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Oscars 2018: Biggest snubs and surprises from the Academy Award nominations

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Tom Beasley takes a look at the twists and turns provided by today’s Oscar nominations, including the biggest snubs and most shocking surprises…The nominations for the 90th Academy Awards were dished out today and it’s fair to say that this was perhaps a more interesting crop of nominees than many expected. The big winners, however, […]

Movie Review – Get Out (2017)

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Get Out, 2017.Directed by Jordan Peele. Starring Daniel Kaluyya, Allison Williams, Bradley Whitford, Catherine Keener, LilRel Howery, Betty Gabriel, and Caleb Landry Jones.SYNOPSIS:When a young African-American man visits his white girlfriend’s family estate, he becomes ensnared in a more sinister real reason for the invitation.Now that Chris (Daniel Kaluuya, Sicario) and his girlfriend, Rose (Allison […]

Movie Review – Get Out (2017)

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Get Out, 2017.Directed by Jordan Peele Starring Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Catherine Keener, Bradley Whitford, Betty Gabriel, Marcus Henderson, Stephen Root, and Lil Rel Howery.SYNOPSIS:An African-American man visits his white girlfriend’s parents at their odd, country complex where no one is what they seem.I can quite honestly state that I have never felt the mixture […]

Movie Review – Get Out (2017)

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Get Out, 2017. Directed by Jordan Peele. Starring Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Catherine Keener, Bradley Whitford, Caleb Landry Jones, LilRel Howery and Stephen Root. SYNOPSIS: A young African-American man visits his Caucasian girlfriend’s mysterious family estate. 2016 saw a resurgence in top quality horror movies and with the release of Get Out, we’re hopefully onto […]

Movie Review – Get Out (2017)

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Get Out, 2017.Written and Directed by Jordan Peele. Starring Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Bradley Whitford, Caleb Landry Jones, Stephen Root, LilRel Howery, Betty Gabriel, Marcus Henderson, Lakeith Stanfield, and Catherine KeenerSYNOPSIS:A young African-American man visits his Caucasian girlfriend’s mysterious family estate.So you want something subversive? How about a horror movie where the black guy doesn’t […]

Second Opinion – Get Out (2017)

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Get Out, 2017.Written and Directed by Jordan Peele. Starring Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Bradley Whitford, Caleb Landry Jones, Stephen Root, LilRel Howery, Betty Gabriel, Marcus Henderson, Lakeith Stanfield, and Catherine KeenerSYNOPSIS:A young African-American man visits his Caucasian girlfriend’s mysterious family estate.Horror films that manage to be at once scary, funny and socially insightful are something […]

Forest Whitaker, Daniel Kaluuya and Florence Kasumba join Marvel’s Black Panther

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Marvel’s Black Panther has expanded its cast with three new additions in Forest Whitaker (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story), Daniel Kaluuya (Black Mirror) and Florence Kasumba (Captain America: Civil War). Whitaker is set to play Zuri, an elder statesman in Wakanda, with Kaluuya as W’Kabi, a confidant of T’Challa, and Kasumba reprising her Civil War role […]

Second Opinion – Sicario (2015)

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Sicario, 2015.Directed by Denis Villeneuve. Starring Emily Blunt, Benicio Del Toro, Josh Brolin, Jon Bernthal, Maximillano Hernandez and Daniel Kaluuya.SYNOPSIS:An idealistic FBI agent (Blunt) joins a task force on the war on drugs after discovering a cartel “death house” in Arizona. What she sees during her time there changes her forever, as the lines and […]

Movie Review – Sicario (2015)

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Sicario, 2015. Directed by Denis Villeneuve. Starring Emily Blunt, Benicio Del Toro, Josh Brolin, Jon Bernthal, Maximillano Hernandez and Daniel Kaluuya. SYNOPSIS: An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by an elected government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico. Do the ends justify […]