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House of the Dragon
Ladies and gentlemen, now that it’s been weeks if not months since the finale of House of the Dragon, the hype has died down, I’ve finally caught my breathe after watching the first season, and I believe it’s time to give it a review. However, before I begin my review on House of the Dragon, I think it’s only fair that I mention that after a last couple of disappointing seasons of Game of Thrones, particularly season 6, 7 and 8, even I had my own reservations about it and there’s no doubt about the fact that HBO had a lot of work to do in gaining the audience…
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Black Adam
Dwayne Johnson stars alongside Pierce Brosnan and Aldis Hodge in DC Comic’s latest superhero film – Black Adam directed by Jaume Collet-Serra. Released on the 21st of October by distributor Warner Bros. Pictures, we finally get to see the first champion of the gods in action but is it worth the hype or did the gods make a rush choice? Let’s get into it. In ancient Kahndaq, Teth Adam was bestowed with the almighty powers of the gods. With those powers, he sought out vengeance and was imprisoned for it. Nearly 5,000 years have passed, and Teth Adam has gone from man to myth to legend. One day,…
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Enola Holmes 2
Join Millie Bobby Brown and Henry Cavill as they try to solve a web of mysteries in Enola Holmes 2 by director Harry Bradbeer. Released on the 27th of October 2022 by distributor Netflix, Enola Holmes 2 provides its audience with a string of mysteries to solve for both Enola and Sherlock Holmes which eventually intertwine, leading to great character development and growth for the Holmes siblings. Enola Holmes has finally proven to her family that she has what it takes to become a detective by opening up her agency but gets a rude awakening from the public when it comes to her awareness that hiring a female detective in…
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All Quiet on the Western Front
I got a big one for you guys today, today I’ll be reviewing All Quiet on the Western Front directed by Edward Berger based on a novel by Erich Maria Remarque, a German veteran of World War I. The book and its sequel, The Road Back (1930), were among the books banned and burned in Nazi Germany. Though there have been two earlier adaptations of the film, the first in 1930 by Lewis Milestone which won an Academy Award for Best Director, Best Picture, Best Cinematography, and more in 1930. Which is almost a century ago, and another adaptation in 1979 by Delbert Mann. I have only seen the latest…
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Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
Ladies and gentlemen, it’s time. Time to call about the anime that has stolen many people’s hearts across the entire globe with its creativity, original characters, and chaotic nature. It’s time, I finally spoke about Cyberpunk: Edgerunners. Animation studio Trigger, probably best known for “Kill La Kill” and producers CD Projekt Red have come together to create the animation series that many assume will take the crown for best animation for 2022. Now it should be mentioned that even though Cyberpunk: Edgerunners uses the name – Cyberpunk in its title, the events that happen during the series are at least a year before the events of Cyberpunk 2077.…
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Lou
Join Academy Award winner Allison Brooks and Jurnee Smollett in this action-thriller which takes two women that know little to nothing about one another to find a young girl who’s been kidnapped in Lou. Directed by Anna Foerster, best known for her previous films such as Outlander and Underworld: Blood Wars. Lou was released on the 23rd of September 2022 by distributor Netflix. Hannah Dawson played by Jurnee Smollett is a single mother of a young girl (played by) living together in one of America’s remote islands, and her landlord goes by the name of Lou. Allison Janney plays the character of Lou Adell, known throughout their…
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Day Shift
Vampires strike again in – Day Shift by director J. J. Perry featuring Jamie Foxx, Snoop Dogg, and Dave Franco. A hard-working, blue-collar dad, Bud Jablonski played by Jamie Foxx is trying, by all means, to keep his family together in the tough economy of California, going so far as to keep his pool cleaning gig as a front, when in truth, his a part of an international organization of vampire hunters. One day during his hunting routines, Bud Jablonski hunts down a couple of vampires, not aware of the consequences that will follow. Is this just another vampire remake or is it worth watching? Whether or…
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RWBY: Ice Queendom
Join Ruby Rose and her team from Beacon Academy as they train to become the greatest Huntresses in the world of Remnant alongside her sister Blake Xiao Long, Yang Belladonna, and Weiss Schnee forming the team popularly known as RWBY by late creator Monty Oum. The show was released on the 3rd of July 2022 and produced by animation studio SHAFT which is known for its popular animation and a way to introduce this western webcomic to the world at large through the Japanese influence. Though RWBY: Ice Queendom is neither an adaptation nor a remake of the first 2D animation that was released in 2013 on Rooster Teeth,…
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Kingdom: Season 4
So we’re back again today, with the latest overall review of the Kingdom animation, Season 4, written and illustrated by Yasuhisa Hara. After experiencing the phenomenal season which was season 3, involving the coalition of 6 out of 7 nations all coming together, bringing along with them their top generals and military techniques from each nation against the nation of Qin. I had thought to myself that I had seen it all and made up my mind that season 3 of Kingdom was by far the best season of Yasuhisa Hara’s historically profound masterpiece but Lord have mercy on me, season 4 was announced and stole my heart quickly…
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Bullet Train
Director David Leitch best known for his work on “300” and “John Wick” makes his return to cinema, on a crazy action comedy – Bullet Train. Five assassins from across the entire globe, aboard a fast-moving bullet train only to discover that their missions have something in common. Even though all five assassins are on the same train, each has come abroad for their specific reason but what gives this film its brilliant twist is that all of them are connected, whether they know it or not. Bullet Train first hit theatres worldwide on the 5th of August 2022, featuring an All-Star phenomenal cast by the names of Brad Pitt,…
