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Second Opinion – War on Everyone (2016)

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War on Everyone, 2016. Written and Directed by John Michael McDonaugh Starring Michael Pena, Alexander Skarsgard, Tessa Thompson, Stephanie Stigman, Caleb Landry Jones and Theo James. SYNOPSIS: Two corrupt cops in New Mexico set out to blackmail and frame every criminal unfortunate enough to cross their path. Things take a sinister turn, however, when they […]

DVD Review – Gridiron UK (2016)

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Gridiron UK, 2016. Directed by Gary Delaney Starring Michael Dixon, Rebecca Summers, Andrew Harwood Mills, Stephen Marcus, Paul Nicholas, Dorsey Levens, Anthony Quinlan, Giles Alderson, Annie Vanders and Mem Ferda. SYNOPSIS: It’s 1985… and in a country dominated by Soccer, Rugby, Cricket, and Fish n’ Chips, one man risks everything to play American Football. My […]

Movie Review – Brimstone (2017)

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Brimstone, 2017. Directed by Martin Koolhoven. Starring Dakota Fanning, Guy Pearce, Carice Van Houten and Kit Harrington. SYNOPSIS: A frontier woman turns fugitive when she is wrongly accused of a crime she didn’t commit and is hunted by a vengeful preacher. An ingenious conglomeration of narrative complexity, Koolhoven’s audacious film Brimstone is tense, authentic and absolutely […]

Comic Book Review – Trinity Vol. 1: Better Together

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Ricky Church reviews Trinity Vol. 1: Better Together… The Dark Knight. The Man of Steel. The Amazon Warrior. The three greatest heroes in the DC Universe unite when the threats to our planet are bigger than any one of them can handle. But now, the deadly White Mercy has Superman, Wonder Woman and Batman in […]

Movie Review – Dead Awake (2016)

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Dead Awake, 2016. Directed by Phillip Guzman. Starring Jocelin Donahue, Jesse Bradford, Jesse Borego, Brea Grant, and Lori Petty. SYNOPSIS: After her estranged sister Beth dies suddenly while suffering from sleep paralysis, Kate is plagued with guilt after dismissing her initial claims that she was being regularly haunted in her sleep by a sinister force […]

Second Opinion – Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017)

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Smurfs: The Lost Village, 2017. Directed by Kelly Asbury. Featuring the voice talents of Demi Lovato, Rainn Wilson, Joe Manganiello, Jack McBrayer, Danny Pudi, Mandy Patinkin, Julia Roberts, Michelle Rodriguez, Ellie Kemper, Ariel Winter, Meghan Trainor, Gordon Ramsey, Jake Johnson, Tituss Burgess, Gabriel Iglesias, Jeff Dunham, and Kelly Asbury. SYNOPSIS: A mysterious map sets Smurfette […]

Movie Review – Trespass Against Us (2017)

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Trespass Against Us, 2017. Directed by Adam Smith Starring Michael Fassbender, Brendan Gleeson, Sean Harris, Lyndsey Marshal, Rory Kinnear, and Killian Scott. SYNOPSIS: An insight into the strained relationship between a son and father from an Irish travelling community. The Cutler family is comprised of strong morals, loyalty and a spirited bond, something the audience […]

Blu-ray Review – Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)

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Kubo and the Two Strings, 2016. Directed by Travis Knight Featuring the voice talents of Art Parkinson, Charlize Theron, Matthew McConaughey, George Takei, Brenda Vaccaro, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Ralph Fiennes and Rooney Mara. SYNOPSIS: Kubo and the Two Strings arrives in a Blu-ray + DVD + Digital HD set that features the movie in high-def and standard-def, […]

Movie Review – True Memoirs of an International Assassin (2016)

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True Memoirs of an International Assassin, 2016. Directed by Jeff Wadlow. Starring Kevin James, Andy Garcia, Zulay Henao, Maurice Compte, Andrew Howard, Rob Riggle, Kelen Coleman, Leonard Earl Howze, Yul Vasquez and Kim Coates. SYNOPSIS: After a publisher changes a writer’s debut novel about a deadly assassin from fiction to nonfiction, the author finds himself […]