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Movie Review – It Comes at Night (2017)

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It Comes at Night, 2017.Written and Directed by Trey Edward Shults. Starring Joel Edgerton, Christopher Abbott, Carmen Ejogo, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Riley Keough, Griffin Robert Faulkner, and David Pendleton.SYNOPSIS:Secure within a desolate home as an unnatural threat terrorizes the world, a man has established a tenuous domestic order with his wife and son, but this […]

Sundance London 2017 Review – Bitch (2017)

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Bitch, 2017. Directed by Marianna Palka. Starring Caroline Aaron, Eric Edelstein, Kingston Foster, Jamie King, Ren Hanami, and Jason Ritter. SYNOPSIS: An ordinary suburban family descends into chaos when the mother suddenly and unexplainably takes on the psyche of a rabid dog. There are few experiences like sitting through Marianna Palka’s violently off-beat Bitch. What […]

Movie Review – My Life as a Courgette (2016)

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My Life as a Courgette, 2016. Directed by Claude Barras. Featuring the voice talents of Erick Abbate, Will Forte, Nick Offerman, Ellen Page, and Amy Sedaris. SYNOPSIS: After his mother’s sudden death, Courgette is befriended by a police officer, Raymond, who accompanies him to his new foster home filled with other orphans his age. At […]

Sundance London 2017 Review – Crown Heights (2017)

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Crown Heights, 2017. Directed by Matt Ruskin. Starring Lakeith Stanfield, Bill Camp, Nestor Carbonell, and Nnamdi Asomugha. SYNOPSIS: The true life story of Colin Warner, who was wrongfully imprisoned for 2nd degree murder in 1980, and the decades-long court battles his life-long friend Carl King staged to get him exonerated. As sad as it is, […]

Master of None Season 2 Review

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Liam Hoofe reviews Master of None season 2…Aziz Ansari has always been an affable presence on screen – his turn as Tom Haverford on Parks and Rec won him a huge audience and his consistent stand-up work helped solidify his name as one of the best comedic talents around. It wasn’t until he was given the […]

October Horrors 2017 Day 21 – Prometheus (2012)

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Prometheus, 2012.Directed by Ridley Scott. Starring Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Guy Pearce, Idris Elba, Charlize Theron, Logan Marshall-Green, Sean Harris, Rafe Spall, Emun Elliott, Benedict Wong, and Kate Dickie.SYNOPSIS:The research vessel Prometheus carries a team of scientists to a mysterious planet on a mission to uncover the secrets regarding the origins of the human race. […]

Movie Review – The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) (2017)

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The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected), 2017.Written and Directed by Noah Baumbach. Starring Adam Sandler, Ben Stiller, Elizabeth Marvel, Grace Van Patten, Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson, Adam Driver, Judd Hirsch, Candice Bergen, Rebecca Miller, Danny Flaherty, Adam David Thompson, Ronald Peet, Matthew Shear, Michael Chernus, and Sigourney Weaver.SYNOPSIS:An estranged family gathers together in New York for […]

Doctor Who Series 10 Episode 8 Review – ‘The Lie of the Land’

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Villordsutch reviews Doctor Who Series 10 Episode 8: The Lie of the Land…Directed by: Wayne YipWritten by: Toby WhithouseMissy – “Awkward”At the close of The Pyramid at the End of the World, Bill made the ultimate decision to save the Doctor by giving consent to the Zombie Monks, who were residing within a “new” ancient Pyramid.  What consent grants the Monks, […]

Comic Book Review – Wonder Woman by George Perez Omnibus Vol. 2

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Ricky Church reviews Wonder Woman by George Perez Omnibus: Vol. 2… Following the events of INVASION, Wonder Woman and Captain Atom must locate the missing Steve Trevor, while the citizens of Themyscira witness the arrival of a new man on their island. This volume also includes the origins of both Cheetah and Silver Swan, the appearance […]