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The Flash Season 6 Episode 3 Review – ‘Dead Man Running’

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Jessie Robertson reviews the third episode of The Flash season 6… It appears our season long villain is starting to take shape. In tonight’s episode, following an opening villain attack montage where our hulking brute effused with dark energy slaughters his former gang to find more, Team Flash (more specifically Barry and Frost) recruit Dr. […]

October Horrors 2019 Day 22 – The Fog (1980)

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The Fog, 1980. Directed by John Carpenter. Starring Adrienne Barbeau, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Atkins, Janet Leigh, and Hal Holbrook. SYNOPSIS: A small fishing town is enveloped by a mysterious fog, bringing with it the vengeful spirits of the mariners killed in a shipwreck 100 years prior. After omitting him from last year’s October Horrors, […]

55th Chicago International Film Festival Capsule Review – Waves (2019)

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Waves. 2019 Written and Directed by Trey Edward Shults Starring Kelvin Harrison Jr., Lucas Hedges, Taylor Russell, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Sterling K. Brown, Alexa Demie, Neal Huff, Clifton Collins Jr., Krisha Fairchild, and Harmony Korine SYNOPSIS: Traces the journey of a suburban African-American family – led by a well-intentioned but domineering father – as they […]

Movie Review – The Lighthouse (2019)

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The Lighthouse, 2019. Directed by Robert Eggers. Starring Robert Pattinson, Willem Dafoe.. SYNOPSIS: The hypnotic and hallucinatory tale of two lighthouse keepers on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s. Very rarely does an absolutely perfect movie come along. These films are few and far between and seem to follow no specific […]

Supergirl Season 5 Episode 3 Review – ‘Blurred Lines’

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Martin Carr reviews the third episode of Supergirl season 5… There is indecision which predominates episode three as relationships either personal or professional are neither black nor white. Much like life circumstances and outcomes are determined by multiple factors. Whether that might be an overly amorous partner, guilt ridden sibling or manipulated confidant nothing is […]

October Horrors 2019 Day 21 – Hereditary (2018)

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Hereditary, 2018. Directed by Ari Aster. Starring Toni Collette, Alex Wolff, Milly Shapiro, Ann Dowd and Gabriel Byrne. SYNOPSIS: After the death of her secretive mother, Annie Graham and her family are subjected to a series of increasingly horrific events that threaten destroy her and her family. The relationship between a mother and her children […]

Netflix Review – Living With Yourself

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Martin Izzard reviews Netflix’s Living With Yourself… When you sit down without the intention of binging an entire new show all at once but that happens anyway, it’s pretty indicative of the impact of that series. This is absolutely the case with Living With Yourself starring Paul Rudd, Aisling Bea and Paul Rudd. Rudd is […]

Watchmen Season 1 Episode 1 Review – ‘It’s Summer and We’re Running Out of Ice’

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Martin Carr reviews the first episode of Watchmen… There is much to be applauded in this opening episode of a series many thought should never be made. Damon Lindelof who is best known for Lost tackles this fabled tome carefully launching straight into some heavy hitting topics before opening credits. Masked vigilantes, race riots and […]

Batwoman Season 1 Episode 3 Review – ‘Down Down Down’

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Jessie Robertson reviews the third episode of Batwoman… So, episode three of Batwoman and let’s take stock of where we are. Cool costume, check. Badass main star, check. Extremely overloaded cast of support characters, check. Love interest, check. Deep, layered past, check. Okay, it’s only taken Batwoman 3 episodes to pile in the mini-van of […]