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Retro Video Game Review – The Legend of Zelda II: The Adventure of Link

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Jordan Jones reviews The Legend of Zelda II: The Adventure of Link… What was it about the second installments of major NES franchises? Super Mario Bros. 2 released in the West with radically different gameplay than it’s predecessor, while Castlevania 2: Simon’s Quest was almost in a completely different genre. So, too, was The Legend of […]

DC’s Legends of Tomorrow Season 2 Episode 3 Review – ‘Shogun’

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Jessie Robertson reviews the third episode of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow season two, ‘Shogun’… Yes, Master Yoda was a great and wise master…. I can’t believe this but I’m starting to like this show and I didn’t think that was possible Week 1. This felt like a jolt of lightning transported me back to the […]

Movie Review – Nocturnal Animals (2016)

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Nocturnal Animals, 2016. Directed by Tom Ford. Starring Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Shannon, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Isla Fisher, Armie Hammer and Laura Linney. SYNOPSIS: Rich, glamorous and successful gallery owner Susan (Amy Adams) seems to have it all.  But her life is starting to crumble and when her ex-husband sends her the manuscript for his […]

Comic Book Review – Star Trek: Boldly Go #1

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Villordsutch reviews Star Trek: Boldly Go #1… STAR TREK’s 50th Anniversary Celebration continues with this all-new series following the adventures of Captain Kirk and the iconic crew! New worlds! New species! New ships! And a new danger unlike anything the Federation has encountered before! Boldly go into a new era of STAR TREK! SEE ALSO: […]

Video Game Review – Syndrome

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Jordan Jones reviews Syndrome… Syndrome is a frustrating game, and much of that has nothing to with it’s difficulty. You see, when Syndrome is good, it’s very good. The game generates a palpable feeling of tension in its best moments, but they are simply too fleeting. At times, I felt like the game was standing in […]

Comic Book Review – Dirk Gently: The Salmon of Doubt #1

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Villordsutch reviews Dirk Gently: The Salmon of Doubt #1… Plagued by nightmares about a childhood he never had, Dirk returns to Cambridge University to seek the advice of his former tutor, the time-traveling Professor Reg Chronotis. There he discovers that a holistic detective can have more than one past, and his adventures have only just […]

Comic Book Review – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #43

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Chris Cooper reviews Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #43… “Attack on Technodrome” Part 3! A major battle on Burnow Island unfolds! Will the Turtles be able to help Fugitoid to deactivate the Technodrome before it’s too late? Meanwhile, Splinter and the Mutanimals go up against Karai and the Foot! Issue 43 of TMNT is the perfect […]

First Impressions – Hello Neighbor

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Jordan Jones provides his hands-on impressions of Hello Neighbor… Nothing gets the blood pumping in a game quite like being chased. Some of the scariest moments in gaming have always involved being pursued to some degree. It’s the reason that Resident Evil 3 is still a terrifying experience to this day. There is this ever-present […]

60th BFI London Film Festival Review – Their Finest (2016)

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Their Finest, 2016. Directed by Lone Scherfig. Starring Gemma Arterton, Sam Claflin, Bill Nighy, Jack Huston, Richard E Grant, Eddie Marsan, Jake Lacy and Helen McCrory. SYNOPSIS: In the days after The Blitz in World War II, The Ministry Of Information recruits copywriter Catrin (Gemma Arterton) to work on scripts and give their propaganda films […]