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Movie Review – Da 5 Bloods (2020)

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Da 5 Bloods, 2020. Directed by Spike Lee. Starring Chadwick Boseman, Delroy Lindo, Jean Reno, Jonathan Majors, Paul Walter Hauser, Jasper Pääkkönen, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Clarke Peters, Mélanie Thierry, Norm Lewis, and Van Veronica Ngo. SYNOPSIS: Four African-American vets battle the forces of man and nature when they return to Vietnam seeking the remains of […]

Movie Review – Artemis Fowl (2020)

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Artemis Fowl, 2020. Directed by Kenneth Branagh. Starring Ferdia Shaw, Lara McDonnell, Josh Gad, Tamara Smart, Nonso Anozie, Colin Farrell, and Judi Dench. SYNOPSIS: Artemis Fowl, a young criminal prodigy, hunts down a secret society of fairies to find his missing father. If the uncertain state of the present global film industry has led to […]

Movie Review – Infamous (2020)

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Infamous, 2020. Written and directed by Joshua Caldwell. Starring Bella Thorne, Jake Manley, Amber Riley, Michael Sirow, and Marisa Coughlan. SYNOPSIS: Two young lovers rob their way across the southland, posting their exploits to social media, and gaining fame and followers as a result. The Bonnie and Clyde-inspired lovers-on-the-run movie is certainly one which lends […]

Movie Review – Becky (2020)

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Becky, 2020. Directed by Jonathan Milott and Cary Murnion. Starring Lulu Wilson, Joel McHale, Kevin James, Amanda Brugel, Robert Maillet, and Ryan McDonald. SYNOPSIS: A teenager’s weekend at a lake house with her father takes a turn for the worse when a group of convicts wreaks havoc on their lives. Filmmaker duo Jonathan Milott and […]

Movie Review – The Last Days of American Crime (2020)

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The Last Days of American Crime, 2020 Directed by Olivier Megaton. Starring Édgar Ramírez, Anna Brewster, Michael Pitt, and Sharlto Copley. SYNOPSIS: In the not-too-distant future, as a final response to terrorism and crime, the U.S. government plans to broadcast a signal making it impossible for anyone to knowingly commit unlawful acts. Though Netflix’s hands-off […]

Netflix Review – Space Force

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Shaun Munro reviews the first season of Netflix’s Space Force… Netflix’s new sci-fi comedy series Space Force sees Greg Daniels, the creator of the U.S. version of The Office, re-team with that series’ star Steve Carell for a topical space-themed satire that, for all the talents of its cast, ultimately skews broad to a disappointing […]

Movie Review – The Vast of Night (2019)

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The Vast of Night, 2019. Directed by Andrew Patterson. Starring Sierra McCormick, Jake Horowitz, Erick Alexander, and Jared Bulmer. SYNOPSIS: In the twilight of the 1950s, on one fateful night in New Mexico, a young switchboard operator Fay and charismatic radio DJ Everett discover a strange audio frequency that could change their small town and […]

Video Game Review – Maneater

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Shaun Munro reviews Maneater… In our trying present, nobody could be blamed for giving card-carryingly “real” games like The Last of Us Part II a bit of a wide berth, their doom and gloom proving just a tad too relatable in the current moment. Some may instead defer to undemanding, colourful indie puzzle-platformers, while others […]

Movie Review – Extraction (2020)

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Extraction, 2020. Directed by Sam Hargrave. Starring Chris Hemsworth, Rudhraksh Jaiswal, Randeep Hooda, Golshifteh Farahani, Priyanshu Painyuli, Pankaj Tripathi, and David Harbour. SYNOPSIS: A mercenary is tasked with rescuing the son of a drug lord from the clutches of a rival criminal kingpin. It’s not remotely surprising to see Chris Hemsworth follow-up the titanic Avengers: Endgame […]