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Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)

December 13, 2018

animated movie, animation, aunt may, comic book, comic book movie, gwen stacey, kingpin, Marvel, miles morales, peter b parker, peter parker, spider-gwen, spider-man, spider-woman, wilson fisk

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I try to avoid hyperbole as much as possible when writing, but I have to say Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is a gift and we don’t deserve something so pure. Whether you…

Mortal Engines (2018)

December 7, 2018

Richard Eaves

Review

futuristic, hugo weaving, peter jackson, robert sheehan, steampunk, weta

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Opening with an immediately bizarre city-vs-city chase scene, Mortal Engines quickly establishes itself as a visual spectacle. As cities pack up and race off when a predator city draws near,…

Second Act (2018)

December 6, 2018

Peter Gray

Review

Comedy, female lead, jennifer lopez, leah remini, maid in manhattan, milo ventimiglia, romance, second act, vanessa hudgens

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This may be an unpopular opinion but I think Jennifer Lopez is a good actress. There, I said it! Now, i’m certainly not defending some of her career choices but…

Creed II (2018)

November 29, 2018

Peter Gray

Review

creed, creed 2, dolph lundgren, michael b jordan, rocky, rocky balboa, sequel, sylvester stallone, tessa thompson

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Essentially ushering in a new generation to the Rocky franchise, as well as satisfying the masses who have come to know and love the Sylvester Stallone-led series, Ryan Coogler’s 2015…

Robin Hood (2018)

November 25, 2018

Adam De Wilde

Review

action movie, Batman Begins, ben mendelsohn, Jamie Dorman, Jamie Foxx, Robin Hood, Taron Egerton

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The very first lines that 2018’s Robin Hood graces us with are – “Forget history… forget everything you think you know.” I’m inclined to believe this was added by the…

The Children Act (2018)

November 25, 2018

Mark Blackmore

Review

Emma Thompson, fionn whitehead, ian mcewan, stanley tucci, the children act

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In The Children Act, newly damed Emma Thompson is Fiona Maye, a British children’s court justice who presides over the most complicated of issues. We first see her intervening when…

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018)

November 25, 2018

Peter Gray

Review

ballet, Disney, helen mirren, keira knightley, mackezie foy, morgan freeman, richard e grant, the nutcracker, the nutcracker and the four realms

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What an odd little production The Nutcracker and the Four Realms turned out to be. An exercise in fascination as to what a film should and shouldn’t be, the shared-directing…

Widows (2018)

November 23, 2018

Carlo Peritore

Review

all female lead, collin farrell, elizabeth debicki, Gillian Flynn, heist film, heist movie, jon bernthal, liam neeson, Lynda La Plante, michelle rodriguez, robert duvall, Steve McQueen, viola davis, widows

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For a film about a heist, Widows almost couldn’t care less about it. Steve McQueen’s first – and hopefully not last – foray into the genre focuses far less on money stolen…

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)

November 21, 2018

Mark Blackmore

Review

coen brothers, ethan coen, harry melling, james franco, joel coen, liam neeson, the ballad of buster scruggs, tom waits, zoe kazan

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Joel and Ethan Coen’s The Ballad of Buster Scruggs is comprised of six short stories that deal with characters and settings you would find in the iconic ‘wild west’ of…

Outlaw King (2018)

November 19, 2018

Mark Blackmore

Review

Chris Pine, Frances Pugh, historical epic, outlaw king

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What do you get when you throw together a talented director on the rise (David McKenzie), screenwriters of prestigious TV and big screen properties, David Fincher’s production designer and Paul…