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Video Game Review – Dark Nights with Poe and Munro

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Calum Petrie reviews Dark Nights with Poe and Munro… D’avekki Studios have an extremely impressive line up of FMV games under their belts. This studio first came to my attention when I was sent a review code for The Shapeshifting Detective, a charming and atmospheric game about murder and deception. After that I was drawn […]

Movie Review – The Water Man (2021)

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The Water Man, 2021. Directed by David Oyelowo. Starring Rosario Dawson, Alfred Molina, Maria Bello, David Oyelowo, Amiah Miller, and Lonnie Chavis. SYNOPSIS: A boy sets out on a quest to save his ill mother by searching for a mythic figure said to have magical healing powers. Family adventure doesn’t always have to be 100% […]

Movie Review – Justice Society: World War II (2021)

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Justice Society: World War II, 2021. Directed by Jeff Wamester. Featuring the voice talents of Matt Bomer, Stana Katic, Armen Taylor, Chris Diamantopoulos, Elysia Rotaru, Omid Abtahi, Matthew Mercer, Liam McIntyre, Geoffrey Arend, Ashleigh LaThrop and Keith Ferguson. SYNOPSIS: Barry Allen – prior to the formation of the Justice League – discovers he can run […]

Movie Review – Oxygen (2021)

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Oxygen, 2021. Directed by Alexandre Aja. Starring Mélanie Laurent, Mathieu Amalric, Malik Zidi, Marc Saez, Vincent Maraval, Brahim Chioua, Noémie Devide, Grégory Levasseur, Lyah Valade, Pascal Germain, Marie Lemiale, Laura Boujenah, Cathy Cerda, and Éric Herson-Macarel. SYNOPSIS: A woman wakes in a cryogenic chamber with no recollection of how she got there and must find […]

Comic Book Review – Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins Vol. 3 #2

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Calum Petrie reviews Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins Vol. 3 #2… As we return to Exandria, the legends of Vox Machina grow more righteous (or notorious) by the day. The future heroes of Tal’dorei are still relatively early on in their story, and yet that does not mean that their journey is any less entertaining. […]

Movie Review – Percy vs. Goliath (2020)

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Percy vs. Goliath, 2020. Directed by Clark Johnson. Starring Christopher Walken, Roberta Maxwell, Pathy Aiyar, Monique Alverez, Adam Beach, Zach Braff, Andrea del Campo, Martin Donovan, Christina Ricci, Warren Ellis and Zoe Fish. SYNOPSIS: Percy (Christopher Walker) is a seed saver, who has farmed the same land for generations. In a landmark legal case which […]

Movie Review – The Artist’s Wife (2019)

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The Artist’s Wife, 2019. Directed by Tom Colby. Starring Lena Olin, Bruce Dern, Juliet Rylance, Robert Myers, Avan Jogia, Stefanie Powers, Catherine Curtin, Tonya Pinkins, Caryn West, Alexandre Bagot, Laura Chaneski, and Ravi Cabot-Conyers. SYNOPSIS: Claire Smythson, wife of the renowned abstract artist Richard Smythson, is plunged into a late-life crisis when her husband is […]

Movie Review – The Virtuoso (2021)

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The Virtuoso, 2021. Directed by Nick Stagliano. Starring Anson Mount, Abbie Cornish, Anthony Hopkins, Eddie Marsan, Richard Brake, Diora Baird, Chris Perfetti, and David Morse. A lonesome stranger, secure, nerves of steel, must track down and kill a rogue Hitman to satisfy an outstanding debt. But the only information he’s been given is a time […]

Movie Review – Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation (2020)

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Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation, 2020. Directed by Lisa Immordino Vreeland. Starring Jim Parsons and Zachary Quinto. SYNOPSIS: An examination of the parallel lives and careers of two of the 20th century’s most celebrated American writers – Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams. Movies about writers can be very dry. However exciting their work, often […]