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Book Review: William Shakespeare’s Star Wars

BUY THE BOOK HERE SYNOPSIS: May the verse be with you! Inspired by one of the greatest creative minds in the English language—and William Shakespeare—here is an officially licensed retelling of George Lucas’s epic STAR WARS in the style of...
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Review: Aftershock (Directed by Nicolas Lopez)

PLOT: A group of friends in Chile must survive the aftereffects of a massive earthquake, which throws the city into an inhospitable hellscape. REVIEW: AFTERSHOCK, from producer-writer Eli Roth and director Nicolas Lopez, sits in a subgenre that is rather...
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Review: Hemlock Grove, Episode 1

PLOT: A young girl is murdered savagely by what appears to be a beast in a town rife with mysterious characters and suspects. REVIEW: The first episode of “Hemlock Grove” is an interesting case: not quite engaging enough to make...
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Review: Hannibal, Episode #2

EPISODE 1: Amuse-Bouche THE MENU: Will Graham is still on the case, still reeling from the lengths he had to go to in the Hobbs case, Graham is ordered to go a psych evaluation with the charismatic Dr. Lecter. Meanwhile,...
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Review: Antiviral (Directed by Brandon Cronenberg)

PLOT: A dealer in celebrity viruses becomes infected with a new, manufactured disease and becomes the target of multiple shady businesses and collectors. REVIEW: Like all ambitious science-fiction, ANTIVIRAL comes packed with a fantastic premise that requires your suspension of...
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Review: Hannibal, Episode #1

EPISODE 1: Apéritif THE MENU: Criminal profiler Will Graham (Hugh Dancy) being very good at what he does, is approached by head of the Behavioral Sciences Unit Jack Crawford (Laurence Fishburne) to aid in a case of serial abductions that...
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Review: Come Out and Play, starring Vinessa Shaw

PLOT: A couple vacationing in South America discover a small island populated solely by children who are mysteriously driven to kill any adult they can get their hands on. REVIEW: I’d much rather be reviewing WHO CAN KILL A CHILD?...
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Review: Emperor

PLOT: After Emperor Hirohito’s World War II surrender, General Douglas MacArthur suddenly finds himself the de facto ruler of a foreign nation. MacArthur assigns an expert in Japanese culture, General Bonner Fellers, to covertly investigate the involvement of the Emperor,...
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Review: Identity Thief

PLOT: A Denver-based mid-level accountant for a major corporation finds his identity stolen by a con artist in Florida. In order to clear his name, he has to retrieve the con artist and bring her to justice before everything in...
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