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Film Review: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Directed by James Gunn Starring Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Bradley Cooper PG-13 Comics don’t have endings. One of the unfournate truths about getting into superhero stories is that many of them are static on purpose. This is for practical purposes, mainly – maintaining a sort of status quo…
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Film Review: Evil Dead Rise
By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation Directed by Lee Cronin Starring Lily Sullivan, Alyssa Sutherland, Morgan Davies, Nell Fisher R Similar to the creatures the films revolve around, the Evil Dead franchise just never dies. Having gone from cult hit in the 80s to influential horror icons in the 90s all the way to gore-infused throwbacks…
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TV Review: The Last of Us, Episode 6
By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Directed by Jasmilla Zbanic Starring Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey, Gabriel Luna, Rutina Wesley TV-MA Joel has always been a uniquely fascinating character to me. In the realm of mentor figures, he’s always been one of the few that the writers are not afraid to critique and deconstruct; his imperfections are…
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Film Review: The Super Mario Bros. Movie
By Matthew Moorcroft Weak Recommendation Directed by Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic Starring Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Day, Jack Black PG Every year when there is a bunch of video game adaptations coming out, we always tend to say “this is the year video game movies explode” and it never happens. The long elusive…
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Film Review: John Wick: Chapter 4
By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Directed by Chad Stahelski Starring Keanu Reeves, Donnie Yen, Bill Skarsgard, Ian McShane R When we catch up with John Wick at the start of his fourth chapter, it’s the first time in the series that there is a clear jump ahead in time. Wick is still scarred, but he…
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Film Review: Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation Directed by Jonathan Goldstein & John Francis Daley Starring Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Rege-Jean Page, Hugh Grant PG-13 D&D is in such a strange position in pop culture at the moment. Even beyond it’s current controversies involving Hasbro and their treatment of third party OGL, the franchise at large is…
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TV Review: The Last of Us, Episode 5
By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Directed by Jeremy Webb Starring Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey, Melanie Lynskey, Lamar Johnson TV-MA Where do we start here? Do we start with Henry and Sam’s tragic story – a story that, as Kathleen says in the episode, is arguably fate? Do we start with Kathleen’s own motivations, which have…
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TV Review: The Mandalorian Season 3, Episode 2
By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation Directed by Rachel Morrison Starring Pedro Pascal, Katee Sackhoff, Amy Sedaris TV-14 One of the small things about The Mandalorian that has been lingering the background of my mind since the first season is how little of it is actually about The Mandalorian. This seems like a weird thing to…
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TV Review: The Mandalorian Season 3, Episode 1
By Matthew Moorcroft Solid Recommendation Directed by Rick Famuyiwa Starring Pedro Pascal, Katee Sackhoff, Carl Weathers, Emily Swallow TV-14 And we are back! After a nearly three year wait (kind of, more on that in a second), The Mandalorian has reached our TV screens once again. For better and for worse, the show continues to…
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TV Review: The Mandalorian Season 2 – Mega Review
By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation Directed by Jon Favreau, Peyton Reed, Bryce Dallas Howard, Carl Weathers, Dave Filoni, Robert Rodriguez, Rick Famuyiwa Starring Pedro Pascal, Carl Weathers, Gina Carano, Katee Sackhoff TV-14 Remember COVID-19? Ok hear me out. I know referencing that in the start of a Star Wars review sounds weird as hell but…
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