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Marvel’s Runaways Season 1 Episode 9 Review – ‘Doomsday’

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Liam Hoofe reviews the ninth episode of Marvel’s Runaways… The success of Marvel’s Runaways so far has been largely down to its willingness to take its time. The show has spent several weeks building its characters, creating plenty of mysteries and generally, just leaving fans wanting that little bit more. Episode 9 of the show […]

Movie Review – Walk With Me (2017)

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Walk With Me, 2017. Directed by Mark J Francis and Max Pugh. Featuring Benedict Cumberbatch (narrator), Thich Nhat Hanh and Brother Phap De. SYNOPSIS: A meditative documentary about a community of Zen Buddhist monks and nuns dedicating to mindfulness and following the teachings of Thich Nhat Hanh. Even if you’ve not heard of Thich Nhat […]

Movie Review – Insidious: The Last Key (2018)

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Insidious: The Last Key, 2018. Directed by Adam Robitel. Starring Lin Shaye, Angus Sampson, Leigh Whannell, Josh Stewart, Caitlin Gerard, Kirk Acevedo, Javier Botet, Bruce Davison, Spencer Locke, Tessa Ferrer, Ava Kolker, Hana Hayes, Marcus Henderson, Rose Byrne, and Patrick Wilson. SYNOPSIS: Parapsychologist Dr. Elise Rainier faces her most fearsome and personal haunting yet – […]

Black Mirror Season 4 Review – ‘Arkangel’

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Martin Carr reviews Black Mirror’s Arkangel… Protecting your child or hindering their development both emotionally and psychologically are the stuff of adult counselling sessions. People pay good money to lay there, unburden themselves and seek solace from a professional practitioner of the mind. Any number of things can lead them to this type of solution, […]

The X-Files Season 11 Episode 1 Review – ‘My Struggle III’

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Matt Rodgers reviews the first episode of The X-Files season 11… There are two huge surprises to be found in the opening hour of this eleventh trip to the basement of the FBI headquarters; one is the fact that it even exists at all after the terrible tenth season, and the second is a disturbing […]

Movie Review – Madtown (2016)

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Madtown, 2016. Written and Directed by Charles Moore. Starring Milo Ventimiglia, Rachel Melvin, Amanda Aday, Bonita Friedericy, and John Billingsley. SYNOPSIS: Haunted by visions of an abusive past and absent sister Danny (Milo Ventimiglia) spends his time studying old comedians, living day to day and building on a fresh start. This dialogue heavy ensemble piece […]

Lucifer Season 3 Episode 11 Review – ‘City of Angels?’

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Tori Brazier reviews the eleventh episode of Lucifer season three… ‘City of Angels?’ provides another – quite welcome – self-contained episode with its own storyline, separate to the season-long arc. The mid-season premier, this episode focuses on the recently less-featured Amenadiel (D.B. Woodside). It’s a flashback to before the start of season one, before Lucifer […]

Black Mirror Season 4 Review – ‘Crocodile’

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Martin Carr reviews Black Mirror’s Crocodile… There are two things which are surprising about ‘Crocodile’ besides its approach. One is Andrea Riseborough the other connecting John Hillcoat with this source material. Famed respectively for tent pole heroines and arthouse Oscar crossovers, Riseborough takes our perceptions of her and destroys them. Hillcoat on the other hand […]

Movie Review – Blame (2017)

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Blame, 2017. Written and Directed by Quinn Shephard. Starring Quinn Shephard, Chris Messina, Nadia Alexander, and Tate Donovan. SYNOPSIS: Tensions rise when a substitute teacher changes the class play to The Crucible. Early in Blame we meet Abigail (Quinn Shephard), combing her hair in a mirror, the back of her head blocking us from seeing her […]