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Book Review – Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse: The Official Movie Special

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Eammon Jacobs reviews Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse: The Official Movie Special… By now, it’s obvious that Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is a resounding success. It’s already bagged the BAFTA for Best Animated Film, and an Oscar nomination for the same category. Whether it’s the best of all the webhead’s cinematic adventures will likely be debated by fans […]

Movie Review – Polar (2019)

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Polar, 2019 Directed by Jonas Akerlund. Starring Mads Mikkelsen, Vanessa Hudgens, Katheryn Winnick, Richard Dreyfuss and Matt Lucas. SYNOPSIS: A talented hitman is nearing retirement and will receive an eight-million dollar pension on his fiftieth birthday. His employers send out a team of younger assassins to take him out before his big payday. Based on […]

Comic Book Review – Millennium: The Girl Who Danced With Death

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Eammon Jacobs reviews Millennium: The Girl Who Danced With Death… Following on from the graphic novel adaptions of the original Millennium trilogy by Stieg Larsson comes The Girl Who Danced With Death. Written by Sylvain Runeberg with artwork by Bélen Ortega, Lisbeth Salander tries to take down a racist government official, but accidentally uncovers a […]

TV Review – Marvel’s The Punisher Season 2

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Eammon Jacobs reviews the second season of The Punisher… Frank Castle returns for a second season of The Punisher, which may possibly be the final offering from the Marvel Netflix partnership, in favour of Disney’s own upcoming streaming service. And it’s fair to say that if this is the end, Jon Bernthal takes it out […]

TV Review – Titans Season 1

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Eammon Jacobs reviews Titans season 1… While it originally arrived episode by episode on the DC Universe app in the U.S. – the first season of Titans has finally arrived on Netflix for the rest of the world to see. It follows Dick Grayson, who’s left his role as Batman’s sidekick behind, choosing to become […]

Movie Review – The Death of Superman (2018)

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The Death of Superman, 2018. Directed by Sam Liu and James Tucker. Featuring the voice talents of Jerry O’Connell, Rebecca Romijn, Rainn Wilson, Rosario Dawson, Nathan Fillion, Christopher Gorham, Matt Lanter, Shemar Moore, Jason O’Mara, Rocky Carroll, and Patrick Fabian. SYNOPSIS: The Man of Steel’s final confrontation pits him against a monstrous creature that cannot […]

Luther Series 5 Episode 4 Review

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Eammon Jacobs reviews the final episode of Luther series 5… That’s it, Luther Series 5 is over. And what an ending it brought to this tale that weaved in brand new characters with it’s own pre-existing story. It had shock reveals, creepy murders and a nail-biting conclusion that could have gone either way. After the […]

Luther Series 5 Episode 3 Review

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Eammon Jacobs reviews the third episode of Luther series 5… After the second episode’s killer ending, Luther’s problems on both sides of the law only become increasingly complicated. The detective is spinning too many plates, and one of them has to come crashing down. While he scrambles to stay on top of both the investigation […]

Luther Series 5 Episode 2 Review

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Eammon Jacobs reviews the second episode of Luther series 5… “This is going to hurt”. It’s a phrase that was plastered across all the previews and trailers for the fifth series of Luther, and they weren’t lying. While the first episode introduced us to a grisly new killer who acts out of sexual impulse, the […]