Flickering Myth

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DVD Review – My Nazi Legacy (2015)

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My Nazi Legacy, 2015.Directed by David Evans. Featuring Philippe Sands, Horst von Wachter and Niklas Frank.SYNOPSIS:A human-rights lawyer conducts conversations with two men whose fathers were indicted as war criminals for their roles in WWII as Nazi Governors and consultants to Adolf Hitler himself. This captivating documentary film traces the personal histories of two men whose […]

Comic Book Review – Airboy #2

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Zeb Larson reviews Airboy #2… Are the drugs wearing off, or just kicking in? After a night of debauchery, James and Greg have a hell of a hangover in the form of 1940s comic book character Airboy. The aviation hero is curious to learn what the future has to offer. Hey, you try denying a […]

Book Review – The Long Utopia by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter

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Villordsutch reviews The Long Utopia by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter…It’s with a morbid observation I begin my review and also with a rather grim link, as I’ve noticed Stephen Baxter is now associated with two of my favourite departed Knights of the Realm, Sir Arthur C. Clarke and also Sir Terry Pratchett.  Stephen Baxter would be […]

Comic Book Review – MUTAFUKAZ

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Villordsutch reviews MUTAFUKAZ…Every once in a while a comic will arrive through your letterbox/on the comic book store shelf/on your eReader (delete were appropriate) and it will be like nothing you have read before – and I’m not talking a slightly different superhero by their skin colour/gender/sexual preference (again delete were appropriate).  MUTAFUKAZ is a totally different comic book to […]

LEGO Marvel Super Heroes Avengers: Age of Ultron – The Hulk Buster Smash and Attack on Avengers Tower Review

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Gary Collinson reviews The Hulk Buster Smash and Attack on Avengers Tower LEGO Marvel Super Heroes Avengers: Age of Ultron sets…With a little under two months to go before the release of Avengers: Age of Ultron, LEGO has taken the opportunity to expand its LEGO Marvel Super Heroes line with the release of six tie-in […]

Comic Book Review – Insurrection: Liberty

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Villordsutch reviews Insurrection: Liberty…Mega-City colonial space, 2135AD. Mining colony K Alpha 61 renamed itself Liberty after cutting loose from the Big Meg. Furious at this dissent, and in a bid to stop the revolt spreading to other colonies, the SJS launched a blistering attack on Colonial Marshal Kerel Luther’s forces. Now the alien Zhind have […]

DVD Review – Life Itself (2014)

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Life Itself, 2014.Directed by Steve James. Featuring Roger Ebert, Chaz Ebert, Gene Siskel, Werner Herzog, Stephen Stanton, Marlene Siskel.SYNOPSIS:Documentary detailing the life and career of movie critic and social commentator Roger Ebert.Life Itself isn’t just the story of Roger Ebert and his rise from newspaper writer through to arguably the best-known film critic in the […]

Comic Book Review – Zenith Phase Three

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Villordsutch Reviews Zenith Phase Three…After saving London from the supernazi Masterman and a nuclear missile strike, the shallow superhuman popstar Zenith has found that his fifteen minutes of fame are almost up. With his career on the downturn, he agrees to go to Alternative 23 where another version of the WWII superhero,Maximan, is gathering an […]

Comic Book Review – Judas: The Last Days

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Andrew Newton reviews Judas: The Last Days… Two thousand years after he betrayed Messiah, Judas Iscariot is still alive, wandering a world he doesn’t recognize. A world where the strangest of fictions have come true: monsters, immortals, gnome-librarians who monitor human history—they’re all real. And all Judas wants to do is kill himself. So why […]

DVD Review – Collection (2015)

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Collection, 2015.Directed by John Herzfeld. Starring Sylvester Stallone, Thomas Jane, Danny Aiello, Lauren Cohan, Kyra Sedgwick, Danny Trejo, Tom Sizemore, Nelly, Kevin Connolly, David O’Hara, Kelsey Grammer, Tom Berenger, Terry Crews, Cary Elwes, Frank Stallone, Elizabeth Henstridge.SYNOPSIS:A motivational book written by a mystery author inspires a cross-section of different people to re-evaluate their lives.When a film […]