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Thrill Ride trailer lives up to the hype of its name

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Cinema loves movies that feature children. It is a more recent example but numerous films, from Hocus Pocus to The Monster Squad, speak to the pull of this tradition. Thrill Ride promises to be a great addition and is the debut feature of Mason’s Movies. Mixing a treasure hunt set at an amusement park with a legend about a sea witch, Thrill Ride appeals […]

Marvel’s The Gifted Season 1 Episode 2 Review – ‘rX’

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Rachel Bellwoar reviews the second episode of  Marvel’s The Gifted… Overextended from creating a portal escape from Sentinel Services, Blink is sick and causing rogue portals to open at Mutant Underground headquarters. At risk of compromising their location, and dying if she doesn’t get medical attention, Eclipse and Kate go to steal medicine while Lauren […]

The Gifted Season 1 Episode 1 Review – ‘eXposed’

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Rachel Bellwoar reviews the series premiere of The Gifted… To be honest, knowing nothing about the X-Men besides Legion (and that show’s not exactly training wheels), Stephen Moyer and, even more so, Amy Acker were my first reasons to watch The Gifted. Then came Jamie Chung, and her solid guest arc on Gotham; Emma Dumont, who falls under the […]

Movie Review – Let Me Go (2017)

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Let Me Go, 2017. Written and Directed by Polly Steele. Starring Juliet Stevenson, Jodhi May, Lucy Boynton, and Karin Bertling. SYNOPSIS: Based on a true story, family secrets have a rolling impact on four generations of women when Helga (Juliet Stevenson) learns that her mother, Traudi (Karin Bertling), is dying. Before watching Let Me Go I Googled […]

Comic Book Reviews – The Waterbringer and The Shattered

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Rachel Bellwoar reviews the first two Eimurian Tales… There’s a certain pleasure to going into a series blind and M.D. Penman’s Eimurian Tales are exactly what you hope to uncover. A dark fantasy web-comic, the first two volumes standalone but leave an opening for the stories to intersect down the line.ar Penman is their writer, artist, […]

Twin Peaks Season 3 Episode 16 Review

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Rachel Bellwoar reviews the sixteenth episode of Twin Peaks season 3… Well, they did it. David Lynch and Mark Frost did it. Somehow they lasted sixteen episodes before bringing back Dale Cooper, and his first line isn’t anything to do with coffee or cherry pie, but Mike saying, “You are awake,” and Cooper replying, “100%.” He’s […]

Twin Peaks Season 3 Episode 12 Review

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Rachel Bellwoar reviews the twelfth episode of Twin Peaks season 3… How much do you need to understand a conversation to make it worth your time and enjoyment? This isn’t a new question David Lynch asks this week but one worthy of readdressing with the appearance of a character many Twin Peaks fans have been clammering to see: […]

DVD Review – A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2014)

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A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 2014. Directed by Julie Taymor. Starring Kathryn Hunter, David Harewood, Tina Benko, Lilly Englert, Mandi Masden, Jake Horowitz, Max Casella, and Zach Appelman. SYNOPSIS: Julie Taymor’s filming of her stage production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.  A Midsummer Night’s Dream is one of Shakespeare’s comedies, but under Julie Taymor’s direction, that dream becomes […]

Twin Peaks Season 3 Episode 10 Review

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Rachel Bellwoar reviews the tenth episode of Twin Peaks season 3… Trailer parks don’t rally the greatest expectations but episode ten’s ugly tour of trailers on Twin Peaks does nothing to dispel fears or assumptions. You’ve got Richard killing Miriam for her willingness to talk about what he did to the young boy with his car. You can’t blame the trailer for that […]