-1’s Titan, Carcer, they face opposition at every turn to stop them from awakening the sleeping giant… and they soon find out why! Transformers: Till All Are One #7 was an exciting and action-packed instalment of the title. Even […]

Second Opinion – The LEGO Batman Movie (2017)

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The LEGO Batman Movie, 2017. Directed by Chris McKay. Featuring the voice talents of Will Arnett, Zach Galifianakis, Michael Cera, Rosario Dawson, Ralph Fiennes, Mariah Carey, Jenny Slate, Billy Dee Williams, Hector Elizondo, Conan O’Brien, Jason Mantzoukas, Doug Benson, Zoe Kravitz, Kate Micucci, Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill, Riki Lindhome, Eddie Izzard, Seth Green, Jermaine Clement, […]

Blu-ray Review – Tower of London (1962)

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Tower of London, 1962. Directed by Roger Corman. Starring Vincent Price, Michael Pate, Joan Freeman, Robert Brown, Bruce Gordon, Joan Camden, Sandra Knight, Richard Hale. SYNOPSIS: The twisted Richard III is haunted by the ghosts of those he has murdered in his attempt to become the King of England. What’s the best way to liven […]

Movie Review – UK18 (2017)

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UK18, 2017. Directed by Andrew Tiernan. Starring Shona McWilliams, Ian Hart, Jean-Marc Barr, Jack Roth, Tim Bentinck, and Jason Williamson. SYNOPSIS: A documentary film-maker suspects she is being brainwashed by a secret government organisation. Set in a not-so-distant, not-so-unrecognisable dystopian future, Andrew Tiernan’s faux surrealist documentary makes the case that conspiracy theorists were right all along, and […]

24: Legacy Season 1 Episode 2 Review – ‘1:00 PM – 2:00 PM’

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Ricky Church reviews the second episode of 24: Legacy… As 24: Legacy continued with its second episode, Corey Hawkins still impressed as Army Ranger Eric Carter, but he’s becoming even more of a carbon copy of Jack Bauer with this instalment of the series. ‘1:00 PM – 2:00 PM’ was still an enjoyable episode, but unfortunately leaned […]

Second Opinion – Prevenge (2016)

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Prevenge, 2016. Written and Directed by Alice Lowe. Starring Alice Lowe, Jo Hartley, Kate Dickie, Kayvan Novak, Gemma Whalen, and Tom Davis. SYNOPSIS: Widow Ruth is seven months pregnant when, believing herself to be guided by her unborn baby, she embarks on a homicidal rampage, dispatching anyone who stands in her way. There is an […]

Legion Season 1 Episode 1 Review – ‘Chapter One’

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Rachel Bellwoar reviews the first episode of Legion… Legion’s pilot has no qualms pulling the rug out from under you. Here are some of the arguments made for why you should put up with it. Coming off of successfully reimagining Fargo, creator, writer and director of this episode, Noah Hawley, brings the same visual inventiveness and soundtrack to a show […]