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Movie Review – American Assassin (2017)

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American Assassin, 2017. Directed by Michael Cuesta. Starring Michael Keaton, Dylan O’Brien, Taylor Kitsch, Sanaa Lathan, Shiva Negar, and Scott Adkins. SYNOPSIS: A story centered on counterterrorism agent Mitch Rapp. American Assassin (based on the New York Times best-selling novel by Vince Flynn, adapted for the screen by Kill the Messenger‘s Michael Cuesta) sets the […]

Movie Review – The Book of Love (2016)

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The Book of Love, 2016. Directed by Bill Purple. Starring Jason Sudeikis, Maisie Williams, Orlando Jones, Paul Reiser, Mary Steenburgen, and Jessica Biel. SYNOPSIS: Henry is an introverted architect. After the death of his wife in a car accident, he sets out to help Millie, a homeless teen, to build a raft to sail across […]

Movie Review – Silence (2016)

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Silence, 2016. Directed by Martin Scorsese. Starring Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver, Liam Neeson, Tadanobu Asano, and Ciarán Hinds. SYNOPSIS: Martin Scorsese’s SILENCE tells the story of two Christian missionaries (Andrew Garfield and Adam Driver) who face the ultimate test of faith when they travel to Japan in search of their missing mentor (Liam Neeson) – […]

Second Opinion – 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 asked to take care of his teenage nephew after the boy’s father dies. Few writers/directors understand the minutiae […]

Movie Review – Sully (2016)

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Sully. 2016. Directed by Clint Eastwood. Starring Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart, Anna Gunn, Mike O’Malley, Jamey Sheridan, Michael Rapaport, and Laura Linney. SYNOPSIS: The story of Chesley Sullenberger, an American pilot who became a hero after landing his damaged plane on the Hudson River in order to save the flight’s passengers and crew. With it […]

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 […]

Second Opinion – Allied (2016)

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Allied, 2016. Directed by Robert Zemeckis. Starring Brad Pitt, Marion Cotillard, Jared Harris, Lizzy Caplan, and Matthew Goode. SYNOPSIS: In 1942, an intelligence officer in North Africa encounters a female French Resistance fighter on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. When they reunite in London, their relationship is tested by the pressures of war. Allied […]

Movie Review – Doomed! The Untold Story of Roger Corman’s The Fantastic Four (2015)

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Doomed! The Untold Story of Roger Corman’s The Fantastic Four, 2015 Written and Directed by Marty Langford Starring Roger Corman, Alex Hyde-White, Oley Sassone, Michael Bailey Smith, Jay Underwood SYNOPSIS: In the 90s, legendary b-movie filmmaker Roger Corman was given the opportunity to produce a film of Marvel’s first family, the Fantastic Four. But after the […]

Movie Review – Moana (2016)

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Moana, 2016. Directed by Ron Clements and John Musker. Featuring the voice talents of Auli’i Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson, Jemaine Clement, Rachel House, Temuera Morrison, Alan Tudyk, and Nicole Scherzinger. SYNOPSIS:  In Ancient Polynesia, when a terrible curse incurred by Maui reaches an impetuous Chieftain’s daughter’s island, she answers the Ocean’s call to seek out the demigod to set […]