Eammon Jacobs recaps Game of Thrones Season Eight’s fifth episode and looks ahead to the finale… *Spoiler Warning* We’re in the endgame now. After the penultimate episode of Game of Thrones season 8 delivered a devastating blow to Cersei’s hold on Westeros, it’s become very clear that this has all been an origin story for […]
Game of Thrones Season 8 Episode 5 Review – ‘The Bells’
Eammon Jacobs reviews the fifth episode of Game of Thrones season 8… *Spoiler Warning* The Great War may have been won, but the Last War is here – and it’s no longer a fight of good versus evil. It’s always been said that Game of Thrones would have a bittersweet ending and the penultimate episode just […]
Line of Duty Series 5 Episode 6 Review
Eammon Jacobs reviews the sixth episode of Line of Duty Series 5… After the penultimate episode piled on the evidence that the stoic Superintendent Hastings was the leader of a corrupt network of Police officers. In the series finale, the situation we’ve thoroughly enjoyed time and time again has been turned back onto AC-12 as […]
Game of Thrones Season 8 Episode 4 Review – ‘The Last of the Starks’
Eammon Jacobs reviews the fourth episode of Game of Thrones season 8… *Spoiler Warning* The Great War might be over, but the Last War is coming. The fight for the Throne waits for no one this week as we very briefly see a sombre scene after Winterfell has recovered from the battle with the Night King. […]
Book Review – Avengers: Endgame: The Official Movie Special
Eammon Jacobs reviews Avengers: Endgame: The Official Movie Special… As Avengers: Endgame thunders on through the box office, it’s important to retrospectively look back on the franchise’s humble beginnings from 2008’s Iron Man, onwards. And after 21 films – audiences have finally been given the inevitable confrontation with the Mad Titan, Thanos. It’s a monumental […]
Game of Thrones Season 8: What’s in Store for Episode 4?
Eammon Jacobs looks at what the fourth episode might hold after ‘The Long Night’… The third episode of season 8 finally brought the war against the Night King and the White Walkers to Winterfell’s door – it has literally all been leading up to this. Although it’s tied up rather nicely after the feature length […]
Game of Thrones Season 8 Episode 3 Review – ‘The Long Night’
Eammon Jacobs reviews the third episode of Game of Thrones season 8… *Spoiler Warning* Valar morghulis, all men must die. And the third episode really did prove the iconic phrase as the threat of the White Walkers and the Night King overwhelm Winterfell. As it starts, Sam is basically the audience’s viewpoint; nervous and pacing […]
Line of Duty Series 5 Episode 5 Review
Eammon Jacobs reviews the fifth episode of Line of Duty Series 5… As the fifth series prepares for a feature length finale, all the evidence is pointing in one direction; Ted Hastings. It’s piling up so much in fact, that it’s too overwhelming – there’s no way he can be ‘H’. However, this episode keeps […]
Movie Review – Scary Stories (2019)
Scary Stories, 2019. Directed by Cody Meirick. Featuring R.L. Stine, Amelia Cotter, Bruce Coville and Q.L. Pearce. SYNOPSIS: A documentary examining the impact of the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark series of books. It looks at the influence it had on an entire generation of children as well as discussing the series with […]
Line of Duty Series 5 Episode 4 Review
Eammon Jacobs reviews the fourth episode of Line of Duty series 5… After the previous episode left viewers on a dangerous cliffhanger, we finally discover what happened when undercover copper John Corbett broke into Hastings’ estranged wife’s flat, and it’s not pretty. When Ted sees her brutal injuries, his reaction is staggered throughout the episode. […]
