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Comic Book Review – Cyberpunk 2077: Trauma Team #4

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Calum Petrie reviews Cyberpunk 2077: Trauma Team #4… The Trauma Team series so far has been a rather tense affair. The main character of Nadia has been on an emotional rollercoaster, and the short but frantic journey that the reader has been taken on has been enjoyable, if not horrific. The three previous issues have […]

Movie Review – Promising Young Woman (2020)

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Promising Young Woman, 2020. Written and Directed by Emerald Fennell. Starring Carey Mulligan, Bo Burnham, Laverne Cox, Clancy Brown, Jennifer Coolidge, Alison Brie, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Molly Shannon, Connie Britton, Angela Zhou, Steve Monroe, Max Greenfield, Chris Lowell, Adam Brody, Alfred Molina, and Sam Richardson. SYNOPSIS: A young woman, traumatized by a tragic event in her […]

Movie Review – Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)

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Wonder Woman 1984, 2020. Directed by Patty Jenkins. Starring Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Kristen Wiig, Pedro Pascal, Robin Wright, and Connie Nielsen. SYNOPSIS: Fast forward to the 1980s as Wonder Woman’s next big screen adventure finds her facing two all-new foes: Max Lord and The Cheetah. In a year where many feel hopeless, the art […]

Movie Review – The Father (2020)

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The Father, 2020. Directed by Florian Zeller. Starring Anthony Hopkins, Olivia Colman, Mark Gatiss, Olivia Williams, Imogen Poots, Rufus Sewell, and Ayesha Dharker. SYNOPSIS: A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages. As he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind […]

Blu-ray Review – Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993)

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Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, 1993. Directed by Rob Cohen. Starring Jason Scott Lee, Lauren Holly, Robert Wagner, Michael Learned, Eric Bruskotter, Nancy Kwan, Sterling Macer Jr., and Ric Young. SYNOPSIS: A fictionalised account of the life of martial arts superstar Bruce Lee. The life and tragically early death of martial arts legend Bruce Lee […]

His Dark Materials Season 2 Episode 6 Review – ‘Malice’

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Martin Carr reviews the penultimate episode of His Dark Materials season 2… In this penultimate episode witches and aeronauts jockey for attention with shamans and spectres. Wounds begin weeping and treachery runs deep as a certified allegiance gets dissolved in a cold blooded fashion. Cardinals and their cohorts make ruthless advances while celestial observers enter […]

The Mandalorian Season 2 Episode 7 Review – ‘The Believer’

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Ricky Church reviews the seventh episode of The Mandalorian season 2… The penultimate episode of The Mandalorian‘s second season brought about several exciting and interesting aspects as Din Djarin and his allies tried to discover Grogu’s location. Much of this was due to the return of Bill Burr as the mercenary and ex-Imperial Mayfeld as […]

Movie Review – The Midnight Sky (2020)

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The Midnight Sky, 2020. Directed by George Clooney. Starring George Clooney, Felicity Jones, Kyle Chandler, Demián Bichir, David Oyelowo, Tiffany Boone, Caoilinn Springall, Sophie Rundle, and Ethan Peck. SYNOPSIS: This post-apocalyptic tale follows Augustine, a lonely scientist in the Arctic, as he races to stop Sully and her fellow astronauts from returning home to a […]

Movie Review – Mary, Queen of Scots (2018)

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Mary, Queen of Scots, 2018. Directed by Josie Rourke. Starring Saoirse Ronan, Margot Robbie, Jack Lowden, Joe Alwyn, David Tennant, Guy Pearce, Maria Dragus, Eileen O’Higgins, Liah O’Prey, Izuka Hoyle, Brendan Coyle, Martin Compston, Gemma Chan, and Ismael Cruz Córdova. SYNOPSIS: Mary Stuart’s attempt to overthrow her cousin Elizabeth I, Queen of England, finds her condemned […]