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Streaming Review: “Special Ops: Lioness” (2023)

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“Special Ops: Lioness” (2023) Television Drama Eight Episodes Created by: Taylor Sheridan Featuring: Zoe Saldaña, Laysla De Oliveira, Dave Annable, Jill Wagner, LaMonica Garrett, James Jordan, Austin Hébert, Jonah Wharton, Stephanie Nur, Hannah Love Lanier, Nicole Kidman and Morgan Freeman Kaitlyn: “You’ll never get back to them if you keep thinking about them. You know better than that.” “Special Ops: Lioness” is a 2023 American action …

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Movie review: “Transformers: Rise of the Beasts” ” (2023)

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“Transformers: Rise of the Beasts” ” (2023) Action Running Time: 127 minutes Written by: Joby Harold, Darnell Metayer, Josh Peters, Erich Hoeber and Jon Hoeber Directed by: Steven Caple Jr. Featuring: Anthony Ramos, Dominique Fishback,  Ron Perlman, Peter Dinklage, Pete Davidson, Michelle Yeoh, Liza Koshy, Michaela Jaé Rodriguez, Cristo Fernández, Tongayi Chirisa, Colman Domingo, Peter Cullen, John DiMaggio and David Sobolov Bumblebee: [radio] “You can't handle the truth!” Optimus Prime: “I do not want …

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DVD review: “Master of None” (2015 – 2021) DVD review:

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“Master of None” (2015 - 2021)  Television Twenty five Episodes Created by: Aziz Ansari and Alan Yang Featuring: Aziz Ansari, Eric Wareheim, Noël Wells, Lena Waithe, Kelvin Yu, Alessandra Mastronardi and Naomi Ackie Dev: “You see The Social Network? Max Minghella plays an Indian guy. He's white. They browned him up.” Ravi: “No no, I read he's one-sixteenth Indian.” Dev: “Who cares? If you go back far enough …

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Streaming review: “His House” (2020)

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“His House” (2020) Drama / Horror Running Time: 93 minutes Written and directed by: Remi Weekes Featuring: Wunmi Mosaku, Sope Dirisu and Matt Smith Rial: “My mother used to tell me a story.” Rial: “In our village, there was once an honorable but poor man who wanted a home of his own. He wanted it so badly, he …

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Streaming review: “Alice, Darling” (2022)

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“Alice, Darling” (2022) Drama Running Time: 89 minutes Written by: Alanna Francis Directed by: Mary Nighy Featuring: Anna Kendrick, Kaniehtiio Horn, Charlie Carrick and Wunmi Mosaku Simon: “What am I going to do without you…… my beautiful cow.” Released on the Apple Streaming platform is the drama “Alice, Darling” (2022) a film about a toxic and manipulative relationship and the …

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DVD review: “Bank of Dave” (2023)

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“Bank of Dave” (2023) Drama Running Time: 107 minutes Written by: Piers Ashworth Directed by: Chris Foggin Featuring: Joel Fry, Phoebe Dynevor, Rory Kinnear, Hugh Bonneville, Paul Kaye, Jo Hartley and Cathy Tyson Dave: “Indulge me just for a day. There’s method in my madness.” Released recently on Netflix is the English based and produced “Bank of Dave” (2023), a drama with comic overtones that …

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DVD review: “A Discovery of Witches: Season 1 – 3” (2018 – 2022)

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"A Discovery of Witches: Season 1 - 3" (2018 - 2022) Television/Drama/Fantasy Twenty Five Episodes Created by: Deborah Harkness Featuring:  Teresa Palmer, Matthew Goode, Edward Bluemel, Louise Brealey, Malin Buska, Aiysha Hart, Owen Teale, Alex Kingston, Valarie Pettiford Matthew Clairmont: "Once the world was full of wonders, but it belongs to the humans now. We, creatures, have all but disappeared. Daemons... vampires... witches... …

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Streaming review: “Zack Snyder’s Justice League” (2021)

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"Zack Snyder's Justice League" (2021) Action Running time: 242 minutes Written by Chris Terrio Directed by Zack Snyder Featuring: Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Gal Gadot, Ray Fisher, Jason Momoa, Ezra Miller, Willem Dafoe, Jesse Eisenberg, Jeremy Irons, Diane Lane, Connie Nielsen and J. K. Simmons Barry Allen: "This guy's probably fought hundreds of …

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Streaming review: “Synchronic” (2019)

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“Synchronic” (2019) Fantasy/Sci-Fi Running time: 104 minutes Written by: Justin Benson Directed by: Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead Featuring: Jamie Dornan, Anthony Mackie, Katie Aselton and Ally Ioannides Steve: “Back to the Future is full of shit.” With many movies choosing to be released online especially on Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, Disney+ and a host of others there are going to …

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Streaming review: “Greenland” (2020)

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“Greenland” (2020) Thriller/Sci-Fi Running Time: 119 minutes Written by: Chris Sparling Directed by: Ric Roman Waugh Featuring: Gerard Butler, Morena Baccarin, Roger Dale Floyd, Scott Glenn, David Denman and Hope Davis John Garrity: “I swear, I’m going to get my family into that bunker." Clayton: “I know you will, John.” Released last week to on-demand services is the latest Gerard Butler action movie “Greenland” …

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Streaming Review: “Altered Carbon – Season Two” (2020)

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“Altered Carbon - Season Two” (2020)) TV Series/Sci-Fi Eight Episodes Created by: Laeta Kalogridis based on 'Altered Carbon' by Richard K. Morgan Featuring: Renée Elise Goldsberry, Anthony Mackie, Lela Loren, Simone Missick, Dina Shihabi and Torben Liebrecht Takeshi Kovacs: "This is a ghost story. Told in the age of eternal life. Technology has conquered death, but with …

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Streaming review: “Brigsby Bear” (2017)

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“Brigsby Bear” (2017) Comedy/Drama Running Time: 97 minutes Written by: Kyle Mooney & Kevin Costello Directed by: Dave McCary Featuring: Kyle Mooney, Mark Hamill, Greg Kinnear, Matt Walsh, Michaela Watkins, Jorge Lendeborg Jr. and Ryan Simpkins It can sometimes be refreshing to watch a comedy that has a real heart but does not compromise on its set up, it characters or its eventual …

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Television review: “Watchmen – Episode Four: If You Don’t Like My Story, Write Your Own” (2019)

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Television review: “Watchmen – Episode Four: If You Don't Like My Story, Write Your Own” (2019) Drama/Science Fiction 8 Episodes Developed by: Damon Lindelof based on the graphic novel by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons Directed by: Andrij Parekh Featuring: Regina King, Don Johnson, Tim Blake Nelson, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Andrew Howard, Jacob Ming-Trent, Tom Mison, Sara Vickers, Dylan Schombing, Louis Gossett Jr. and Jeremy Irons Rorschach’s Diary: “Soon they will shout, …

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Streaming review: “Black Spot” (Zone Blanche) – Season 2 (2018)

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"Black Spot" (Zone Blanche) - Season 2 (2018) Television/Drama Eight Episodes Created & written by: Mathieu Missoffe Directed by: Thierry Poiraud and Julien Despaux Featuring: Suliane Brahim, Hubert Delattre,and Laurent Capelluto Franck Siriani: "Your murder rate is six times the national average!" Some television shows wear their influences out in the open begging to be compared …

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Streaming review: “Mindhunter – Season Two” (2019)

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"Mindhunter - Season Two" (2019) TV Series/Drama Episodes: 9 Created by: Joe Penhall & Jennifer Haley Featuring: Jonathan Groff, Holt McCallany, Anna Torv and Hannah Gross "'Cause I gonna make you seeThere's nobody else hereNo one like meI'm special, so specialI gotta have some of your attention give it to me" - 'Brass in pocket' …

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Television review: “Game of Thrones – Season Eight – “The Long Night” (2009-2019)

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"Game of Thrones - Season Eight - “The Long Night” (2009-2019) Fantasy Six Episodes Created for HBO by: David Benioff and D. B. Weiss based on A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin Featuring: Emilia Clarke, Kit Harrington, Sophie Turner, Maisie Williams, Lena Headey, Peter Dinklage, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Gwendoline Christie and Alfie Allen Melisandre: "What …

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Television review: “Game of Thrones – Season Eight – Winterfell” (2009-2019)

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"Game of Thrones – Season 8 - Winterfell" (2019)  Fantasy Six Episodes Created for HBO by: David Benioff and D. B. Weiss based on A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin Featuring: Emilia Clarke, Kit Harrington, Sophie Turner, Maisie Williams, Lena Headey, Peter Dinklage, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Gwendoline Christie and Alfie Allen Sandor 'The Hound' Clegane:"You …

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Streaming review: “The Dirt” (2019) 

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"The Dirt" (2019)  Comedy/Drama/Biography Running Time: 108 minutes Written by: Rich Wilkes based on the book "The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band"by Neil Strauss, Tommy Lee, Mick Mars, Vince Neil and Nikki Sixx Directed by: Jeff Tremaine Featuring: Douglas Booth, Colson Baker, Daniel Webber and Iwan Rheon Doc McGhee:"I have managed the Scorpions, Bon Jovi, Skid Row, KISS. I had been dragged through the …

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Television/Streaming review: “Project Blue Book – Episode Ten – The Washington Merry-Go Round” (2019)

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“Project Blue Book - Episode Ten – The Washington Merry-Go Round” Sci-Fi Ten Episodes Created by: David O'Leary Featuring: Aidan Gillen, Laura Mennell, Michael Harney, Ksenia Solo, Michael Malarkey Alien Abduction: "The alleged abduction of a person by an extraterrestrial being." This new series revolves around secret U.S. Air Force investigations into supposed UFO encounters and unexplained phenomenon, undertaken by astrophysicist, …

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Television/Streaming review: “Project Blue Book – Episode Eight – War Games” (2019)

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“Project Blue Book - Episode Eight – War Games” Sci-Fi Ten Episodes Created by: David O'Leary Featuring: Aidan Gillen, Laura Mennell, Michael Harney, Ksenia Solo, Michael Malarkey Remote Viewing: "The practice of seeking impressions about a distant or unseen target, purportedly using extrasensory perception (ESP) or "sensing" with the mind." This new series revolves around secret U.S. Air Force investigations into …

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