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DVD Review – Killer Party (2018)

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Killer Party, 2018.Directed and Written by Chris von Hoffman. Starring Sam Strike, Virginia Gardner, Brandon Micheal Hall, Erin Moriarty, Kian Lawley, Julian McMahon, Robin Tunney, and Lance Reddick.SYNOPSIS:Three young thieves infiltrate a mansion dinner party secretly hosted by a group of recovering murderers for the social elite.A fun slasher horror going for laughs rather than […]

Movie Review – Domino (2019)

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Domino, 2019.Directed by Brian De Palma. Starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Carice van Houten, Søren Malling, Guy Pearce, and Eriq Ebouaney.SYNOPSIS:A Copenhagen police officer seeks justice for his partner’s murder by a mysterious man.Calling Brian De Palma’s new thriller a “troubled project” would most certainly be an understatement, given that it started shooting back in 2017, suffered […]

Movie Review – Starfish (2018)

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Starfish, 2018.Directed by A.T. White. Starring Virginia Gardner, Christina Masterson, and Eric Beecroft.SYNOPSIS:A unique, intimate and honest portrayal of a girl grieving for the loss of her best friend. That just happens to take place on the day the world ends as we know it.The elevator pitch for Starfish is simple; combine the otherworldly nature […]

Netflix Review – Tuca & Bertie

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Erika Hardison reviews Netflix’s Tuca and Bertie…From the creators of Bojack Horseman, Tuca & Bertie follow a yin and yang relationship between two best friends who are former roommates. Tuca, voiced by comedian and actress Tiffany Haddish, plays the carefree, extroverted, short-sighted best friend to an introverted, calculating, anxious bird name Bertie. The show follows […]

Movie Review – The Wandering Earth (2019)

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The Wandering Earth, 2019.Directed by Frant Gwo. Starring Jing Wu, Chuxiao Qu, Guangjie Li, Man-Tat Ng, Mike Kai Sui, Jin Mai Jaho, Hongchen Li.SYNOPSIS:Sometime in the future, the sun is dying out, so mankind have built gigantic thrusters to propel the Earth from its orbit, to find a new home across the solar system. With […]

Movie Review – Yesterday (2019)

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Yesterday, 2019.Directed by Danny Boyle. Starring Himesh Patel, Lily James, Kate McKinnon, Joel Fry, Ed Sheeran, Meera Syal, Sanjeev Bhaskar, James Corden, Alexander Arnold, Lamorne Morris, Harry Michell, Sophia Di Martino, Ellise Chappell and Ana de Armas .SYNOPSIS:After a freak electricity outage and ensuing accident, a struggling musician realises he’s the only person on Earth who […]

Movie Review – Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)

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Godzilla: King of the Monsters, 2019.Directed by Michael Dougherty. Starring Kyle Chandler, Vera Farmiga, Millie Bobby Brown, Bradley Whitford, Sally Hawkins, Charles Dance, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Ken Watanabe and Zhang Ziyi.SYNOPSIS:The Monarch organisation finds itself hopelessly outgunned when gargantuan kaiju turn the Earth into a battleground as they fight for supremacy.Sometimes, cinema is about high […]

Video Game Review – Trover Saves the Universe

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Shaun Munro reviews Trover Saves the Universe…If Squanch Games’ previous VR collaboration with Rick and Morty creator Justin Roiland left you craving a more substantial, premium experience, then this expansive, foul-mouthed follow-up should prove just the ticket.Indeed, Trover Saves the Universe is far from the on-rails, sub-hour-long “experience” that was 2017’s Accounting+, instead offering up […]

Movie Review – The Perfection (2019)

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The Perfection, 2019.Directed by Richard Shepard. Starring Allison Williams, Logan Browning, Alaina Huffman and Steven Weber.SYNOPSIS:When troubled musical prodigy Charlotte seeks out Elizabeth, the new star pupil of her former school, the encounter sends both musicians down a sinister path with shocking consequences.Before this review goes any further, know that the latest offering from veteran […]

Book Review – Blood Ink by Dana Fredsti

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Michelle Herbert reviews Blood Ink by Dana Fredsti…Blood Ink is the second novel in the Lilith series and follows on from the events of The Spawn of Lilith. When we meet Lee again, she is struggling with being independent and paying her own way. Lee has been effectively blacklisted from working on movie sets because […]