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Movie Review – Tolkien (2019)

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Tolkien, 2019. Directed by Dome Karukoski. Starring Nicholas Hoult, Lily Collins, Anthony Boyle, Patrick Gibson, Tom Glynn-Carney, Derek Jacobi, Colm Meaney, Pam Ferris and Craig Roberts. SYNOPSIS: The story of J. R. R. Tolkien during his university years, and the wartime experiences that would shape his Lord of the Rings novels. There seems to be […]

Movie Review – Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019)

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Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, and Vile, 2019. Directed by Joe Berlinger. Starring Zac Efron, Lily Collins, Kaya Scodelario, Jim Parsons, John Malkovich and Haley Joel Osment. SYNOPSIS: Through the eyes of his long-term girlfriend, we see the net close in on serial killer Ted Bundy, after years of getting away with his violent murders. In […]

Movie Review – Vox Lux (2018)

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Vox Lux, 2018. Directed by Brady Corbet. Starring Natalie Portman, Raffey Cassidy, Jude Law, Stacy Martin, Jennifer Ehle and Willem Dafoe. SYNOPSIS: After surviving a school shooting, a young woman is blasted into the murky world of musical fame. Films about emerging musicians are all the rage right now, with A Star is Born one […]

Movie Review – Sunset (2019)

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Sunset, 2019. Directed by Lászlò Nemes. Starring Juli Jakab, Vlad Ivanov, Evelin Dobos, and Marcin Czarnik. SYNOPSIS: A young woman searches the streets of Budapest, Hungary, to find the brother she never knew she had. At times, Sunset reminds me of the work of Andrei Tarkovsky. Some scenes feel poetic, while others come off painfully […]

Second Opinion – Long Shot (2019)

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Long Shot, 2019. Directed by Jonathan Levine. Starring Seth Rogen, Charlize Theron, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Andy Serkis, June Diane Raphael, Ravi Patel, Bob Odenkirk, Alexander Skarsgård, Lisa Kudrow, Paul Scheer, Kurt Braunohler, Randall Park, Claudia O’Doherty, Lil Yachty, Gabrielle Graham, Tristan D. Lalla, Aladeen Tawfeek, and Boyz II Men. SYNOPSIS: When Fred Flarsky reunites with […]

The Flash Season 5 Episode 20 Review – ‘Going Rogue’

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Jessie Robertson reviews the twentieth episode of The Flash season 5… There are a few elements to this episode that just made me wish for better. Number one, my girl from the future, Nora West-Allen, is a villain? Well, actually no, despite the misleading TV promos. She’s actually on a very pointed mission, well, Thawne’s […]

Movie Review – Eighth Grade (2018)

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Eighth Grade, 2018. Directed by Bo Burnham. Starring Elsie Fisher, Josh Hamilton, Emily Robinson, Catherine Oliviere, Jake Ryan and Daniel Zolghadri. SYNOPSIS: On the verge of high school, an internet-obsessed young girl grapples with her place in the social hierarchy while vlogging about confidence and self-belief. In the vast canon of American high school movies, […]

Book Review – Star Wars: Queen’s Shadow by E.K. Johnston

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Ricky Church reviews Star Wars: Queen’s Shadow by E.K. Johnston… This year marks the 20th anniversary of Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace and the beginning of George Lucas’ Prequel Trilogy of the Star Wars franchise. It’s pretty surprising though given two decades and the wealth of Prequel content – both in Legends and now canon continuities […]

Hands on with Xenosis: Alien Infection – Video Game Preview

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Liam Waddington gets hands on with Xenosis: Alien Infection… Alongside Negative Atmosphere, I was stunned by another indie horror title at EGX Rezzed – this time, the game was Xenosis: Alien Infection. Currently under development at NerdRage Studios – a small UK indie studio started in 2016 – Xenosis: Alien Infection is a story driven […]