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A technical marvel without compelling characters

“The latest big-budget magnum opus from director Christopher Nolan, 2017's Dunkirk is one of the purest cinematic experiences of the year; a war epic built around visual storytelling backed by minimal dialogue. In a number of ways, Dunkirk is a masterpiece - it looks and sounds great, flaunting top-n” read more

First Viewing Viewing Date: July 21st Via: Netflix Plot: Veteran gay pornography producer Stephen battles two rival producers over the rights to his underage porn star creation, Brent Corrigan, with deadly results. Based on a true story.

First Viewing Viewing Date: July 19th Via: Stan Plot: A documentary team films the lives of a group of vampires for a few months. The vampires share a house in Wellington, New Zealand. Turns out vampires have their own domestic problems too.

First Viewing Viewing Date: July 19th Via: Cinema (70mm) Plot: Allied soldiers from Belgium, the British Empire and France are surrounded by the German army and evacuated during a fierce battle in World War II.

Viewed: Season 7

As painful as it was to endure a short season, Game of Thrones is still as strong as ever, building momentum for the final season which I am now dying to see. The benefit of a shorter season, I suppose, is that there's less filler, meaning that most every scene in each episode truly matters and there's no dead weight. The show still looks spectacular from every angle, flaunting astonishing production values and convincing digital effects to give vivid life to this fantastical world. Acting remains strong, as well, and it was a treat to see Jon Snow and Daenerys Targaryen meet at long last. Despite the breadth of the story with its various tangents and subplots, Game of Thrones is a riveting watch, especially since those of us who've been watching it for long enough now care about the characters and want to see how it's going to end. This show deserves the hype - it's masterful.

First Viewing Viewing Date: July 16th Via: 4K Blu-ray Plot: A team of scientists aboard the International Space Station discover a rapidly evolving life form, that caused extinction on Mars, and now threatens the crew and all life on Earth.

First Viewing Viewing Date: July 13th Via: Cinema Plot: After being coerced into working for a crime boss, a young getaway driver finds himself taking part in a heist doomed to fail.

First Viewing Viewing Date: July 11th Via: Netflix Plot: Three women, detectives with a mysterious boss, retrieve stolen voice-ID software, using martial arts, tech skills, and sex appeal.

Second Viewing Viewing Date: July 10th Via: Netflix Plot: Two disgraced FBI agents go way undercover in an effort to protect hotel heiresses the Wilson Sisters from a kidnapping plot.

First Viewing Viewing Date: July 7th Via: Blu-ray Plot: A young group of monster fanatics attempt to save their hometown from Count Dracula and his monsters.

First Viewing Viewing Date: July 7th Via: Cinema Plot: Several months after the events of Captain America: Civil War, Peter Parker, with the help of his mentor Tony Stark, tries to balance his life as an ordinary high school student in Queens, New York City while fighting crime as his superhero alter ego Spider-Man as a new threat, the Vulture, emerges.

First Viewing Viewing Date: July 6th Via: Digital Plot: An elite mercenary is killed, but comes back from Hell as a reluctant soldier of the Devil.

First Viewing Viewing Date: June 30th Via: 3D Blu-ray Plot: An orphan little girl befriends a benevolent giant who takes her to Giant Country, where they attempt to stop the man-eating giants that are invading the human world.

First Viewing Viewing Date: June 30th Via: 4K Blu-ray Plot: A group of high-school students, who are infused with unique superpowers, harness their abilities in order to save the world.