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Peaky Blinders Series 5 Episode 1 Review – ‘Black Tuesday’

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Liam Hoofe reviews the first episode of Peaky Blinders series 5…Is Peaky Blinders now the biggest show on English television? The Birmingham set gangster drama’s fifth series arrived on our TV screens this past weekend amidst some serious hype.We kick off things off with a slick montage depicting head honcho Tommy Shelby riding a horse […]

WWE Super ShowDown Predictions

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Liam Hoofe with his predictions for WWE’s upcoming Super ShowDown event…This coming Friday the WWE will make their return to Saudi Arabia for the third time in just over 12 months.The company’s deal with the company has proven to be incredibly controversial, and the company has stayed away from advertising the event as much as […]

TV Review – Disenchantment Part One

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Liam Hoofe reviews the first season of Disenchantment…The Simpsons creator Matt Groening’s latest TV series, Disenchantment, arrived on Netflix back in August of 2018, and needless to say, expectations were high.The last new show Groening gave us was Futurama, which first aired back in 1999, meaning fans have been waiting quite some time for this. […]

8 Actors Who Could Replace Ben Affleck in The Batman

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Liam Hoofe with a list of possible replacements for Ben Affleck as Batman….In perhaps the least surprising news of 2019 so far, it has been confirmed that Ben Affleck won’t be reprising his role as Batman for Matt Reeves’ upcoming movie The Batman, which Warner Bros. have confirmed is set to be released in 2021.Affleck’s […]

Early predictions for the 2020 Best Picture race

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Liam Hoofe looks ahead to what movies could challenge for the top prize at next year’s Academy Awards…The 2019 edition of the Academy Awards is in the history books, and well, it was a bit of a weird one, wasn’t it? The Academy has spent the best part of the last decade showering themselves in […]

Netflix Review – After Life

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Liam Hoofe reviews After Life…By this point in Ricky Gervais’ career, fans have begun to know what to expect from the controversial comedian. Despite never quite reaching the heights of his earlier work, Gervais’ later output has often attempted, for better or worse, to blend his own personal brand of dark humour with real human […]

Movie Review – Isn’t It Romantic (2019)

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Isn’t it Romantic, 2019.Directed by Todd Strauss-Schulson. Starring Rebel Wilson, Liam Hemsworth, Adam Devine, and Priyanka Chopra.SYNOPSIS:A woman who despises romantic comedies suddenly finds herself trapped in one after suffering a concussion and must find her way back to the real world by falling in love.In Isn’t it Romantic, Rebel Wilson plays Natalie, a New York […]

Ranking 2019’s Best Picture Nominees

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Liam Hoofe ranks this year’s Best Picture nominees…The 91st annual Academy Awards ceremony is set to take place this Sunday night and yet again, it’s been quite a wild ride for The Academy in the build-up to the ceremony this year.Not only have they had to contend with losing the show’s originally planned host, but […]

Movie Review – Paddleton (2019)

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Paddleton, 2019.Directed by Alex Lehmann. Starring Ray Romano and Mark Duplass.SYNOPSIS:Two best friends tackle the news that one of them has been diagnosed with terminal cancer and begin to prepare for his death together.Paddleton, the game from which the movie gets its title, is a game played by two neighbours, Andy and Michael. It’s a […]