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Movie Review – Fifty Shades Darker (2017)

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Fifty Shades Darker, 2017. Directed by James Foley Starring Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan, Bella Heathcote, Eric Johnson, Eloise Mumford, Rita Ora, Luke Grimes, Victor Rasuk, Max Martini, Bruce Altman, Marcia Gay Harden, and Kim Basinger. SYNOPSIS: While Christian wrestles with his inner demons, Anastasia must confront the anger and envy of the women who came before […]

Movie Review – Arsenal (2017)

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Arsenal, 2017. Directed by Steven C. Miller. Starring Nicolas Cage, Adrian Grenier, John Cusack, and Johnathon Schaech. SYNOPSIS: A Southern mobster attempts to rescue his kidnapped brother. Is there a better way to ring in a new year of movies with some more material to add to the Nicolas Cage ‘Losing His S*** Montage’? The […]

12 Days of Christmas Horror: Day 2 – Black Christmas (1974)

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Black Christmas, 1974. Directed by Bob Clark. Starring Olivia Hussey, Keir Dullea, Margot Kidder and John Saxon. SYNOPSIS: It’s Christmas time and a group of sorority sisters are getting ready for their break from study to celebrate the holidays with their families when they begin to receive a series of obscene phone calls from a […]

Movie Review – Why Him? (2016)

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Why Him?, 2016. Directed by John Hamburg Starring James Franco, Bryan Cranston, Zoey Deutch, Megan Mullally, Griffin Gluck, Keegan-Michael Key, Adam Devine, Cedric the Entertainer, Zack Pearlman, and Kaley Cuoco SYNOPSIS: A dad forms a bitter rivalry with his daughter’s young rich boyfriend. During the majority of Why Him? there is a heavy sensation of déjà vu; […]

Video Game Review – Batman: The Telltale Series Episode Five – ‘City Of Light’

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Thomas Roach reviews Batman: The Telltale Series Episode Five – ‘City Of Light’… After four episodes, City of Light had a lot to live up to in wrapping up the series. At the end of the last episode you were given a choice whether or not to take down either Two-Face or the Penguin. Depending on […]

DVD Review – Lights Out (2016)

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Lights Out, 2016. Directed by David F. Sandberg. Starring Teresa Palmer, Gabriel Bateman, Maria Bello, Billy Burke, Alexander DiPersia, Lotta Losten, Alicia Vela-Bailey and Andi Osho. SYNOPSIS: A young boy is haunted by the malevolent spirit that drove his older sister away, forcing her to return home and help save her brother. Based on a […]

Movie Review – Hidden Figures (2016)

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Hidden Figures, 2016. Directed by Theodore Melfi. Starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe, Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst, Jim Parsons, Kimberly Quinn, Mahershala Ali, Aldis Hodge, and Glen Powell. SYNOPSIS: A team of African-American women provide NASA with important mathematical data needed to launch the program’s first successful space missions. File Hidden Figures under […]

Movie Review – La La Land (2016)

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La La Land, 2016. Directed by Damien Chazelle. Starring Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Rosemarie DeWitt, J.K. Simmons, and John Legend. SYNOPSIS: Mia is an aspiring actress working as a barista on the Warner Bros. lot. Sebastian is a musician who harbours dreams of opening his own jazz club. The two meet and fall head over heels in […]

Star Wars Rebels Season 3 Episode 10 Review – ‘Visions and Voices’

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Chris Cooper reviews the tenth episode of Star Wars Rebels season 3… Mid-season finales. It’s that time of year. If you watch any major series that airs around this time of year you’ll know the drill. The last episode before Christmas essentially sets up the back end of the season. The major characters have been […]