Tag Archive: review

Movie Review: Jack & Diane

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Directed by: Bradley Rust Gray Starring: Juno Temple and Riley Keough Plot: After a chance meeting, 2 girls start a summertime love affair. Review:  This has been sold as a werewolf movie which is definitely misleading.… Continue reading

John Carpenter in Review: The Fog (1980)

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Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Adrienne Barbeau, and Hal Holbrook Plot: A thick fog descends on an old fishing town containing vengeful ghosts. Review:  Antonio Bay, CA is about to celebrate their centennial when a list… Continue reading

John Carpenter in Review: Halloween (1978)

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Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasance, and PJ Soles Plot: A psychotic killer breaks out of a mental asylum and returns to his hometown to stalk teenagers. Review:  Halloween is a genre defining movie. Every… Continue reading

John Carpenter in Review: Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)

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Starring: Austin Stoker, Darwin Johnson, and Laurie Zimmer Plot: The staff of an abandoned police building finds themselves under attack by the countless members of a local gang. Review:  The movie takes place in a… Continue reading

John Carpenter in Review: Dark Star (1974)

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Starring: Brian Narelle, Dan O’Bannon, and Dre Pahich Plot: A space-faring crew investigates planets for colonization when things start going wrong. Review:  The title Dark Star refers to a scout ship currently being manned by a… Continue reading

Comics You Should be Reading: ‘Locke & Key’

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Welcome to the Keyhouse, a place of mystery and magic. The comic industry was built on superhero capes, but that is not the only genre to thrive in this medium. Back in the… Continue reading

Movie Review: 3, 2, 1…Frankie Goes Boom

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Directed by: Jordan Roberts Starring: Charlie Hunnam, Chris O’Dowd, Lizzy Caplan, and Ron Perlman Plot: Two feuding brothers try to get a sex tape back from a former movie star when they find… Continue reading

Game Review: ‘FTL: Faster Than Light’

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Genre: Simulation Platform: Steam Everyone likes getting behind the indie game developer…especially when it offer such awesome value for money. Coming in at only $9.99 this strategy based sci-fi game has minimalist presentation… Continue reading

First Impressions: Elementary

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By the aloof, yet wonderful, Hedge As an English teacher, I’m a huge fan of the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: the intrigue, the clever plot twists, the depth of character – quite… Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘Looper’ Second Opinion

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Director: Rian Johnson Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt, Paul Dano, Jeff Daniels Plot: Joe is a hitman in the year 2042, employed by a criminal organisation thirty years in the future… Continue reading