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Movie Review – Slow West (2015)

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Slow West. 2015 Directed by John Maclean Starring Kodi Smit-McPhee, Michael Fassbender, Ben Mendelsohn, Rory McCann, and Caren Pistorius SYNOPSIS: A young Scottish man travels across America in pursuit of the woman he loves, attracting the attention of an outlaw who is willing to serve as a guide. Slow West is a methodically paced Western […]

Movie Review – San Andreas (2015)

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San Andreas. 2015 Directed by Brad Peyton Starring Dwayne Johnson, Carla Gugino, Alexandra Daddario, Paul Giamatti, Ioan Gruffudd, Archie Panjabi, Colton Haynes, Matt Gerald, Will Yun Lee and Kylie Minogue SYNOPSIS: In the aftermath of a massive earthquake in California, a rescue-chopper pilot makes a dangerous journey across the state in order to rescue his […]

Movie Review – Aloha (2015)

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Aloha, 2015. Directed by Cameron Crowe. Starring Bradley Cooper, Emma Stone, Rachel McAdams, Bill Murray, John Krasinski, Danny McBride and Alec Baldwin. SYNOPSIS: A celebrated military contractor returns to the site of his greatest career triumphs and re-connects with a long-ago love while unexpectedly falling for the hard-charging Air Force watchdog assigned to him. We […]

Is Silent Hills being resurrected as an Xbox One exclusive?

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Silent Hills was reportedly canceled much to the disappointment of many gamers and critics around the world, but a resurrection might be brewing. YouTube channel The Know is claiming that Microsoft is looking to spend billions of dollars to revive the project from the dead and secure it as an Xbox One exclusive. At first […]

Movie Review – Tomorrowland (2015)

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Tomorrowland, 2015. Directed by Brad Bird. Starring George Clooney, Britt Robertson, Thomas Robinson, Raffey Cassidy and Hugh Laurie. SYNOPSIS: A former boy-genius and an optimistic teenager join forces to find the mysterious Tomorrowland. During a 1960s New York Fair for inventors, young boy genius Frank Walker shows off his work-in-progress jetpack. It doesn’t quite function properly yet, […]

Coma the Doof Warrior (Guitar Dude) from Mad Max: Fury Road has an origin story

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For some, the mystique of that electric flamethrower guitar playing henchman is what propels the character to cult phenomenon status. Others might wish to know a little bit more about him, and now we have. The Playlist recently conducted an interview with the man behind the tunes of the apocalypse, iOTA, about this inexplicably charming […]

Movie Review – Spy (2015)

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Spy, 2015. Written and Directed by Paul Feig. Starring Melissa McCarthy, Rose Byrne, Jason Statham, Jude Law, Bobby Cannavale and Morena Baccarin. SYNOPSIS: A desk-bound CIA analyst volunteers to go undercover to infiltrate the world of a deadly arms dealer, and prevent diabolical global disaster. Martin Scorsese has Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert DeNiro, Tim Burton […]

Movie Review – Poltergeist (2015)

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Poltergeist, 2015. Directed by Gil Kenan. Starring Sam Rockwell, Rosemarie DeWitt, Saxon Sharbino, Kyle Catlett and Kennedi Clements. SYNOPSIS: A family whose suburban home is haunted by evil forces must come together to rescue their youngest daughter after the apparitions take her captive. Just a heads up, there is not much positive to say about […]

Second Opinion – Pitch Perfect 2 (2015)

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Pitch Perfect 2, 2015. Directed by Elizabeth Banks. Starring Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Hailee Steinfeld, Brittany Snow, Skylar Astin, Adam Devine, Elizabeth Banks and Katey Sagal. SYNOPSIS: After a humiliating command performance at Lincoln Center, the Barden Bellas enter an international competition that no American group has ever won in order to regain their status […]