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Second Opinion – The Emoji Movie (2017)

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The Emoji Movie, 2017. Directed by Tony Leondis. Starring T. J. Miller, James Corden, Anna Faris, Maya Rudolph, Steven Wright, Rob Riggle, Jennifer Coolidge, Christina Aguilera, Sofía Vergara, Sean Hayes and Patrick Stewart. SYNOPSIS: Gene, a multi-expressional emoji, sets out on a journey to become a normal emoji. By the time my viewing experience of […]

Movie Review – Patriots Day (2016)

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Patriots Day, 2016. Directed by Peter Berg. Starring Mark Wahlberg, Kevin Bacon, John Goodman, J.K. Simmons, Michelle Monaghan, Christopher O’Shea, Rachel Brosnahan, Alex Wolff, Themo Melikidze, Jimmy O. Yang, Jake Picking, and Melissa Benoist. SYNOPSIS: An account of Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis’s actions in the events leading up to the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing […]

Movie Review – Assassin’s Creed (2016)

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Assassin’s Creed, 2016. Directed by Justin Kurzel. Starring Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, Jeremy Irons, Michael K. Williams, Charlotte Rampling, Denis Menochet, Ariane Labed, Khalid Abdalla, Essie Davis, and Brendan Gleeson. SYNOPSIS: When Callum Lynch explores the memories of his ancestor Aguilar and gains the skills of a Master Assassin, he discovers he is a descendant of […]

Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 4 Episode 9 Review – ‘Broken Promises’

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Danny Hale reviews the ninth episode of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 4… Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is back from its winter break and maybe it was that wait that had me so geared for its return but damn, this series just come back even better than before. “Broken Promises” felt like a natural follow-up to […]

Movie Review – Assassin’s Creed (2016)

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Assassin’s Creed, 2016. Directed by Justin Kurzel. Starring Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, Jeremy Irons, Brendan Gleeson, Michael Kenneth Williams and Charlotte Rampling. SYNOPSIS: Callum Lynch, a prisoner on Death Row, is rescued from execution by the Abstergo Foundation, who reveal he is part of an ancient brotherhood known as the Assassins, and the memories of […]

The Flash Season 3 Episode 10 Review – ‘Borrowing Problems from the Future’

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Jessie Robertson reviews the tenth episode of The Flash season 3… The Future is not fixed!! (me wishing I could back to the US Primaries and get Bernie Sanders elected) Anyways, We’re back! The Flash picks up right where it left off giving us a brooding (and shirtless) Barry Allen unable to sleep, unable to […]

Comic Book Review – All-Star Batman #5

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Ricky Church reviews All-Star Batman #5… “MY OWN WORST ENEMY” conclusion! Batman, Duke and Two-Face square off in a fight for Harvey Dent’s soul. With assassins flooding in from across the countryside, Batman learns that even his most trusted allies might choose evil over good. The first arc of Scott Snyder’s All-Star Batman concludes in […]

Movie Review – Fences (2016)

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Fences. 2016 Directed by Denzel Washington Starring Denzel Washington, Viola Davis, Stephen Henderson, Jovan Adepo, Russell Hornsby, and Mykelti Williamson. SYNOPSIS: An African-American father struggles with race relations in the United States while trying to raise his family in the 1950s and coming to terms with the events of his life. Filmmaker Spike Lee once […]

Movie Review – Monster Trucks (2016)

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Monster Trucks, 2016. Directed by Chris Wedge. Starring Lucas Till, Jane Levy, Barry Pepper, Amy Ryan, Rob Lowe, Danny Glover, Thomas Lennon and Holt McCallany. SYNOPSIS: Looking for any way to get away from the life and town he was born into, Tripp (Lucas Till), a high school senior, builds a Monster Truck from bits […]