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TIFF 2016 Review – Without Name (2016)

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Without Name, 2016 Directed by Lorcan Finnegan Starring Alan McKenna, Niamh Algar, James Browne, Olga Wehrly SYNOPSIS: A land surveyor discovers a dark secret deep within a dense forest, in this eco-horror thriller from first-time Irish filmmaker Lorcan Finnegan. For his debut feature film, director Lorcan Finnegan presents an intriguing psychological horror that relies on […]

Movie Review – Bridget Jones’s Baby (2016)

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Bridget Jones’s Baby, 2016. Directed by Sharon Maguire. Starring Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Patrick Dempsey, Jim Broadbent, Gemma Jones and Emma Thompson. SYNOPSIS: Bridget’s focus on single life and her career is interrupted when she finds herself pregnant, but with one hitch … she can only be fifty percent sure of the identity of her […]

Comic Book Review – All-Star Batman #2

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Ricky Church reviews All-Star Batman #2… “My Own Worst Enemy” part 2! All aboard the train ride from hell! Batman and Two-Face continue their journey to Harvey Dent’s cure through an assassin-infested landscape. But can the Dark Knight continue his crusade across the countryside when Two Face turns one of his greatest allies against him? […]

Movie Review – Don’t Breathe (2016)

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Don’t Breathe, 2016. Directed by Fede Alvarez. Starring Jane Levy, Stephen Lang, Dylan Minnette and Daniel Zovatto. SYNOPSIS: Three hard up thieves’ target a war veteran who they believe is sitting on a hefty pay out after the death of his daughter. Considering his blindness and his age they all think this will be an […]

DVD Review – Dark Exorcism (2015)

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Dark Exorcism, 2015. Written and Directed by David Spaltro. Starring Grace Folsom, Lynn Justinger, Fiona Horrigan, Catherine Cobb Ryan and Kayla Leasure. SYNOPSIS: A sceptical grad student and a renowned paranormal specialist investigate a potentially haunted home and the troubled woman inside whose affliction may be beyond the capacity of either of them. The subject […]

TIFF 2016 Review – The Journey (2016)

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The Journey, 2016 Directed by Nick Hamm Starring Colm Meaney, Timothy Spall, Freddie Highmore, Toby Stephens, John Hurt A fictional account of the extraordinary story of two implacable enemies in Northern Ireland – firebrand Democratic Unionist Party leader Paisley and Sinn Fein politician Martin McGuinness Small character pieces can be hard to pull off sometimes, […]

Movie Review – Don’t Breathe (2016)

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Don’t Breathe, 2016. Directed by Fede Alvarez. Starring Stephen Lang, Jane Levy, Dylan Minnette, and Daniel Zovatto. SYNOPSIS; Hoping to walk away with a massive fortune, a trio of thieves break into the house of a blind man who isn’t as helpless as he seems. 2016 has been a great year for horror so far. […]

Movie Review – Best of Seven (2016)

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Best of Seven, 2016. Directed by Jonnie Stapleton. Starring Jonnie Stapleton, Paula Kelley and Jim Armstrong. SYNOPSIS: After a nearly fatal overdose, a young man with multiple personality disorder attempts to go one week without his medication. It’s becoming a trend in comedy these days to have a longer feature. At a modest one hundred minutes, Best […]

TIFF 2016 Review – American Pastoral (2016)

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American Pastoral, 2016. Directed by Ewan McGregor. Starring Ewan McGregor, Jennifer Connolly, Dakota Fanning, Rupert Evans, Uzo Aduba, Molly Parker, David Strathairn, Valerie Curry, Peter Riegert. SYNOPSIS: In 1968, a hardworking man, who’s been a staple in his quaint community for years, watches his seemingly perfect middle class life fall apart as his daughter’s new […]