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Second Opinion – It (2017)

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It, 2017. Directed by Andy Muschietti. Starring Bill Skarsgard, Jaeden Lieberher, Sophia Lillis, Finn Wolfhard, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Nicholas Hamilton, Jack Dylan Grazer, Stephen Bogaert, Jackson Robert Scott, Chosen Jacobs, Wyatt Oleff, Jake Sim, Owen Teague, Stuart Hughes, Logan Thompson, Geoffrey Pounsett, Pip Dwyer, and Javier Botet SYNOPSIS: In the late 1980s in the small […]

Movie Review – Dennis Skinner: Nature of the Beast (2017)

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Dennis Skinner: Nature of the Beast, 2017. Directed by Daniel Draper. SYNOPSIS : A documentary taking an in-depth look at the life and work of committed socialist, trade unionist and Labour politician Dennis Skinner. The committed socialist and Labour MP for Bolsover Dennis Skinner is shown a far softer side to his nature in this […]

Movie Review – The Oath (2016)

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The Oath, 2016. Directed by Baltasar Kormákur. Starring Baltasar Kormákur, Hera Hilmar, Gísli Örn Garðarsson, Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson, and Þorsteinn Bachmann. SYNOPSIS: Icelandic auteur Baltasar Kormákur (Contraband, 2 Guns, Everest) directs and stars in this psychological thriller about a father who tries to pull his daughter out of her world of drugs and petty crime, […]

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 […]