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60th BFI London Film Festival Review – A Monster Calls (2016)

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A Monster Calls, 2016. Directed by J.A. Bayona. Starring Sigourney Weaver, Felicity Jones, Lewis MacDougall, Toby Kebbell, Geraldine Chaplin and the voice talents of Liam Neeson. SYNOPSIS: Life is miserable for young Conor (Lewis MacDougall).  At school, he’s bullied and at home he’s trying to cope with his mother’s treatment for cancer – and the overwhelming […]

Comic Book Review – Doctor Who: Supremacy of the Cybermen #3

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Tony Black reviews Doctor Who: Supremacy of the Cybermen #3… Witness the birth of the new Cybermen invasion, as the history of this aggressive Cyberiad is at last revealed! The Tenth Doctor takes a titanic machine into combat. The Twelfth Doctor finds an unlikely ally. The Ninth Doctor loses one of his own. And the […]

Comic Book Review – Revolution #2

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Anghus Houvouras reviews Revolution #2… ROM-A MURDERER?! That’s what OPTIMUS PRIME and the TRANSFORMERS think-and right or wrong, there’s only one outcome: all-out war! Meanwhile, G.I. JOE turns to the one person who can save the world from ultimate destruction-MILES MAYHEM! SEE ALSO: Check out a preview of Revolution #2 here For my money, I […]

Comic Book Review – Superman #7

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Tony Black reviews Superman #7… “SON OF SUPERMAN” part 7! In this epilogue issue, Superman considers the toll his battles with the Eradicator and Doomsday have taken on his family and the need for a normal life. But can the Man of Steel ever take a day off? SEE ALSO: Check out a preview of […]

Second Opinion – Southside with You (2016)

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Southside with You, 2016. Directed by Richard Tanne. Starring Tika Sumpter, Parker Sawyers, Vanessa Bell Calloway and Phillip Edward Van Lear. SYNOPSIS: On a summer’s day in 1989, Barack Obama took Michelle Robinson on what turned out to be their first date across Chicago’s South Side.  One that included an art exhibition, live music, a […]

Comic Book Review – Sons of Anarchy: Redwood Original #2

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Tony Black reviews Sons of Anarchy: Redwood Original #2… Jax says too much about the club to an outsider and risks everything to cover it up, while Clay tracks down someone selling bad drugs in Charming. SEE ALSO: Check out a preview of Sons of Anarchy: Redwood Original #2 here As prequels go, Sons of Anarchy: […]

Comic Book Review – Justice League #4

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Tony Black reviews Justice League #4… “THE EXTINCTION MACHINE” part 4! In the center of the Earth, Superman faces three doomsday machines set to tear the world apart, while Earth’s two Green Lanterns discover just what a purged planet is truly like. The Kindred are awake and hold the truth about the beginnings of humanity. […]

Comic Book Review – Action Comics #963

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Tony Black reviews Action Comics #963… “WHO IS CLARK KENT?” part 1! Look—down there on the ground! It’s a guy, he’s kinda ordinary…it’s—Clark Kent?! As Metropolis recovers from the devastating attack of Doomsday, the mysterious figure claiming to be Clark Kent takes the spotlight to clear his name and prove once and for all that […]