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Movie Review – A Hologram For The King (2016)

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A Hologram For The King, 2016. Directed by Tom Tykwer. Starring Tom Hanks, Alexander Black, Sarita Choudhury, Tom Skerritt and Ben Whishaw. SYNOPSIS: Top flight businessman Alan Clay (Tom Hanks) has fallen on hard times and takes a job with an IT company to recoup his losses.  He’s put in charge of the team bidding […]

Comic Book Review – Heroes: Godsend #2

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Tai Freligh reviews Heroes: Godsend #2… Farah Nazan… Former soldier and tough protector of Malina… But how did she become the woman she is today? Farah’s origins are explored in Godsend. From Titan Comics comes a series of comic stories that serve as prequels to the Heroes Reborn television show on NBC.  They plan on coming out […]

Comic Book Review – Penguins: The Elitest of the Elite #2

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Emma Withington reviews Penguins: The Elitest of the Elite #2… Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private get their flippers in a flap – it’s the International Undercover Elite Interspecies Task Force Awards – and they’re not invited! Something must be wrong, and something most certainly is… but it’s not what the Penguins expect! SEE ALSO: Check […]

Comic Book Review – Star Wars Special: C-3PO #1

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Jessie Robertson reviews Star Wars Special: C-3PO #1… Follow everyone’s favorite protocol droid as he Journeys to Star Wars: The Force Awakens, in this special one-shot leading up to his appearance in the film! Just how did Threepio get a red arm, anyway? Find out here as the blockbuster creative team of James Robinson and […]

Movie Review – The Brand New Testament (2015)

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The Brand New Testament, 2015. Directed by Jaco Van Dormael. Starring Pili Groyne, Benoit Poelvoorde, Catherine Deneuve and Yolande Moreau. SYNOPSIS: God is alive and living in Brussels, but he’s not as you imagine him.  Bad tempered, scruffy and more than fond of a drink, he locks himself away in a vast office in front of his […]

Movie Review – Son of Saul (2015)

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Son of Saul, 2015. Directed by Laszlo Nemes. Starring Geza Rohrig, Levente Molnar and Urs Rechn. SYNOPSIS: In an unnamed German concentration camp towards the end of World War II, Saul (Geza Rohrig) is a prisoner but also a member of the Special Squad (Sonderkommando), living and working inside the death factories.  Despite all the horrors […]

Comic Book Review – Dark Souls #1

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Ben Rayner reviews Dark Souls #1… Welcome to the world of Dark Souls; a landscape bathed in arcane fantasy, where primordial forces govern the tides of time, bonfires flicker in the darkness, and the undead stalk the earth in search of impossible redemption. From Titan Comics and Doctor Who scribe, George Mann, comes this original […]

Movie Review – Miles Ahead (2015)

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Miles Ahead ,2015. Directed by Don Cheadle. Starring Don Cheadle, Ewan McGregor, Emayatzy Corinealdi, Michael Stuhlbarg and Keith Stanfield. SYNOPSIS: With a string of successful albums behind him and legions of fans clamouring for more, trumpeter and composer Miles Davis has disappeared from public view.  His inspiration has dried up and there’s nothing he can […]

Movie Review – The Absent One (2014)

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The Absent One, 2014. Directed by Mikkel Norgaard. Starring Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Fares Fares, Danica Curcic, Pilou Asbaek and Johanne Louise Schmidt. SYNOPSIS: Since its first, spectacular success, the reputation of the cold case section of the Copenhagen police department has taken a nose dive – until its lead detective, Carl Morck, is approached by a former cop […]