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Movie Review: ‘The Boxtrolls’

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Director: Graham Annable and Anthony Stacchi Cast: Isaac Hempstead Wright, Ben Kingsley, Jared Harris, Ellie Fanning, Nick Frost, Richard Ayoade, Toni Collette, Simon Pegg, Tracy Morgan and Dee Bradley Baker Plot: In a… Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘The Giver’

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Director: Phillip Noyce Cast: Jeff Bridges, Meryl Streep, Brenton Thwaites, Alexander Skarsgård, Katie Holmes, Odeya Rush, Taylor Swift Plot: In an apparent utopian society one young man is chosen to become the ‘Receiver’,… Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘What We Do In the Shadows’

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Director: Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement Cast: Taika Waititi, Jemaine Clement, Jonathon Brugh, Stuart Rutherford, Rhys Darby Plot: A documentary crew follow a small group of vampires who share a flat in Wellington, New Zealand,… Continue reading

Review: ‘Guardians of the Galaxy (2nd Opinion)

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  Plot:  In 1988 shortly after his mother’s death, eight year old Peter Quill/Star-Lord (Chris Pratt) is kidnapped from Earth by a group of  alien thieves called the Ravagers.  Raised by Yondu Undonta (Michael Rooker), Quill eventually becomes… Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘Into the Storm’

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Director: Steven Quale Cast: Richard Armitage, Sarah Wayne Callies, Matt Walsh Plot: A group of tornado chasers, a couple of redneck thrillseekers and a separated family get caught up in a really big storm.… Continue reading

5 Strange Choices for Marvel Studios to Bet on Next

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So Guardians of the Galaxy was a hard sell coming from Marvel. After a strong beginning developing their Avengers roster, they took a chance with an ensemble out of the gate rather than bringing… Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘Felony’

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Director: Matthew Saville Cast: Joel Edgerton, Tom Wilkinson, Jai Courtney, Melissa George Plot: An Australian police officer, after celebrating with colleagues following taking a bullet to the protective vest, drives home drunk and… Continue reading

Retro Review – ‘Cry-Baby’

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After so many years playing Jack Sparrow multiple times over, it is easy for movie fans to forget that Johnny Depp was at one point an actor who gave his all in parts… Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘The Double’

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The Double tells the story about lonely, shy and ignored loser Simon (Jesse Eisenberg) a pushover who suddenly finds himself worse than when he started as he now has to confront James (Jesse… Continue reading

Top 10 Strangest Post-Apocalyptic Societies

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The world after the apocalypse is pretty easy to visualise. Vast deserts, people wearing gasmarks and mutant cannibals. It’s become such a staple in fiction that we’ve got it down pat. Everything from Mad… Continue reading