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Read MoreReview: Hot Spring Shark Attack – “It’s delightfully bonkers, nonsensical, crazy stuff, and yet it’s just so much damned fun!”
Directed by Morihito Inoue Starring Takuya Fujimura, Masaki Naito, Mio Takaki, Koichi Makigami, Shôichirô Akaboshi, Daniel Aguilar, Yuu Nakanishi The attractive coastal town of Atsumi is famous for its Onsen – natural hot springs with traditional Japanese guest houses—a perfect place to get away from all the stresses and strains of modern life and simply relax. Well, usually, at least, but not so much...
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Read MoreReview: Frankie Freako – “Shabadoo!”
Written and directed by Steven Kostanski (Psycho Goreman, The Void), the comedy-horror Frankie Freako is an homage to classic 80s movies like Gremlins, Ghoulies and Critters, available on digital in the UK & Ireland from July 14. Buttoned-up square Connor (Conor Sweeney, V/H/S 94) has been branded “bland” in both the boardroom and the bedroom and is desperate to spice things up. When he sees a wacky...
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Read MoreReview: Superman – “The pace rarely slows down.”
Rebooting the DC Universe of superheroes is Superman, but the film doesn’t spend much time explaining the reboot. Instead, it focuses on telling an inspiring story of someone trying to do the right thing. The film starts with Superman stopping a war between two fictional (yet familiar) countries and then dealing with the aftershock personally and politically. From the start, Superman finds himself...
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Read MoreReview: Monsters of California – “a good Saturday night popcorn flick”
Directed by Tom DeLonge Starring Jack Samson, Jared Scott, Jack Lancaster, Gabrielle Haugh, Casper Van Dien, Richard Kind Blink 182’s Tom DeLonge directs and co-writes this fun flick, which clearly draws on a lot of his own interests – UFOs, cryptids, ghosts. Dallas (Jack Samson), is drifting, hanging out with his best friends Toe (Jack Lancaster) and Riley (Jared Scott), getting high and chasing...
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Read MoreBlu-ray Review: Grave of the Fireflies
With Japan being an aggressor during World War II, it is easy to dismiss the domestic suffering as being self-inflicted. However, this is not a fair assessment. The real collateral damage of warfare is the civil population as political agendas and power struggles take precedent over their well-being. If there is a poignant reminder of this, one only has to look at Studio Ghibli’s adaption of the...
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Read MoreProject Hail Mary – The film adaptation of the Andy Weir novel gets a trailer
Science teacher Ryland Grace (Ryan Gosling) wakes up on a spaceship light years from home with no recollection of who he is or how he got there. As his memory returns, he begins to uncover his mission: solve the riddle of the mysterious substance causing the sun to die out. He must call on his scientific knowledge and unorthodox ideas to save everything on Earth from extinction… but an unexpected...
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Read MoreThe Fantastic Four: First Steps gets a new trailer
A new teaser for The Fantastic Four: First Steps has been released. Set against the vibrant backdrop of a 1960s-inspired, retro-futuristic world, Marvel Studios’ The Fantastic Four: First Steps introduces Marvel’s First Family—Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic (Pedro Pascal), Sue Storm/Invisible Woman (Vanessa Kirby), Johnny Storm/Human Torch (Joseph Quinn) and Ben Grimm/The Thing (Ebon Moss-Bachrach)...
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Read MoreWatch the new trailer for Superman
Superman, DC Studios’ first feature film to hit the big screen, is set to soar into cinemas worldwide this summer from Warner Bros. Pictures. In his signature style, James Gunn takes on the original superhero in the newly imagined DC universe with a singular blend of epic action, humour and heart, delivering a Superman who’s driven by compassion and an inherent belief in the goodness of humankind. Check...
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