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Second Opinion – Baywatch (2017)

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Baywatch, 2017. Directed by Seth Gordon. Starring Dwayne Johnson, Zac Efron, Priyanka Chopra, Alexandra Daddario, Kelly Rohrbach, Ilfenesh Hadera, Jon Bass, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Hannibal Buress, Rob Huebel, David Hasselhoff, and Pamela Anderson. SYNOPSIS: Devoted lifeguard Mitch Buchannon butts heads with a brash new recruit. Together, they uncover a local criminal plot that threatens the […]

Movie 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 […]

October Horrors 2017 Day 27 – Alien: Covenant (2017)

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Alien: Covenant, 2017. Directed by Ridley Scott. Starring Katherine Waterston, Michael Fassbender, Billy Crudup, Danny McBride, Carmen Ejogo, Demian Bichir, Jussie Smollet, Cassie Hernandez, Amy Seimetz, Nathaniel Dean, Alexander England, Benjamin Rigby, Uli Latukefu and Tess Haubrich. SYNOPSIS: The crew of the colonisation ship Covenant receives a mysterious distress signal leading them to land on […]

70th Cannes Film Festival Review – Okja (2017)

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Okja, 2017. Directed by Bong Joon Ho. Starring: Seo-Hyun Ahn, Hee-Bong Byun, Tilda Swinton, Paul Dano, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Lily Collins. SYNOPSIS: A Korean teenager reluctantly joins forces with a group of eco-warriors in a bid to save her beloved super-pig – a genetically modified animal originally created for the slaughterhouse by a sinister corporation. […]

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 […]

Video Game Review – South Park: The Fractured But Whole

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Shaun Munro reviews South Park: The Fractured but Whole… After a series of frustrating delays, South Park: The Fractured but Whole is finally here, arriving amid the annual late-year AAA deluge and serving up a refreshing rebuke that’s by turns hilarious, deceptively deep and shamelessly offensive. While it doesn’t quite reach the loony heights of 2014’s […]

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 […]