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Movie Review – Annabelle Comes Home (2019)

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Annabelle Comes Home, 2019. Directed by Gary Dauberman. Starring Mckenna Grace, Madison Iseman, Katie Sarife, Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga. SYNOPSIS:  The haunted doll Annabelle unleashes all of her ghost friends in the house of her greatest enemies, The Warrens. But this time, she will face off with their daughter and her two babysitters. When […]

Video Game Review – Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night

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Gerald James reviews Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night… In March of 1997, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night was released for the Sony PlayStation and 2D platformers have been trying to recapture it’s magic since. Some came in the form of official Castlevania sequels spear-headed by Koji Igarashi and though good in their own right were […]

Video Game Review – Vacation Simulator

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Shaun Munro reviews Vacation Simulator… Owlchemy Labs’ Job Simulator remains one of the early gemstones of PSVR and VR in general, providing persuasive proof as it did that offbeat comedy games could flourish amid a sea of me-too VR shooters. And now Owlchemy has finally returned with a nifty new riff, taking aim at the […]

Movie Review – Toy Story 4 (2019)

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Toy Story 4, 2019. Directed by Josh Cooley. Featuring the voice talents of Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Annie Potts, Tony Hale, Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele, Madeleine McGraw, Christina Hendricks, Keanu Reeves, Ally Maki, Jay Hernandez, Lori Alan, and Joan Cusack. SYNOPSIS: When a new toy called “Forky” joins Woody and the gang, a road trip […]

TV Review – Catch-22 Episode 1

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Matt Smith reviews the first episode of Catch-22… There is a view that most stories deemed ‘classics’, whether printed, told in person or recorded on camera or microphone, are classics because they are timeless. This might be because the protagonist is relatable, or is an example to aspire to. It might be because the story […]

Blu-ray Review – The Running Man (1987)

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The Running Man, 1987. Directed by Paul Michael Glaser. Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Maria Conchita Alonso, Yaphet Kotto, Jesse Ventura, Mick Fleetwood, Richard Dawson, Jim Brown, Dweezil Zappa. SYNOPSIS: In 2017 a TV show host seems to hold sway over what happens in America – yeah right! Viewing The Running Man in 2019 is a very […]

Movie Review – Child’s Play (2019)

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Child’s Play, 2019. Directed by Lars Klevberg. Starring Mark Hamill, Gabriel Bateman, Aubrey Plaza, Brian Tyree Henry, Beatrice Kitsos, Ty Consiglio, David Lewis, Marlon Kazadi and Tim Matheson. SYNOPSIS: A mother gives her 13-year-old son a toy doll for his birthday, unaware of its more sinister nature. With Hollywood listlessly remaking just about every classic […]

Krypton Season 2 Episode 2 Review – ‘Ghost in The Fire’

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Ricky Church reviews the second episode of Krypton season two… After Krypton‘s premiere delivered an intriguing direction for its sophomore season, ‘Ghost in The Fire’ continued to capitalize on Generald Zod’s rule over Krypton as well as Seg-El and Adam Strange’s introduction to the galaxy’s toughest and most foul-mouthed bounty hunter, Lobo. It was an entertaining […]

Movie Review – Shaft (2019)

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Shaft, 2019. Directed by Tim Story. Staring Samuel L. Jackson, Jessie T. Usher, Richard Roundtree, Alexandra Shipp, Regina Hall, Matt Lauria, Avan Jogia, Lauren Vélez, Method Man, Almeera Jiwa, Ian Casselberry, Aaron Dominguez, and Isaach De Bankolé. SYNOPSIS: Detective John Shaft, estranged from his son, an FBI agent, joins him as he tries to solve […]