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Movie Review – Life (2017)

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Life, 2017.Directed by Daniel Espinosa. Starring Rebecca Ferguson, Jake Gyllenhaal, Ryan Reynolds, Hiroyuki Sanada, Ariyon Bakare and Olga Dihovichnaya.SYNOPSIS:A team of scientists aboard the International Space Station discover a rapidly evolving life form that caused extinction on Mars, and now threatens the crew and all life on EarthWhen the trailers for Life first started dropping, […]

Movie Review – Life (2017)

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Life, 2017.Directed by Daniel Espinosa. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Ryan Reynolds, Rebecca Ferguson, Hiroyuki Sanada, Olga Dihovichnaya, and Ariyon Bakare.SYNOPSIS:A team of scientists aboard the International Space Station whose mission of discovery turns to one of primal fear when they find a rapidly evolving life form that caused extinction on Mars, and now threatens the crew […]

Movie Review – Personal Shopper (2016)

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Personal Shopper, 2016.Written and Directed by Olivier Assayas. Starring Kristen Stewart, Lars Eidinger, Nora von Waldstätten, Anders Danielsen Lie, Sigrid Bouaziz, Ty Olwin, and Benjamin Biolay.SYNOPSIS:Revolves around a ghost story that takes place in the fashion underworld of Paris.Add another tick to the win column for Kristen Stewart (who has broken free from the overbearingly negative […]

Movie Review – Power Rangers (2017)

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Power Rangers, 2017.Directed by Dean Israelite Starring Dacre Montgomery, Naomi Scott, RJ Cyler, Ludi Lin, Becky G, Matt Shively, John Stewart, Cody Kearsley, David Denman, Robert Moloney, Anjali Jay, Sarah Grey, Morgan Taylor Campbell, Wesley MacInnes, Elizabeth Banks, Bill Hader, Bryan Cranston, Amy Jo Johnson, and Jason David Frank.SYNOPSIS:A group of high-school kids, who are […]

Comic Book Review – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #68

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Chris Cooper reviews Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #68… “Desperate Measures” Part 2! The Mutanimals have been defeated and the Turtles are next in line! Which mutant will turn on his friends to survive, and which will risk everything to help another? For the first time ever, I dislike Leonardo. As someone who has held him […]

Legion Season 1 Episode 7 Review – ‘Chapter Seven’

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Rachel Bellwoar reviews the seventh episode of Legion… Thinking back on when Legion started, how is it that we’ve reached a point in the show where we can say ‘we get it already. Enough with the clarification?’ Syd interrupts Cary’s explanation of the plan because she figured it out for herself. A lot of ‘Chapter 7’ could be interrupted this way […]

Movie Review – Teen Titans: The Judas Contract (2017)

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Teen Titans: The Judas Contract, 2017. Directed by Sam Liu. Featuring the voice talents of Kari Wahlgren, Sean Maher, Stuart Allen, Brandon Soo Hoo, Taissa Farmiga, Jake T. Austin, Christina Ricci, Gregg Henry, and Miguel Ferrer. SYNOPSIS: The Teen Titans face betrayal in their own ranks as they fight against Brother Blood’s cult, who have hired […]

DVD Review – Ballerina (2016)

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Ballerina, 2016.Directed by Éric Summer and Éric Warin Featuring the voice talents of Elle Fanning, Dane DeHaan, Maddie Ziegler, Carly Rae Jepsen, Terrence Scammell, and Julie Khaner.SYNOPSIS:An orphan girl dreams of becoming a ballerina and flees her rural Brittany for Paris, where she passes for someone else and accedes to the position of pupil at the […]

Movie Review – The Dark Tapes (2017)

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The Dark Tapes, 2017. Directed by Vincent J. Gustini and Michael McQuown. Starring Emilia Ares Zoryan, Danielle Baez, Katelyn Bailey, and David Banks. SYNOPSIS: Science fiction and the supernatural interchange and interlock in a dark anthology of mystery, superstition, psychopaths, demons and horror. I’ve probably said this before but I’m not a fan of the […]

24: Legacy Season 1 Episode 8 Review – ‘7:00 PM – 8:00 PM’

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Ricky Church reviews the eighth episode of 24: Legacy… Once again, 24: Legacy didn’t disappoint. Following up from last week’s tense episode, ‘7:00 PM – 8:00 PM’ doubled down on Carter’s situation with his plan to destroy bin-Khalid’s hard drive going horribly wrong and deciding he and Andy were expendable for the greater good. All […]