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Comic Book Review – Friendo #3

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Calum Petrie reviews Friendo #3… Leo and his AR Friendo Jerry have decided that since rock bottom is the current destination they might as well just rob a store and claim back part of Leo’s ruined childhood. A series of expected events occur and the punishment for Leo is ….. well nothing; Jerry on the other […]

Movie Review – Welcome to Marwen (2018)

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Welcome to Marwen, 2018. Directed by Robert Zemeckis. Starring Steve Carrell, Leslie Mann, Janelle Monae, Eiza Gonzalez, Leslie Zemeckis, Gwendoline Christie, and Merritt Weaver. SYNOPSIS: A victim of a brutal attack finds a unique and beautiful therapeutic outlet to help him through his recovery process. Welcome to Marwen is the unique true story of Mark […]

Luther Series 5 Episode 4 Review

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Eammon Jacobs reviews the final episode of Luther series 5… That’s it, Luther Series 5 is over. And what an ending it brought to this tale that weaved in brand new characters with it’s own pre-existing story. It had shock reveals, creepy murders and a nail-biting conclusion that could have gone either way. After the […]

Second Opinion – Escape Room (2019)

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Escape Room. 2019. Directed by Adam Robitel. Starring Taylor Russell, Logan Miller, Deborah Ann Woll, Tyler Labine, Jay Ellis, Nik Dodani, Jessica Sutton, Adam Robitel, and Yorick van Wageningen. SYNOPSIS: Six strangers find themselves in circumstances beyond their control, and must use their wits to survive. Adam Robitel’s Escape Room pieces together bits from every horror […]

Movie Review – RBG (2018)

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RBG, 2018. Directed by Betsy West and Julie Cohen. Featuring Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Jane Ginsburg, James Steven Ginsburg, Nina Totenberg, Clara Spera and Gloria Steinem. SYNOPSIS: The exceptional life and career of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who has developed a breathtaking legal legacy while becoming an unexpected pop culture icon. In the […]

Luther Series 5 Episode 3 Review

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Eammon Jacobs reviews the third episode of Luther series 5… After the second episode’s killer ending, Luther’s problems on both sides of the law only become increasingly complicated. The detective is spinning too many plates, and one of them has to come crashing down. While he scrambles to stay on top of both the investigation […]

Movie Review – The Pinch (2018)

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The Pinch, 2018. Directed by Ashley Scott Meyers. Starring Gunner Wright, James Aston Lake, and Candice Bolek. SYNOPSIS: A courier of a California crime boss is caught and becomes embroiled in a deadly cat-and-mouse game with him. Director Ashley Scott Meyers’s The Pinch is an average crime drama with notable highlights and lows. A local […]

Movie Review – The Vanishing (2019)

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The Vanishing Directed by Kristoffer Nyholm Starring Gerard Butler, Peter Mullan, Connor Swindells, and Olafur Darri Olafsson. SYNOPSIS Three lighthouse keepers on the remote Flanna Isles find a hidden trunk of gold, leading to their mysterious disappearance. The film, (very) loosely inspired the real disappearance of the three lighthouse keepers in 1900, attempts to explain […]

Movie Review – Welcome to Marwen (2018)

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Welcome to Marwen, 2018. Directed by Robert Zemeckis. Starring Steve Carell, Leslie Mann, Diane Kruger, Merritt Wever, Janelle Monáe, Eiza González, Gwendoline Christie, Leslie Zemeckis, Siobhan Williams and Neil Jackson. SYNOPSIS: A victim of a brutal attack finds a unique and beautiful therapeutic outlet to help him through his recovery process. Welcome to Marwen isn’t […]

Luther Series 5 Episode 2 Review

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Eammon Jacobs reviews the second episode of Luther series 5… “This is going to hurt”. It’s a phrase that was plastered across all the previews and trailers for the fifth series of Luther, and they weren’t lying. While the first episode introduced us to a grisly new killer who acts out of sexual impulse, the […]