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DVD Review – Yakuza Apocalypse (2015)

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Yakuza Apocalypse, 2015. Directed by Takashi Miike. Starring Denden, Lily Franky, Hayato Ichihara, Yoshiyuki Morishita, Masanori Mimoto, Riko Narumi, Yayan Ruhian, and Raiko Takashima.   SYNOPSIS: A Yakuza Vampire boss is betrayed by members of his clan, and is consequently killed; the duty befalls onto his most loyal protégé to take revenge, and to comply with […]

DVD Review – In the Heart of the Sea (2015)

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In the Heart of the Sea, 2015. Directed by Ron Howard. Starring Chris Hemsworth, Benjamin Walker, Cillian Murphy, Tom Holland, Ben Whishaw and Brendan Gleeson.   SYNOPSIS: Massachusetts, 1850. Young novelist Herman Melville visits ageing Thomas Nickerson, the only survivor of the Essex, a whaling ship sunk decades earlier by a great white whale. Nickerson […]

Comic Book Review – Mars Attacks: Occupation #1

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Kieran Fisher reviews Mars Attacks: Occupation #1… ‘The Martians came. The Martians saw. The Martians conquered. Now the space invaders cruelly rule over humanity, which has no hope for liberation… until Ruby Johnson decides that she has had enough.’   The alien invasion story is one of science fictions most timeless, terrifying and fun.  The […]

DVD Review – The Pack (2015)

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The Pack, 2015 Directed by Nick Robertson. Starring Anna Lise Phillips, Jack Campbell, Katie Moore, Hamish Phillips and Charles Mayer. SYNOPSIS: A farmer and his family are trapped in their secluded farmhouse by a pack of bloodthirsty wild dogs. The Pack is an Australian nature-gone-bad horror movie that takes a lot of cues from the […]

Comic Book Review – Avengers Standoff: Assault on Pleasant Hill Alpha #1

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David Smyth reviews Avengers Standoff: Assault on Pleasant Hill Alpha #1… Pleasant Hill looks like the perfect small-town community — but underneath the surface, a deadly secret lurks. One so explosive it will draw estranged allies Steve Rogers and Sam Wilson back together to save a friend in danger and put things right. But when […]

Comic Book Review – Snowfall #2

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Emma Withington reviews Snowfall #2… “It’s been ten years since Cooperative America has been threatened to this magnitude, but they remind us that divided we fall. While trust in the cooperative efforts of industry, government and community will surely see us through once more” In Snowfall #1 (see preview here) we were introduced to a dystopian […]

Comic Book Review – Old Man Logan #1

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Anghus Houvouras reviews Old Man Logan #1… Fifty years from now, Logan — the man who no longer calls himself Wolverine — will have endured many atrocities: The Marvel Universe’s villains will have banded together and rid the world of its heroes. Logan’s closest friend, Hawkeye, will have been murdered in cold blood right before […]

The Flash Season 6 Episode 13 Review – ‘Grodd Friended Me’

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Jessie Robertson reviews the thirteenth episode of The Flash season 6… This week’s episode again is peppered with multiple storylines, echoing the graphic novel approach this back half of season 6. And the approach is working. There are times when all The CW shows are concurrently running 4-5 storylines a night but the ones here […]