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The Many Saints of Newark Movie Review

The film’s pedigree is a solid one with the show’s original creator David Chase and former episode writer Lawrence Konner penning the story and screenplay. Setting its timeline as a prequel was also a wise move and it takes full advantage of the salty language and unruly race relations of the time.   //   Building the main storyline on a character, Dickie Moltisanti (Alessandro Nivola), that was never seen on the television show gives hardcore fans more involvement. ...

Ron’s Gone Wrong Movie Review

In this case, Barney voiced by Jack Dylan Grazer is an outsider for various reasons, most central to this is his oddball family. His widower father Graham (Ed Helms) scratches out a living by selling silly novelties from a home business while his old-world grandmother Donka (Olivia Colman) runs the household to hilarious effect.   //   When a personal A.I. robot comes on the market, Barney’s parental units can only afford a damaged and decidedly second-hand unit with a ...

The Last Duel Movie Review

Matt Damon is Sir Jean de Carrouges, a knight who marries Marguerite (Jodie Comer) to shore up his flagging finances. She soon bears witness to being sexually assaulted by Jacques Le Gris (Adam Driver) and sets into motion a conflict between the two former friends that ends in a duel with deadly consequences.   //   Splitting the film into three distinct chapters allow you the viewer to make up your own mind about the events that have occurred and highlights how male and ...

Riders of Justice Movie Review

After that, it departs from both expectations and conventional plot devices known to the genre. Underlying its tilt into becoming a revenge yarn are so many divergent elements it becomes something unique and draws you in via a number of unexpected ways. You start to care and sympathise with this rag-tag group of outcasts.   //   Their idiosyncrasies and odd behavioural quirks are explained in snippets and the unfurling of these tightly wound characters provides almost ...

The Colony Movie Review

The two surviving astronauts from the crash are taken prisoner by a group of renegades who live without modern technology. Ultimately Louse Blake (Nora Arnezeder) becomes the sole survivor and is tasked with getting word back to her superiors with information on the mission and the current status of the planet.   //   Through a series of flashbacks between Blake as a child and her scientist father played by Sebastian Roché, we are given information on earth’s early ...

Pig Movie Review

Rob (Cage) and his pig live an outsider’s existence. Way off the grid and devoid of almost all the trappings of technology. His barn yard buddy is a truffle hunter and excels at that exercise. Selling those buried treasures crates the only contact Rob has with the outside world, a weekly visit from his wholesaler Amir (Alex Wolff).   //   When two raiders in the night steal Rob’s four-legged friend, he must face his past and the outside world to regain something he ...

Coming Home In The Dark Movie Review

They find a picturesque location for a picnic and settle in for lunch. This calm is soon interrupted when they are accosted by two drifters Mandrake (Daniel Gillies) and Tubs (Matthias Luafutu). This begins a reign of terror that will leave a mark on all those that are involved. It is presented in such a way as to leave gaps in the narrative that you are left to fill on your own.   //   As new details come to light, the line between perpetrator and victim becomes more ...

Triggered Movie Review

Mr. Peterson (Sean Cameron Michael), a former science teacher of theirs is the perpetrator of an evil plan. Immediately after identifying himself and laying out the bare bones of his intentions, he ends his own life with a self-inflicted gunshot. Left to figure the remaining details the group set off on an ill-informed endeavour. As Peterson’s plan comes into focus the group dynamics are ever-changing.   //   The vests are actually bombs and have timers on them. When ...

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Movie Review

Shang-Chi… taps into a father and son dynamic and features a refreshing lack of romantic entanglements between its two leads. Shaun (Simu Liu) and Katy (Awkwafina) have good chemistry together, one that is buttressed by their friendship remaining platonic. Shaun has extreme hidden talents that emerge but this doesn’t change his character’s accessible nature.   //   Blending fantasy and real-world elements into its entertaining mix, it features some of the most ...

Ravage Movie Review

So begins her terrible journey into the darker side of human existence. Along the way, Ravage indulges in almost every backwater hillbilly cliche known to movie kind. Once you dispense with the expectation of originality, you can just sit back and enjoy the carnage. When the damsel in distress meets Ravener (Robert Longstreet) the derangement begins in earnest.   //   Harper is quite resourceful and using ingenuity while getting in touch with her inner MacGyver she is ...