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Alan Silvestri’s Avengers Theme, and That Infinity War Trailer

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Matt Taylor on the music of Avengers: Infinity War trailer… On September 12, 2016, YouTube channel ‘Every Frame a Painting’ published a video entitled The Marvel Symphonic Universe. In it, channel creators Tony and Taylor interview members of the public around Vancouver, asking them to sing theme songs from famous movies, in particular the themes […]

Young Sheldon Season 1 Episode 10 Review – ‘An Eagle Feather, A String Bean and an Eskimo’

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Martin Carr reviews the tenth episode of Young Sheldon… Growing pains, educational betterment and emotional quandaries frame this episode of Young Sheldon. Hinging on the opportunities of moving into a public school Sheldon gets his first taste of life beyond high school. What Chuck Lorre and his fellow showrunner focus on is the family dynamic, […]

Second Opinion – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)

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Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, 2017. Written and Directed Martin McDonagh Starring Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell, Peter Dinklage, Abbie Cornish, John Hawkes. SYNOPSIS: Seven months after the disappearance, discovery and investigation of Angela Hayes nothing has been done. In a final effort to jump-start the local police her mother Mildred rents out Three […]

DVD Review – Leatherface (2017)

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Leatherface, 2017. Directed by Alexandre Bustillo & Julien Maury. Starring Stephen Dorff, Lili Taylor, Sam Strike, Vanessa Grasse, Sam Coleman, James Bloor, Christopher Adamson, Jessica Madsen, and Dimo Alexiev. SYNOPSIS: Prequel to Tobe Hooper’s classic The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, detailing how demented killer Leatherface came to be… again. Of all the major horror franchises, […]

Black Mirror Season 4 Review – ‘USS Callister’

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Martin Carr reviews Black Mirror’s USS Callister… Some have called this the flagship episode of season four and it has many of the hallmarks you might expect. In Jesse Plemons and Jimmi Simpson we have Breaking Bad and House of Cards alumni doing the dramatic heavy lifting. Production wise Brooker’s world never looked so expansive, […]

Black Mirror Season 4 Review – ‘Arkangel’

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Martin Carr reviews Black Mirror’s Arkangel… Protecting your child or hindering their development both emotionally and psychologically are the stuff of adult counselling sessions. People pay good money to lay there, unburden themselves and seek solace from a professional practitioner of the mind. Any number of things can lead them to this type of solution, […]

Black Mirror Season 4 Review – ‘Crocodile’

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Martin Carr reviews Black Mirror’s Crocodile… There are two things which are surprising about ‘Crocodile’ besides its approach. One is Andrea Riseborough the other connecting John Hillcoat with this source material. Famed respectively for tent pole heroines and arthouse Oscar crossovers, Riseborough takes our perceptions of her and destroys them. Hillcoat on the other hand […]

Black Mirror Season Four Review – ‘Hang the DJ’

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Martin Carr reviews Black Mirror’s Hang the DJ… Human compatibility and the search for your ideal partner is big money. Politics, national disasters and celebrity centric survival shows might distract us, but without companionship everything else becomes less important somehow. Industries have been built on this compulsion and our need for validation, success beyond the […]

Black Mirror Season Four Review – ‘Black Museum’

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Martin Carr reviews Black Mirror’s ‘Black Museum’… Darker than pitch and exploring areas of the human condition which others may shy away from ‘Black Museum’ works on multiple levels. A barren desert scrubland with nothing for miles except an imposing structure with blacked out windows. Inside are artefacts curated by a highly intelligent, morally flexible […]