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Aquaman Review

Aquaman, the true king of Atlantis and butt of many jokes on Family Guy and The Big Bang Theory finally gets his first solo film with the DCEU going for a lighter tone. Arthur Curry (Jason Momoa) was the result of a loving union between a human and the Queen of Atlantis. His mother, Atlanna (Nicole Kidman) believes he would […]

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The Girl in the Spider’s Web Review

After a seven-year hiatus everyone’s favourite Goth hacker is back with Sony trying to reignite the Millennium series. Lisbeth Salander (Claire Foy) is a renounced hacker who uses her skills to hurt men who hurt women. She has become an underground figure who women see as a saviour. Lisbeth is approached by Frans Balder (Stephen Merchant), a British software engineer who made the […]

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Overlord Review

J.J. Abrams’ production company Bad Robot are synonymous with high concept film and TV, making Lost and the Cloverfield franchise. They combine the war and horror genres with their latest film Overlord. On the eve of D-Day American paratroopers are sent behind enemy lines to help the invasion. One squad is tasked to destroy a radio tower on an old […]

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The Hate U Give Review

America is in a highly charged state regarding its current political climate and identity politics becoming more prominent. The adaptation of Angie Thomas’ novel The Hate U Give taps into this zeitgeist for a young adult audience. Starr Carter (Amandla Stenberg) is a 16-year-old girl from a poor black neighbourhood and attends a private school. Her school and home […]

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The House With a Clock in Its Walls Review

From the director of violent horror films like Hostel and The Green Inferno comes something completely unexpected – a charming fantasy film that the whole family can enjoy. In 1955 Lewis Barnavelt (Owen Vaccaro) is a 10-year-old who has lost his parents in a car accident and moves in with his eccentric uncle Jonathan (Jack Black) in New  Zebedee, Michigan. Lewis […]