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Lucifer Season 3 Episode 19 Review – ‘Orange is the New Maze’

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Tori Brazier reviews the nineteenth episode of Lucifer season 3… In a move that feels a long time coming this season on Lucifer, ‘Orange is the New Maze’ focuses on everyone’s favourite prickly demon, who is feeling desperately sad – and a sad Maze (Lesley-Ann Brandt) is an angry Maze. Having stormed out of Chloe’s […]

Movie Review – Gemini (2018)

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Gemini, 2018. Written and Directed by Aaron Katz. Starring Lola Kirke, Zoe Kravitz, John Cho, Greta Lee, Nelson Franklin, Michelle Forbes, Ricki Lake, Reeve Carney, James Ransone, Jessica Parker Kennedy, Todd Louiso, Marianne Randon, and Gabriela Flores. SYNOPSIS: A heinous crime tests the complex relationship between a tenacious personal assistant and her Hollywood starlet boss. […]

Video Game Review – Sea of Thieves

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Shaun Munro reviews Sea of Thieves… It’s been a week since Rare’s long-awaited seafaring multiplayer swashbuckler hit shores worldwide, and as just about any sensible observer expected, the game has drawn harshly divided responses from gamers and critics alike. After seven days of investigating whether the game’s sea-sloshed sandbox would grow on me, it’s a shame […]

Movie Review – Scott and Sid (2018)

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Scott and Sid, 2018. Written and Directed by Scott Elliott, Sid Sadowskyj. Starring Tom Blyth and Richard Mason. SYNOPSIS: Through persistence and trust, unlikely friends Scott and Sid become embroiled in an adventure that leads them through doubts, deprivation and demon-black days, from the desolate back alleys of their hometown to the billboards of Hollywood. I […]

Movie Review – Ready Player One (2018)

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Ready Player One, 2018. Directed by Steven Spielberg Starring Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn, Mark Rylance, Simon Pegg, T.J. Miller, Lena Waithe, Hannah John-Kamen, Ralph Ineson, Mckenna Grace, Win Morisaki, Susan Lynch, and Philip Zhao SYNOPSIS: When the creator of a virtual reality world called the OASIS dies, he releases a video in which he […]

Blu-ray Review – Justice League (2017)

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Justice League, 2017. Directed by Zack Snyder. Starring Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Gal Gadot, Ezra Miller, Jason Momoa, Ray Fisher, Amy Adams, Ciarán Hinds, Diane Lane, Amber Heard, Connie Nielsen, Robin Wright, Billy Crudup, J.K. Simmons, Kiersey Clemons and Jeremy Irons. SYNOPSIS: After the death of Superman, Batman has to assemble a team of superheroes […]

SXSW Movie Review – The Breaker Upperers (2018)

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The Breaker Upperers, 2018. Directed by Madeleine Sami and Jackie van Beek. Starring Madeleine Sami, Jackie van Beek, James Rolleston, Celia Pacquola, and Ana Scotney. SYNOPSIS: Two women cynical in love, set up an agency to break couples up as a way to avoid letting go and moving on with their lives. Breaking up with someone […]

Gotham Season 4 Episode 15 Review – ‘The Sinking Ship, The Grand Applause’

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Martin Carr reviews the fifteenth episode of Gotham season 4… Retribution, collusion, triple crosses and final curtain calls go hand in hand with some dental torture, hammer time pay back and reconciliations this week. For reasons which go beyond explanation Gotham experiences peaks and troughs both narratively and character wise. In a week which feels […]

Second Opinion – Blockers (2018)

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Blockers, 2018. Directed by Kay Cannon. Starring John Cena, Leslie Mann, Ike Barinholtz, Geraldine Viswanathan, Kathryn Newton, and Gideon Adlon. SYNOPSIS: When three inseparable best friends decide that they want to lose their virginity on Prom Night, their intrusive parents do all they can to ensure that it doesn’t happen. From the outside, Blockers appears […]