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Hollywood A-listers Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie are ready to make the 1920s roar in writer-director Damien Chazelle’s crazy, manic and outlandish tale of early Hollywood in Babylon. And this film is going to be a pure riot. Watch the full trailer below: Here’s the official synopsis: A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous […]

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‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ – ‘Adar’ – Review

September 13, 2022 Samuel Hames

Where Episode One, ‘Shadows of the Past’, and Episode Two, ‘Adrift’, felt like the first chapter and set-up for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, now with Episode Three, ‘Adar’ we begin to move into the meat of the series. And there’s plenty of drama and a good serving of action as […]

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‘House of the Dragon’ – ‘Second of His Name’ – Review

September 6, 2022 Samuel Hames

The banners of House Targaryen are flying high, but episode by episode we’re learning that they’re not a very happy family, and now in Episode Three of House of the Dragon, ‘Second of His Name’ the tension is about to boil over. Daemon and the Sea Snake battle the ‘Crab Feeder’. The realm celebrates Aegon’s […]

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‘Three Thousand Years of Longing’ – Review

September 4, 2022 Samuel Hames

Australian filmmaker George Miller is a storytelling genius who continually brings a new scale to the construct of imagination every time he steps behind the camera. Now he applies to talents to the enchanting, dream-like, modern-day fantasy fairytale of Three Thousand Years of Longing, and it is exquisite to watch. A lonely scholar, on a trip to […]

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‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ – ‘Adrift’ – Review

September 2, 2022 Samuel Hames

Prime Video’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power started with a bang thanks to Episode One, ‘A Shadow of the Past’, and director J. A. Bayona moves quickly forward with Episode Two, ‘Adrft’ which when paired with Episode One signifies the first solid chapter of this ambitious new series. Galadriel finds a […]

Movie Reviews

‘Lancaster’ – Review

September 1, 2022 Samuel Hames

It was the plane that turned World War II to the Allies’ favour and now audiences can witness the untold history of RAF Bomber Command and the power of the Avro Lancaster in the seminal documentary Lancaster. Lancaster tells the story of the iconic WW2 bomber, through the words of the last surviving veterans of […]

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‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ – ‘Adar’ – Review

‘House of the Dragon’ – ‘Second of His Name’ – Review

‘Three Thousand Years of Longing’ – Review

‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ – ‘Adrift’ – Review

‘Lancaster’ – Review