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Movie Review – The Grand Son (2018)

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The Grand Son, 2018. Directed by Robert Logevall. Starring Rhys Wakefield, Lesley Anne Warren, Fabianne Therese, Nathan Keyes, and Sarah Clarke. SYNOPSIS: A Grandson struggles to contain the consequences of a heinous crime. The film opens with a boy shooting an arrow and a woman smoking a cigarette, but we don’t know if she is […]

Movie Review – Like Father (2018)

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Like Father, 2018. Directed by Lauren Miller. Starring Kristen Bell, Kelsey Grammer, Danielle Davenport, Kimiko Glenn, Wynter Kullman, and Seth Rogen. SYNOPSIS: An estranged daughter has an awkward reunion with her long-absent father on a cruise ship. Rachel Hamilton (Kristen Bell) is stood up at altar by Owen (Jon Foster) due to her workaholic habits. […]

Movie Review – Fahrenheit 451 (2018)

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Fahrenheit 451, 2018. Directed by Ramin Bahrani. Starring Michael B. Jordan, Michael Shannon, Sofia Boutella, Lilly Singh, Khandi Alexander, Mayko Nguyen, and Dylan Taylor. SYNOPSIS: In a dystopian future America, firemen don’t put out fires but start them by burning books. Fahrenheit 451 starts out promisingly. The two leads engage in a stimulating boxing match […]

Movie Review – The Escape (2017)

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The Escape, 2017. Directed by Dominic Savage. Starring Gemma Arterton, Dominic Cooper, Frances Barber, Marthe Keller, and Jalil Lespert. SYNOPSIS: An ordinary woman makes an extraordinary decision which will change her life forever. Dominic Savage’s The Escape is a deceptively taut thriller. Not in the traditional sense, there are no grandiose set pieces, nor blistering […]

Movie Review – Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)

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Ant-Man and the Wasp, 2018. Directed by Peyton Reed. Starring Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Douglas, Hannah John-Kamen, Michael Peña, Walton Goggins, Abby Ryder Fortson, Bobby Cannavale, T.I., David Dastmalchian, Divian Ladwa, Laurence Fishburne, Judy Greer, Randall Park, Michael Cerveris, Rob Archer, Sean Kleier, Goran Kostic, Benjamin Byron Davis, Riann Steele, and Michelle Pfeiffer. SYNOPSIS: […]

DVD Review – Fanged Up (2018)

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Fanged Up, 2018. Directed by Christian James. Starring Daniel O’Reilly, Danielle Harold, Stu Bennett, Steven Berkoff, Vas Blackwood, Lauren Socha, Terry Stone, and Ewen MacIntosh. SYNOPSIS: A young man is thrown in the cells for the weekend after a brawl, unaware that the guards are bloodsucking vampires. Nothing says British horror quite like a vampire […]

Castle Rock Season 1 Episode 3 Review – ‘Local Color’

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Martin Carr reviews the third episode of Castle Rock… Real estate agents are known for being unscrupulous but to disconnect someone from their respirator takes a degree of self-interest even property peddlers might blanch at. Teenager crushes similarly pass with time, mellow with age, or diminish with reality, yet Molly Strand played by Melanie Lynskey […]

Blu-ray Review – Rollercoaster (1977)

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Rollercoaster, 1977. Directed by James Goldstone. Starring George Segal, Timothy Bottoms, Richard Widmark, Harry Guardino, Susan Strasber, Henry Fonda, Helen Hunt, Wayne Tippit, Steve Guttenberg, and Craig Wasson. SYNOPSIS: A bomber threatens to blow up rollercoasters in various amusement parks unless his ransom demands are met. Riding the crest of a wave of disaster movies […]

Exclusive Interview – Emmy nominated stunt coordinator Cort L. Hessler III discusses his work on NBC’s The Blacklist

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Cort L. Hessler III is currently Emmy nominated for ‘Outstanding Stunt Coordination for a Drama Series, Limited Series or Movie’ for NBC’s crime thriller The Blacklist. This marks Hessler’s 10th Emmy nomination, making him the most Emmy nominated stunt coordinator. He has been nominated every year for The Blacklist since 2014. He credits one of […]