Review – Wine Country (2019)
Amy Poehler is the latest actor-turned-director to make the transition from in front of the camera to behind it, serving
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Movie Review
Review – High Life (2019)
Bewildering, penetrative sci-fi. Endless blackness, an infinite stretch of both everything and nothing, mesmerizing but (literally) suffocating in its incomprehensible
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The Lowedown on “Hellboy” (R – Theatrical – US)
This started out top be a sequel and I cheered… but then they decided on a reboot and I jeered.
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The Lowedown on “Shazam” (PG-13 – Theatrical – US)
Genre: FantasySub-genre: ComicLength: 2hr 12min Aside from the 70’s TV series, I have never been a fan of Shazam…and the
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Review: Pokémon Detective Pikachu
Guest review written by Dave Curtis (@HelloDaveCurtis) Let it be known that 2019 gave birth to one of the most
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Review: Avengers: Endgame
With such a fever sweeping the globe for the highly anticipated “endgame” of the now 22-film strong Marvel Cinematic Universe,
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The Lowedown on “Alita: Battle Angel” (PG-13 – Theatrical – US)
Based on a manga (not anime, fellow space travelers), I knew this was going to be a CGI fest of
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Review – Pet Sematary (2019)
The King renaissance hits a bump. There’s a sad irony in digging up and bringing back Stephen King’s horrific grief
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The Lowedown on “Captain Marvel” (PG-13 – Theatrical – US)
I have been waiting for this since Marvel first announced it was coming. After making 455 million in it’s opening
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Review – Shazam! (2019)
Big meets Superman. “The bigger they are, the harder they fall” is the old adage. Just as DC were once
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Review – What Men Want (2019)
Loosely based upon the 2000 film, What Women Want, Adam Shankman’s What Men Want continues the recent brand of gender-flipped
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Review – Us (2019)
Bonkers, dense and straight up scary. “Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to
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Review: Captain Marvel
This 2019 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Carol Danvers is the twenty-first film in the Marvel
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Review – Fighting With My Family (2019)
In what amounts to the biggest surprise of the year so far, Stephen Merchant’s Fighting With my Family is quite the delight! Even
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Review: Cold Pursuit
This 2019 American black comedy thriller is directed by Hans Petter Moland as a remake of his own native 2014
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Review – Happy Death Day 2U (2019)
Happy Death Day was a cheesy, teen horror-slasher that capitalised on the camp and thrived because of its fun premise.
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Review – Escape Room (2019)
A decade-too-late entry in the deathtrap genre. Cast your mind back to 2006, where creative, gruesome dismemberment is a sure-fire
Read moreThe Lowedown on “Aquaman” (PG-13 – Theatrical – US)
Or “No sir, I am not making fun of your CGI suit.” The DCEU’s latest installment answers the burning question…”Does
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Review – The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019)
Mad Max: Fury Road on LSD. Once briefly a harmless jingle, inevitably becoming a near-perturbing earworm, 2014 was the year
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Review – Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2019)
Gripping, twisted, authenticated caper. There’s a scene in Can You Ever Forgive Me?where a self-applauding prig boastfully tells fellow authors that
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