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Project Power Review

Director: Henry Joost & Ariel Schulman Starring: Jamie Foxx, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Dominique Fishback, Colson Baker, Rodrigo Santoro, Amy Landecker, Allen Maldonado When I first saw the trailer for Netflix’s Project Power, I was surprised to see the cast consisting of Jamie Foxx and Joseph Gordon Levitt. The award-winning actors coming together in an action thriller…


5.8

The Old Guard Review

Director: Gina Prince-Bythewood Starring: Charlize Theron, KiKi Layne, Matthias Schoenaerts, Marwan Kenzari, Luca Marinelli, Harry Melling, Van Veronica Ngo and Chiwetel Ejiofor Let me make it very clear. When I first heard that Netflix and Charlize Theron were teaming up to make what is basically a superhero movie, I could not wait to see it….


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Eurovision Song Contest: The Story Of Fire Saga Review

Director: David Dobkin Starring: Will Ferrell, Rachel McAdams, Dan Stevens, Pierce Brosnan Right, let me start off this review by letting you know that I am a huge fan of Eurovision. However, I really tried not to let my love of the campest and most incredible song contest in the world cloud my judgement. If…



8.5

All The President’s Men Review

Director: Alan J. Pakula Starring: Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman It is easy to fall into the trap of thinking that All the President’s Men is a movie more preoccupied with the procedural side of the Watergate scandal than digging into any palpable emotional value. After all, we don’t get much insight into the personal…


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The Host Review

Director: Bong Jong-ho Starring: Song Kang-ho, Byun Hee-bong, Park Hae-il, Bae Doona and Go Ah-sung With Parasite Bong Joon-ho garnered international acclaim and popularity, even conquering the Academy Awards which have historically been elusive to foreign language films. Despite its unprecedented success Parasite was, in the context of its directors’ career, simply another evolutionary step….



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Extraction Review

Director: Sam Hargrave Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Rudhraksh Jaiswal, Randeep Hooda, Golshifteh Farahani, Pankaj Tripathi, Priyanshu Painyuli and David Harbour There’s a new movie which has landed on Netflix this week. I’m not sure if you’ve heard of it. It’s called Extraction. I know. Extraction does sound like a movie that would star Bruce Willis and…


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Bloodshot Review

Director: David S.F. Wilson Starring: Vin Diesel, Eiza González, Sam Heughan, Toby Kebbell, and Guy Pearce Bloodshot is the latest movie starring Vin Diesel and it has been made available on demand early due to the Coronavirus pandemic. However, there’s one big question that needs answering: is it worth watching even from the comfort of…



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Castlevania Season 3 Review

Creator: Adi Shankar Starring: Richard Armitage, James Callis, Alejandra Reynoso, Emily Swallow, Theo James and Bill Nighy When Castlevania first landed on Netflix, I was just happy that it finally made it. Never did I believe for an instance that we would end up seeing a Castlevania Season 3. It was an even bigger stretch…


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The Hunt Review

Director: Craig Zobel Starring: Betty Gilpin, Ike Barinholtz, Emma Roberts, Justin Hartley, Glenn Howerton and Hilary Swank I’ve been thinking a lot about Blumhouse Pictures and Universal Pictures’ new horror/black comedy movie, The Hunt ever since watching the thing. It’s such a strange movie that I found myself sitting in my seat in the cinema…


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The Invisible Man Review

Director: Leigh Whannell Starring: Elisabeth Moss, Aldis Hodge, Storm Reid, Harriet Dyer, and Oliver Jackson-Cohen When I first heard Universal Pictures and Blumhouse were partnering up on a The Invisible Man reboot, I couldn’t help but feel a little bit suspicious. We’ve seen so many of these horror movie reboots over the years, and I…


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Huawei Freebuds 3 Review

I’ve been on the lookout for the perfect pair of wireless headphones for what seems like ages, and then these Huawei Freebuds 3 came along. Let me start off by saying that Huawei’s Freebuds 3 are still not those perfect wireless headphones, but they’ve come very close. Over the years, I’ve found it very difficult…


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Dreams Review

I first heard about Dreams when it was officially announced at E3 in 2015. I remember being quite confused as to what Dreams was, however, was extremely interested as it was being developed by Media Molecule, a game development studio based in the UK who brought us amazing games such as Little Big Planet and…


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Sonic The Hedgehog Review

Director: Jeff Fowler Starring: Jim Carrey, James Marsden, Ben Schwartz When I first heard they were making a Sonic The Hedgehog movie, my reaction was the let out a long sign. “Really? Do they need to make this film? Do they need to make a Sonic movie?” Then the film’s first trailer came out and…


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Birds Of Prey Review

Director: Cathy Yan Starring: Margot Robbie, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Rosie Perez, Chris Messina, Ella Jay Basco, Ali Wong, and Ewan McGregor I’m going to be honest here, Birds of Prey – or to use its full and wonderful title, Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) – wasn’t really…


8.5

Raise Hell: The Life And Times Of Molly Ivins Review

Director: Janice Engel Starring: Harold Cook, Rachel Maddow, Dan Rather, Molly Ivins Raise Hell: The Life And Times Of Molly Ivins is quite possibly one of the most important documentaries to have come out in 2019, and you might not have heard of it. Don’t worry, I didn’t either before being invited to a very special and exclusive screening of the movie and after having seen the film, I couldn’t help but think this documentary needs to be seen by as many people as possible. Why, you ask? Because Molly Ivins was one of the most brilliant, witty, scathing and important journalists of the 21st Century, and very few people outside of the United States, outside of Texas for that matter, knows her name. After watching Raise Hell, you’ll quickly find yourself Googling the journalist and looking for her books and articles just to get another hit of her incredible wit and pointed political commentary. The documentary, directed masterfully by veteran documentarian and filmmaker Janice Engel, is basically a biopic, but don’t let that put you off. Just because it’s...

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1917 Review

Director: Sam Mendes Starring: George MacKay, Dean-Charles Chapman, Mark Strong, Andrew Scott, Richard Madden, Claire Duburcq, Colin Firth, and Benedict Cumberbatch Sam Mendes is back after having given us the rather disappointing James Bond movie, Spectre, with a much more personal and, I believe, important movie, 1917. 1917 is a war movie, but don’t let…