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Fargo Season 3 Episode 4 Review – ‘The Narrow Escape Problem’

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Shaun Munro reviews the fourth episode of Fargo season 3…Fargo returns to business-as-usual after last week’s entertaining sojourn to Los Angeles, and things finally start coming together as Gloria is drawn towards the Stussys, while Emmit begins to feel the pinch from Varga and his lofty ambitions.“The Narrow Escape Problem” opens with a cameo-of-sorts from Fargo alum […]

Fargo Season 3 Episode 2 Review – ‘The Principle of Restricted Choice’

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Shaun Munro reviews the second episode of Fargo season 3…If Fargo‘s season premiere left a prevailing feeling of deja vu, the follow-up moves a little further away from the familiar, even if the key beats are still distinctly Fargo, and this is very much the lethargic second episode the show has essentially made its signature at […]

Fargo Season 3 Episode 1 Review – ‘The Law of Vacant Places’

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Shaun Munro reviews the first episode of Fargo season 3…The painful 16-month wait since Fargo‘s second season concluded is finally over, and while not returning to screens with quite the same surging electricity of the two prior premieres, “The Law of Vacant Places” is nevertheless a rock solid introduction to Minnesota’s latest batch of loveable low-lives.The season may be […]

Blu-ray Review – Doctor Strange (2016)

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Doctor Strange, 2016. Directed by Scott Derrickson Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rachel McAdams, Benedict Wong, Michael Stuhlbarg, Benjamin Bratt, Scott Adkins, Mads Mikkelsen, and Tilda Swinton. SYNOPSIS: Doctor Strange arrives on Blu-ray in a release that also includes the movie on DVD and a code for a digital copy. While the movie is a […]

Blu-ray Review – Arrival (2016)

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Arrival, 2016. Directed by Denis Villeneuve Starring Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Tzi Ma. SYNOPSIS: When twelve mysterious spacecraft appear around the world, linguistics professor Louise Banks is tasked with interpreting the language of the apparent alien visitors. In an era full of crash-bang-gee-whiz science-fiction films, a movie like Arrival is […]

Michael Stuhlbarg, Scoot McNairy and more join Fargo season 3 cast

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On the heels of the David Thewlis announcement, THR reports that six more actors have been added to the cast of Fargo season 3, rounding out the show’s ensemble.The new additions include Michael Stuhlbarg (A Serious Man), Scoot McNairy (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice), Shea Whigham (Silver Linings Playbook), Karan Soni (Safety Not Guaranteed), Fred […]

Movie Review – Arrival (2016)

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Arrival, 2016. Directed by Denis Villeneuve. Starring Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker, Michael Stuhlbarg, Mark O’Brien and Tzi Ma.   SYNOPSIS: A linguist is recruited by the military to assist in translating alien communications If aliens landed on earth, how would we react and how would we try to communicate with them? This is […]

Movie Review – Arrival (2016)

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Arrival, 2016. Directed by Denis Villeneuve. Starring Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker, Michael Stuhlbarg, Mark O’Brien and Tzi Ma. SYNOPSIS: Dr. Louise Banks, a celebrated linguist reeling from personal tragedy, is called in by the military to decode the language of an alien civilisation when a strange spacecraft lands in Montana… There’s a human […]

52nd Chicago International Film Festival Review – Arrival (2016)

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Arrival, 2016.Directed by Denis Villeneuve Starring Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker, Michael Stuhlbarg, Mark O’Brien and Tzi MaSYNOPSIS:A linguist is recruited by the military to assist in translating alien communications.Director Denis Villeneuve (Sicario, Prisoners) continues his hot-streak of English language speaking films (and his hot-streak of film-making in general) with Arrival, possibly one of […]

Movie Review – Arrival (2016)

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Arrival, 2016.Directed by Denis Villeneuve Starring Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker, Michael Stuhlbarg, Mark O’Brien and Tzi Ma.SYNOPSIS:When mysterious flying spacecrafts touch down around the globe, a team of experts are briefed with the task of cracking the code of exactly why they are here…With Arrival, Dennis Villeneuve has managed to pull off that […]