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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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TV Review: The Mandalorian Season 1 – Mega Review
By Matthew Moorcroft Solid Recommendation Directed by Dave Filoni, Rick Famuyiwa, Deborah Chow, Bryce Dallas Howard, Taika Waititi Starring Pedro Pascal, Carl Weathers, Gina Carano, Nick Nolte TV-14 It has been over 3 years since the first season of The Mandalorian first aired back in late 2019 as the first real “killer app” for Disney+.…
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Film Review: Cocaine Bear
By Matthew Moorcroft Solid Recommendation Directed by Elizabeth Banks Starring Keri Russell, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Alden Ehrenreich, Ray Liotta R The only question that is going through your mind when asking yourself “should I see Cocaine Bear” is whether or not like the words “cocaine” and “bear” in the same sentence. If so, then honestly,…
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Film Review: Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
By Matthew Moorcroft Unsure Directed by Peyton Reed Starring Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Jonathan Majors, Kathryn Newton PG-13 Um… what? Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania feels like it should be better then it actually is. It’s filled to the brim with cool ideas and wicked imagery, fully taking advantage of the “Tales to Astonish” serial…
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