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Comic Book Review – Orphan Black #2

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Andrew Newton reviews Orphan Black #2… One of a kind. When Sarah attempted to assume the identity of a lookalike stranger, she soon uncovered an earth-shattering secret: she is a clone. Sarah also learns that someone is trying to kill them all, one by one. That someone is another clone, Helena, a murderous, self-abusing fundamentalist who […]

Movie Review – Push (2019)

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Push, 2019. Directed by Fredrik Gertten. Starring Leilani Farha, Saskia Sassen, Joseph Stiglitz, Ada Colau and Roberto Saviano. SYNOPSIS: A look at the global crisis in affordable housing, seen through the eyes of UN special rapporteur Leilani Farha. It’s always a slightly difficult job to review politically-charged documentaries. There’s a sense that, if you agree […]

Movie Review – Onward (2020)

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Onward, 2020. Directed by Dan Scanlon. Featuring the voice talents of Tom Holland, Chris Pratt, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Octavia Spencer, Mel Rodriguez, Lena Waithe and Ali Wong. SYNOPSIS: Two elf siblings go on a quest to complete a magic spell that would allow them to see their deceased father one more time. One of the many […]

Movie Review – The Invisible Man (2020)

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The Invisible Man, 2020. Written and directed by Leigh Whannell. Starring Elisabeth Moss, Storm Reid, Aldis Hodge, Harriet Dyer, Amali Golden, and Oliver Jackson-Cohen. SYNOPSIS: When Cecilia’s abusive ex takes his own life and leaves her his fortune, she suspects his death was a hoax. As a series of coincidences turn lethal, Cecilia works to […]

Star Wars: The Clone Wars Season 7 Episode 2 Review – ‘A Distant Echo’

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Ricky Church reviews the second episode of Star Wars: The Clone Wars season 7… The excitement from the Star Wars: The Clone Wars premiere was raised considerably in ‘A Distant Echo’ as Rex, Anakin and the Bad Batch launched a mission to discover the source of the Separatist’s secret signal and, if possible, rescue a captive […]

Star Trek: Picard Season 1 Episode 6 Review – ‘The Impossible Box’

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Martin Carr reviews the sixth episode of Star Trek: Picard… In forty minutes of television Picard pilfers classic literature, employs franchise iconography and greases the dramatic wheels with style. Weaving in film homage, touching on past traumas and introducing emotional conflict ‘The Impossible Box’ proves a benchmark episode. Balancing Next Generation film franchise cameos, fan […]

Movie Review – Guns Akimbo (2020)

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Guns Akimbo, 2020 Written and Directed by Jason Lei Howden. Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Samara Weaving, Natasha Liu Bordizzo, Ned Dennehy, Mark Rowley, Hanako Footman, and Rhys Darby. SYNOPSIS: A guy relies on his newly-acquired gladiator skills to save his ex-girlfriend from kidnappers. Guns Akimbo might be the single most awkward reviewing assignment I have taken […]

Movie Review – True History of the Kelly Gang (2019)

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True History of the Kelly Gang, 2019. Directed by Justin Kurzel. Starring George MacKay, Essie Davis, Orlando Schwerdt, Thomasin McKenzie, Nicholas Hoult, Charlie Hunnam, Russell Crowe and Sean Keenan. SYNOPSIS: A retelling of the life story of infamous Aussie outlaw Ned Kelly, from a troubled childhood to his eventual demise at the hands of the […]

Video Game Review – Metro Redux on Nintendo Switch

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Calum Petrie reviews Metro Redux on Nintendo Switch… Many big games have been receiving ports to the Nintendo Switch; games such as The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Alien Isolation and DOOM (2016) have all been received well. The issues when porting have usually been sacrifices to performance and visuals to compress the current gen huge […]