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Movie Review – A Cure for Wellness (2017)

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A Cure for Wellness, 2017. Directed by Gore Verbinski. Starring Dane DeHaan, Mia Goth, Jason Isaacs, Adrian Schiller, Celia Imrie, and Susanne Wuest. SYNOPSIS: An ambitious young executive is sent to retrieve his company’s CEO from an idyllic but mysterious “wellness center” at a remote location in the Swiss Alps, but soon suspects that the spa’s […]

DC’s Legends of Tomorrow Season 2 Episode 12 Review – ‘Camelot/3000’

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Jessie Robertson reviews the twelfth episode of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow season 2… If a fan of niche, cult DC Comics titles of the 80’s, tonight’s episode title will intrigue you….. …but that’s where it ends as the title is just a clever play on grammar usage. This episode does not reference that specific book’s […]

Comic Book Review – Dirk Gently: The Salmon of Doubt #5

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Villordsutch reviews Dirk Gently: The Salmon of Doubt #5… Plagued by nightmares of a life he never had, Dirk Gently discovers that a holistic detective can have more than one past, and they’re about to catch up with him! When is a Dirk Gently comic still brilliant, but in truth not actually a Dirk Gently […]

Blu-ray Review – Hacksaw Ridge (2016)

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Hacksaw Ridge, 2016. Directed by Mel Gibson. Starring Andrew Garfield, Sam Worthington, Luke Bracey, Teresa Palmer, Hugo Weaving, Rachel Griffiths,  and Vince Vaughn. SYNOPSIS: The World War II movie Hacksaw Ridge, which tells the story of a conscientious objector, Desmond Doss, who achieved heroic feats on the battlefield as a medic despite not carrying a […]

Movie Review – Fist Fight (2017)

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Fist Fight, 2017. Directed by Richie Keen. Starring Charlie Day, Ice Cube, Jillian Bell, Tracy Morgan, Dean Norris, Christina Hendricks, Kumail Nanjiani, Dennis Haysbert, JoAnna Garcia Swisher, Alexa Nisenson, Stephnie Weir, and Austin Zajur. SYNOPSIS: When one school teacher gets the other fired, he is challenged to an after-school fight. Fist Fight is exactly what […]

Second Opinion – Fist Fight (2017)

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Fist Fight, 2017. Directed by Richie Keen. Starring Charlie Day, Ice Cube, Jillian Bell, Tracy Morgan, Dean Norris, Christina Hendricks, Kumail Nanjiani, Dennis Haysbert, JoAnna Garcia Swisher, Alexa Nisenson, Stephnie Weir, and Austin Zajur. SYNOPSIS: When one school teacher gets the other fired, he is challenged to an after-school fight. Fist Fight is a film difficult […]

Movie Review – 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, and Bruce Gordon. SYNOPSIS: The story of Richard III is given the Roger Corman/Vincent Price treatment in a Gothic tale of madness and murder. The story of Richard III has been told many times over in various different […]

Powerless Season 1 Episode 4 Review – ‘Emily Dates a Henchman’

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Rachel Bellwoar reviews the fourth episode of Powerless season 1… “Emily Dates a Henchman” was Powerless’ best episode yet but is cursed to be a backhanded success. For all its technical improvement, Powerless is still unsatisfying. Writing’s one of the first departments to blame when a show isn’t delivering, but already last week the premise […]