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Comic Book Review – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #69

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Chris Cooper reviews Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #69… “Desperate Measures,” Part 3! Old Hob and the TMNT work together to save the Mutanimals, but Bishop still has some tricks up his sleeve! Missed last month’s review? Check out Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #68 here. I think I can you tell you all now, I’ve seen […]

Sci-Fi London 2017 Review – Unspeakable Horrors: The Plan 9 Conspiracy (2016)

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Unspeakable Horrors: The Plan 9 Conspiracy, 2016 Written and directed by Jose Prendes SYNOPSIS: An in-depth look at the hidden meanings and blistering truth buried within Ed Wood’s PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE, which has long been considered the worst movie ever made. A couple of year ago, documentary filmmaker Rodney Ascher brought us Room 237, a […]

Movie Review – Sleepless (2017)

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Sleepless, 2017. Directed by Baran bo Odar. Starring Jamie Foxx, Michelle Monaghan, Scoot McNairy, Dermot Mulroney and David Harbour. SYNOPSIS: When a Las Vegas cop is involved in a drugs heist that goes spectacularly wrong, his teenage son is kidnapped by the mobster who owns the merchandise.  Rescuing the boy is a tough call because […]

TV Review: Code of a Killer

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Rachel Bellwoar reviews the miniseries Code of a Killer… When Alec Jeffreys invented the probe that made DNA testing a readable, genetic fingerprint he didn’t consider its applications for criminal justice. DCS David Baker sought him out, after reading about the test’s success in paternity and immigration cases. Two teenage girls from the same town […]

Movie Review – The Hatton Garden Job (2017)

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The Hatton Garden Job, 2017. Directed by Ronnie Thompson Starring Matthew Goode, Larry Lamb, Phil Daniels, David Calder, Joely Richardson, and Stephen Moyer. SYNOPSIS: Over the Easter weekend in 2015, a small team of experienced burglars broke into the basement vaults at The Hatton Garden Safe Deposit Company and stole millions of pounds in gold, […]

Movie Review – Certain Women (2016)

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Certain Women, 2016. Directed by Kelly Reichardt. Starring Michelle Williams, Laura Dern, Kristen Stewart, Lily Gladstone, Jared Harris and James Le Gros. SYNOPSIS: Three intersecting stories against the windswept landscape of Montana.  Lawyer Laura (Laura Dern) has to intervene when a disgruntled client of hers takes a hostage.  The marriage of Gina and Ryan (Michelle […]

Book Review – Art of Atari by Tim Lapetino

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Villordsutch reviews Art of Atari by Tim Lapetino… The original Atari 2600 was a truly fantastic looking console.  It came with faux-wood panelling to give it an extra special piece of class that other gaming consoles – like the Binatone – just couldn’t bring to the sophisticated buyers home (yes Intellivisison tried but it couldn’t match the Atari […]

Music Review – The Spectrum Works by Allister Brimble

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Villordsutch reviews The Spectrum Works by Allister Brimble… If you asked most classic gamers if they would like to sit down and listen to the tunes of a ZX Spectrum for just under an hour, they’d probably look at you like you’re a fool.  Expecting to be blasted in the ear with the migraine inducing screech […]

Movie Review – Alien: Covenant (2017)

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Alien: Covenant, 2017 Directed by Ridley Scott Starring Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup, Danny McBride, Demián Bichir, Carmen Ejogo, Jussie Smollett, Callie Hernandez, Amy Seimetz and James Franco. SYNOPSIS: The crew of the colony ship Covenant, bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, discovers what they think is an uncharted […]