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Movie Review – Crawl (2019)

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Crawl, 2019. Directed by Alexandre Aja. Starring Kaya Scodelario, Barry Pepper, Morfydd Clark and Ross Anderson. SYNOPSIS: A young woman attempting to rescue her injured father from his house in the middle of a hurricane finds herself terrorised by aggressive alligators. Crocodiles and alligators are great. Movies about them, however, are often not. There’s very […]

Movie Review – Gwen (2019)

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Gwen. 2019. Directed by William McGregor. Starring Eleanor Worthington-Cox, Mark Lewis Jones, Maxine Peake, Richard Harrington, Richard Elfyn, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, and Gwion Glyn. SYNOPSIS: A dark folk tale set in the hills of Wales during the industrial revolution. Every year, horror journalists (including myself) crown a new “[X] year’s The Witch!” Such classification translates to […]

Krypton Season 2 Finale Review – ‘The Alpha and The Omega’

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Ricky Church reviews the season 2 finale of Krypton… With the recent news that SyFy has cancelled Krypton, what was its second season finale has now become its series finale (unless it finds another home for a third season). After the exciting episode that was ‘Blood Moon’ with Doomsday’s massacre, ‘The Alpha and The Omega’ saw […]

Video Review – Blinded By The Light (2019)

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Blinded By The Light, 2019. Directed by Gurinder Chadha. Starring Viveik Kalra, Kulvinder Ghir, Nell Williams, Aaron Phagura, Meera Ganatra, Hayley Atwell, Rob Brydon, Dean-Charles Chapman, Frankie Fox, and Sally Phillips. This week sees the release of U.S. release of Blinded By The Light, a new musical film from Gurinder Chadha. In the video below, Flickering […]

Comic Book Review – Transformers #10

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Ricky Church reviews Transformers #10… Brian Ruckley has really been putting momentum on his Transformers series these last few issues. Transformers #10 ups the ante in some big ways as the true leader of The Rise is revealed. Things are moving along pretty quick as Ruckley continues some interesting and compelling takes on these classic characters. Unlike the previous […]

Movie Review – JT LeRoy (2018)

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JT LeRoy, 2018. Directed by Justin Kelly. Starring Kristen Stewart, Laura Dern, Diane Kruger, Jim Sturgess, Kelvin Harrison Jr. and Courtney Love. SYNOPSIS: The true story of the literary phenomenon, who was actually not a troubled young man, but a middle-aged woman working with the aid of her partner’s androgynous sister. The story of JT […]

Book Review – Star Wars: Thrawn – Treason

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Ricky Church reviews Star Wars: Thrawn – Treason… Timothy Zahn’s return to the galaxy far, far away with his latest novel, Star Wars: Thrawn – Treason, tells a fairly compelling tale involving the Grand Admiral that serves as a close to the trilogy of new Thrawn books. Zahn’s characters are interesting as he presents a unique mystery […]

Video Game Review – We Happy Few: They Came From Below & Lightbearer DLC

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Jo Craig reviews We Happy Few’s They Came From Below & Lightbearer DLC… Despite the less than satisfactory reviews, Compulsion Games have extended the psychedelic madness of their 2018 action-adventure, survival horror with a DLC trio, available via season pass. With first episode, They Came From Below, being a success back in April, their second […]

Video Review – Good Boys (2019)

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Good Boys, 2019. Directed by Gene Stupnitsky. Starring Jacob Tremblay, Keith L. Williams, Brady Noon, Molly Gordon, Midora Francis, Will Forte, Sam Richardson, Stephen Merchant, Lil Rey Howery, and Retta. This week sees the release of Good Boys, a new film from producers Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. In the video below, Flickering Myth critic […]