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Young Sheldon Season 1 Episode 12 Review – ‘A Computer, a Plastic Pony, and a Case of Beer’

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Martin Carr reviews the twelfth episode of Young Sheldon… Marital unrest, late Eighties technology and vast amounts of alcohol form the backbone of this week’s dip into Young Sheldon. With word that The Big Bang Theory might only be airing for another year due to financial wrangling, this seems a perfect opportunity for this miniseries […]

“You’re a Twat!” – How Mike Read Ruined ‘An Evening With Chevy Chase’

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Dan Palmer reports from An Evening With Chevy Chase in London’s Hammersmith… Chevy Chase is primarily known for two things; his highly successful 1980s comedy career and being something of a prickly pear… emphasis on the prick. As a dyed-in-the wool fan of Mister Chase and his oeuvre (including such genuine comedic classics as Foul […]

The Week in Star Wars – More Solo: A Star Wars Story reshoots, The Force Awakens original ending, The Last Jedi passes $1.2 billion and more

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Your weekend edition of The Week in Star Wars has the latest on those Solo reshoot rumours, the original ending for The Force Awakens, The Last Jedi’s box office performance and more… Let’s kick things off with the latest rumours from the troubled Solo: A Star Wars Story. The film hit a nasty bump in […]

Movie Review – Surviving the Wild (2018)

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Surviving the Wild, 2018. Directed by Patrick Alessandrin. Starring Jon Voight, Jamie Kennedy, Vail Bloom, and Aidan Cullen. SYNOPSIS: After the death of his grandfather Shaun (Aidan Cullen) hikes into the mountains to escape his bickering parents followed by a benevolent guardian angel. With only a black Labrador for company Shaun soon discovers there are […]

Young Sheldon Season 1 Episode 11 Review – ‘Demons, Sunday School, and Prime Numbers’

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Martin Carr reviews the eleventh episode of Young Sheldon… Having a sideswipe at organised religion is always going to make good television. Using an oblivious child genius as your mouthpiece takes that conceit and adds another string to its bow. Working that in alongside dice based role-playing games and outstanding character moments takes the original […]

Alan Silvestri’s Avengers Theme, and That Infinity War Trailer

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Matt Taylor on the music of Avengers: Infinity War trailer… On September 12, 2016, YouTube channel ‘Every Frame a Painting’ published a video entitled The Marvel Symphonic Universe. In it, channel creators Tony and Taylor interview members of the public around Vancouver, asking them to sing theme songs from famous movies, in particular the themes […]

Young Sheldon Season 1 Episode 10 Review – ‘An Eagle Feather, A String Bean and an Eskimo’

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Martin Carr reviews the tenth episode of Young Sheldon… Growing pains, educational betterment and emotional quandaries frame this episode of Young Sheldon. Hinging on the opportunities of moving into a public school Sheldon gets his first taste of life beyond high school. What Chuck Lorre and his fellow showrunner focus on is the family dynamic, […]

Second Opinion – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)

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Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, 2017. Written and Directed Martin McDonagh Starring Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell, Peter Dinklage, Abbie Cornish, John Hawkes. SYNOPSIS: Seven months after the disappearance, discovery and investigation of Angela Hayes nothing has been done. In a final effort to jump-start the local police her mother Mildred rents out Three […]