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Second Opinion – Chi-Raq (2015)

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Chi-Raq, 2015. Directed by Spike Lee Starring Nick Cannon, Teyonah Parris, Wesley Snipes, Angela Bassett, Samuel L. Jackson, John Cusack. SYNOPSIS: When an 11 year old girl is caught in the crossfire of gang warfare on Chicago’s South Side and dies as a result, the women decide it’s time to put a stop to gun […]

Movie Review – Manchester by the Sea (2016)

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Manchester by the Sea, 2016. Directed by Kenneth Lonergan. Starring Casey Affleck, Michelle Williams, Kyle Chandler, Lucas Hedges, Tate Donovan, C.J Wilson, Gretchen Mol, Kara Hayward, Josh Hamilton, Anna Baryshnikov, and Matthew Broderick SYNOPSIS: An uncle is forced to take care of his teenage nephew after the boy’s father dies. “I can’t beat it” – Those […]

Comic Book Review – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Universe #4

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Chris Cooper reviews Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Universe #3… Cornered and injured, the Turtles have no escape from the forces aligned against them! Raphael must learn to compromise with his enemy if any are to survive! We’re already at the end of the first arc in TMNT Universe. Boooo. But it’s been well-written, fantastically drawn, […]

Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 4 Episode 7 Review – ‘Deals With Our Devils’

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Danny Hale reviews the seventh episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 4… I don’t know about everybody else but I really felt Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’s absence these past few weeks, as such when I sat down to watch ‘Deals With Our Devils’ it was with a higher level of excitement and expectation than I would […]

Movie Review – It Watches (2016)

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It Watches, 2016. Directed by Dave Parker. Starring Ivan Djurovic, Rick Irwin, Sanny van Heteren and James Duval. SYNOPSIS: Following a serious accident, Andre (Djurovic) takes on a house-sitting job from a friend deep in the hills of sunny Los Angeles, but soon finds the rather creepy little house in question comes complete with something […]

Movie Review – The Edge of Seventeen (2016)

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The Edge of Seventeen, 2016. Written and Directed by Kelly Fremon Craig. Starring Hailee Steinfeld, Woody Harrelson, Blake Jenner, Haley Lu Richardson, Hayden Szeto, and Kyra Sedgwick. SYNOPSIS: High-school life gets even more unbearable for Nadine when her best friend, Krista, starts dating her older brother. Since the halcyon days of John Hughes thirty years […]

Movie Review – Chi-Raq (2015)

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Chi-Raq, 2015. Directed by Spike Lee. Starring Nick Cannon, Teyonah Parris, Wesley Snipes, Angela Bassett, Jennifer Hudson, John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson. SYNOPSIS: A modern day adaptation of the ancient Greek play Lysistrata by Aristophanes, set against the backdrop of gang violence in Chicago. Evidently, Chi-Raq – a loose adaptation of the ancient Greek play […]

Movie Review – Sing (2016)

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Sing, 2016. Written and Directed by Garth Jennings. Featuring the voice talents of Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Seth MacFarlane, Scarlett Johansson, John C. Reilly, Taron Egerton, Tori Kelly, Nick Kroll, Jennifer Saunders, Peter Serafinowicz, Leslie Jones, Jay Pharoah, Nick Offerman, Beck Bennett, Garth Jennings, and Jennifer Hudson. SYNOPSIS: A koala named Buster Moon has one […]

Arrow Season 5 Episode 8 Review – ‘Invasion!’

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Jessie Robertson reviews the eighth episode of Arrow season 5… The one where Ollie meets his Force-Ghosts…. So it’s been 100 episodes for Arrow… I’ve been with you since I believe episode 40 or 41 and it’s been a wild ride. Normally, I would hate for a centennial program to fall into crossover week but […]