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Movie Review – Useless Humans (2020)

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Useless Humans. 2020. Directed by Stephen Ohl. Starring Josh Zuckerman, Rushi Kota, Davida Williams, Luke Youngblood, James Croak, and Joey Kern. SYNOPSIS: A thirtieth birthday — and the survival of mankind — are left hanging in the balance after a mysterious creature crashes the party, forcing four childhood friends to save the night. Stephen Ohl’s […]

Netflix Review – Cursed

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Shaun Munro reviews the first season of Netflix’s Cursed… If the corpse of Guy Ritchie’s failed – yet actually quite entertaining – punk-rock blockbuster version of King Arthur is barely cold, there’s something to be said for a take on Arthurian legend which isn’t striving desperately for a multi-strand cinematic universe, and even dares to […]

Movie Review – Lake Of Death (2020)

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Lake Of Death. 2020. Directed by Nini Bull Robsahm. Starring Patrick Walshe McBride, Ulric von der Esch, Iben Akerlie, Elias Munk, Jonathan Harboe, Sophia Lie, and Jakob Schøyen Andersen. SYNOPSIS: Lillan and some friends travel back to the remote cabin by the little lake, where her twin brother died last year, and soon after arriving […]

Movie Review – Clemency (2019)

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Clemency, 2019. Directed by Chinonye Chukwu. Starring Alfre Woodard, Aldis Hodge, Wendell Pierce, Richard Schiff, Danielle Brooks, Richard Gunn and Michael O’Neill. SYNOPSIS: A prison warden working on Death Row prepares for the execution of a Black man convicted for shooting a police officer. Clemency is book-ended with two shots of Alfre Woodard’s Death Row […]

Movie Review – Black Rainbow (1989)

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Black Rainbow, 1989. Directed by Mike Hodges. Starring Rosanna Arquette, Jason Robards, Tom Hulce, Mark Joy, Ron Rosenthal, and Helen Baldwin. SYNOPSIS: A touring medium has a vision about a murder before it happens. Directed by Mike Hodges (Get Carter/Flash Gordon), Black Rainbow is a slightly more low-key affair that sees Rosanna Arquette (Desperately Seeking […]

Comic Book Review – Superman – Action Comics Vol. 3: Leviathan Hunt

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Ricky Church reviews Superman – Action Comics Vol. 3: Leviathan Hunt… While Superman lets everyone in on his big secret in Brian Michael Bendis’ concurrent Superman title, Action Comics continues to see Superman dealing with the threat of the Invisible Mafia and Leviathan in Metropolis. However, Superman – Action Comics Vol. 3: Leviathan Hunt doesn’t feature much of […]

Snowpiercer Season 1 Episode 10 Review – ‘994 Cars Long’

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Martin Carr reviews the season 1 finale of Snowpiercer… As the molten metal is melted through and a throng of armed passengers wait on tender hooks Snowpiercer comes to its premature conclusion. Layton and Melanie may have reached an accord but their outlooks are forever changed. With their population diminished, looters running rampant and a […]

Comic Book Review – Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Too Long a Sacrifice #1

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Villordsutch reviews Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Too Long a Sacrifice #1… Deep Space Nine has returned!  Perhaps I finished that a bit too prematurely? Deep Space Nine has returned to the comic book universe, thanks to IDW Publishing.  Still just as exciting, but perhaps not “as” exciting as you may have initially hoped […]

TV Review – The Alienist: Angel of Darkness

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Martin Carr reviews The Alienist: Angel of Darkness… What sits at the centre of this second season and consistently intrigues is an avid curiosity. A desire to seek out the unknown, apply the theoretical and push boundaries of thought in an ongoing search for new discoveries. This unspoken thirst for forward thinking gives The Alienist […]