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Game of Thrones: What Sam Tarly may find at the Citadel

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Tony Black on what Samwell Tarley may find at the Citadel when Game of Thrones returns… You almost forgot about good old Samwell Tarly, didn’t you? Be honest. Season six of Game of Thrones has been stocked so heavy with major plot developments, changing geopolitical situations and lots and lots of characters meeting untimely ends, that […]

Comic Book Review – Penny Dreadful #2

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Tony Black reviews Penny Dreadful #2… The horrifying truth of Mina’s disappearance is revealed to Vanessa, Sir Malcolm and Sembene, and they realize they face a foe that exists outside anything they’ve encountered. As they frantically regroup, they learn they are not the only ones with a score to settle with the monster in their […]

Star Trek: Beyond Awful Marketing

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Tony Black on the marketing campaign for Star Trek Beyond… So did you notice this week that a third, albeit fairly brief trailer for Star Trek Beyond went online? Probably not. If you’re in the UK, you’ve been too busy watching Game of Thrones or England disgrace themselves in Europe in more ways than one, […]

Book Review – The Long Cosmos by Terry Pratchett & Stephen Baxter

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Tony Black reviews The Long Cosmos by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter… The final chapter in The Long Earth series, The Long Cosmos shall resonate in memory for being perhaps the final piece of published writing from the late, great Sir Terry Pratchett, who sadly died in 2015. The series, co-authored with hard science writer Stephen […]

Comic Book Review – High Noon Rising #1

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Tony Black reviews High Noon Rising #1… A new, completed first issue of independent web comic High Noon Rising from Irish writer James Mulholland, after releasing a page daily online, the collected opening story ‘The Men We Become’ turns out to be an entertaining if fairly run of the mill tale of Old West gunslingers […]

Game of Thrones: Winter has brought the Age of Queens

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Tony Black on Game of Thrones’ ‘Age of Queens’ (spoilers for ‘The Winds of Winter’ follow)… It began with Kings. Game of Thrones now looks set to end with Queens. The feminist revolution in Westeros truly blossomed this season and epic finale ‘The Winds of Winter’ cemented the concrete inside the stone, or perhaps more […]

Star Trek: The Axanar Repercussions

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Tony Black on the repercussions of Star Trek: Axanar… Well. CBS and Paramount just put a great big giant bat’leth right through the hopes and dreams of many a Star Trek fan looking to make a movie within their beloved franchise, with a brand new set of very clear and to an extent unprecedented stipulations […]

Second Opinion – Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)

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Independence Day: Resurgence (2016). Directed by Roland Emmerich. Starring Liam Hemsworth, Jeff Goldblum, William Fichtner, Jessie T. Usher, Bill Pullman, Maika Monroe, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Brent Spiner, Judd Hirsch and Deobia Oparei. SYNOPSIS: Twenty years after launching a devastating attack on Earth, alien invaders return to destroy the planet and only survivors from the War of […]

Comic Book Review – Independence Day #1-5

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Tony Black reviews Independence Day #1-5… On the eve of Independence Day: Resurgence, a blockbuster sequel two decades in the making, Titan Comics have jumped on the prequel bandwagon to deliver this limited-run, five issue story set just after the original Independence Day film, from writer Victor Gischler & artist Tazio Bettin. The hook is […]