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Comic Book Review – The Death of Stalin

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Liam Hoofe reviews The Death of Stalin…  When talking about Russia, Winston Churchill once said ‘Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery wrapped inside an enigma’. This quote alone demonstrates what it was that makes Russia the most fascinating country of the 20th Century. The Soviet Union and their decades-long rule over large parts of […]

Riverdale Season 2 Episode 13 Review – ‘The Tell-Tale Heart’

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Liam Hoofe reviews the thirteenth episode of Riverdale season 2… Riverdale has never been one to hide its influences and this week’s episode, named after the iconic Edgar Allan Poe short story ‘The Tell-Tale Heart‘ is no different.  In Poe’s story, a man kills someone, only to be tormented by the incessant beating of the man’s […]

Riverdale Season 2 Episode 12 Review – ‘The Wicked and The Divine’

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Liam Hoofe reviews the twelfth episode of Riverdale season 2… Reunions, betrayals, camgirls and gangland hits, normal service resumed in Riverdale this week in an episode that moved several of the show’s key storylines forward at hyper speed. ‘The Wicked and The Divine’ split its runtime between several of the show’s key characters, allowing each […]

Riverdale Season 2 Episode 11 Review – ‘The Wrestler’

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Liam Hoofe reviews the eleventh episode of Riverdale season 2…  Pickens Day, the annual Riverdale holiday, is upon us this week and the show continues to spin its many plates during the events, with varying degrees of success. Archie, the show’s lovable and unintentional doofus eats up a considerable amount of the show’s runtime once […]

Riverdale Season 2 Episode 10 Review – ‘The Blackboard Jungle’

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Liam Hoofe reviews the tenth episode of Riverdale season 2… Oh Riverdale, how I’ve missed you. Wasting no time in getting back on track following its brief hiatus, ‘The Blackboard Jungle’ kicked the season half of season 2 off with a bang, introducing us to new characters, and creating a whole new set of problems […]

Movie Review – Coco (2017)

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Coco, 2017. Directed by Lee Unkrich. Featuring the voice talents of Anthony González, Benjamin Bratt, Gael García Bernal, Alanna Ubach, Renee Victor, Jaime Camil, Gabriel Iglesias, Ana Ofelia Murguía, Edward James Olmos, John Ratzenberger, and Cheech Marin. SYNOPSIS: A young Mexican boy, in love with music and desperate to meet his hero, finds himself stuck […]

Comic Book Review – WWE #13

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Liam Hoofe reviews Boom! Studios’ WWE#13… Like the recent Royal Rumble Special, the first thing you will notice about WWE #13, the latest in Boom! Studios’ WWE series is that a superstar’s name is listed on the front cover. Following in AJ Styles’ footsteps, Samoa Joe has penned a story about his own debut in […]

Comic Book Review – WWE Royal Rumble Special #1

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Liam Hoofe reviews WWE Royal Rumble Special #1… WWE’s 31st annual Royal Rumble event will take place in a little under three weeks and to celebrate the occasion, Boom! Comics have released their latest anthology special, Royal Rumble #1. The anthology issues for the big four events have, thus far, been fairly hit and miss. […]

Marvel’s Runaways Season 1 Finale Review – ‘Hostiles’

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Liam Hoofe reviews the season one finale of Marvel’s Runaways… It’s taken a full season but in this week’s season finale of Runaways the group finally lived up to their name and, well, ran away. The season finale picked up immediately from last week’s nail-biting confrontation and was jam-packed with big revelations and twists and turns […]