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Movie Review – Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates (2016)

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Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, 2016. Directed by Jake Szymanski. Starring Zac Efron, Adam Devine, Anna Kendrick and Aubrey Plaza. SYNOPSIS: Two brothers place an online ad to find dates for a wedding and the ad goes viral. Comedy is tricky to critique and judge, but if there is one constant, it is the […]

Movie Review – Bed of the Dead (2016)

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Bed of the Dead, 2016. Directed by Jeff Maher. Starring Alysa King, Colin Price, Gwenlyn Cumyn, Dennis Andres and Alex Loubert. Synopsis: “Two young couples out for night of debauchery at the city’s oldest sex club find themselves stuck on a haunted antique bed where getting off means suffering a gruesome fate. Upon calling the police […]

Blu-ray Review – Return of the Killer Tomatoes (1988)

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Return of the Killer Tomatoes, 1988. Directed by John De Bello. Starring Anthony Starke, George Clooney, Karen Mistal, John Astin, Steve Lundquist, Michael Villani, Rick Rockwell, J. Stephen Peace and Charlie Jones. SYNOPSIS: Mad scientist Professor Gangreen is at it again as he prepares a new tomato army disguised as humans to take over the […]

TV Review – Orange Is the New Black Season 4

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Kirsty Capes reviews Orange Is the New Black season 4… Where to even begin with season 4 of Orange Is the New Black? The credits rolled on that final episode, LP’s uplifting track Muddy Waters permeating the visual of Samira Wiley’s character Poussey Washington looking over the Hudson River, turning to the camera and breaking the fourth […]

Second Opinion – Mechanic: Resurrection (2016)

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Mechanic: Resurrection, 2016. Directed by Dennis Gansel. Starring Jason Statham, Jessica Alba, Michelle Yeoh, Tommy Lee Jones and Sam Hazeldine. SYNOPSIS: Arthur Bishop thought he had put his murderous past behind him when his most formidable foe kidnaps the love of his life. Now he is forced to travel the globe to complete three impossible […]

Movie Review – American Sniper (2014)

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American Sniper, 2014. Directed by Clint Eastwood. Starring Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Cory Hardrict, Jake McDorman, Kyle Gallner, Luke Grimes and Sam Jaeger. SYNOPSIS: Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle’s pinpoint accuracy saves countless lives on the battlefield and turns him into a legend. Back home to his wife and kids after four tours of duty, […]

American Horror Story: Freak Show – Episode 12 Review

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Alice Rush reviews the twelfth episode of American Horror Story: Freak Show… The penultimate episode of Freak Show, ‘Show Stoppers’, I feel represents my view on the whole series; it has some great moments but altogether loses out on a lack of fluidity and consistency. No doubt that it has some of the truly gory […]

Movie Review – John Wick (2014)

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John Wick, 2014. Directed by David Leitch and Chad Stahelski. Starring Keanu Reeves, Michael Nyqvist, Alfie Allen, Willem Dafoe, Adrianne Palicki, Bridget Moynahan, Dean Winters, John Leguizamo, Ian McShane and Lance Reddick. SYNOPSIS: An ex-hitman comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took everything from him. Since that fateful day when Keanu […]

Second Opinion – Remainder (2015)

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Remainder, 2015. Directed by Omer Fast. Starring Tom Sturridge, Cush Jumbo, Ed Speleers, Arsher Ali, Shaun Prendergast and Laurence Spellman. SYNOPSIS: A London man who loses his memory when he’s struck by a falling object develops a way to reconstruct his past. A directorial debut from Israeli video artist Omer Fast, and adapted from Tom […]