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Book Review – Sea of Rust by C. Robert Cargill

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Michelle Herbert reviews Sea of Rust by C. Robert Cargill… Sea of Rust is set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. It is unlike many post-apocalyptic settings that we have read before, as humanity has been decimated and all those surviving in the Sea of Rust are robots. Some, those known as freebots were created by humanity, […]

Luther Series 5 Episode 1 Review

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Eammon Jacobs reviews the first episode of Luther series 5… DCI John Luther has returned to our screens for a fifth series, continuing his crusade against depraved killers and criminals that haunt London’s sprawling underbelly. The first episode of series 5 plays up to the usual ‘whodunnit’ conventions, but has some surprising tricks up its […]

Movie Review – The Favourite (2018)

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The Favourite, 2018. Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. Featuring Olivia Colman, Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz, Nicholas Hoult, Joe Alwyn, James Smith, and Mark Gatiss. SYNOPSIS: In early 18th century England, a frail Queen Anne occupies the throne and her close friend, Lady Sarah, governs the country in her stead. When a new servant, Abigail, arrives, her […]

Comic Book Review – WWE #24

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Liam Hoofe reviews Boom! Studios’ WWE #24… Boom! Studios continuse to chronicle AJ Styles’ excellent WWE title run in this latest issue, this time choosing to focus on his long rivalry with Shinsuke Nakamura from last year. The comics have done an excellent job of portraying AJ Styles as a fighting champion, and this latest […]

Movie Review – Rust Creek (2018)

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Rust Creek, 2018. Directed by Jen McGowan. Starring Hermione Corfield, Jay Paulson, Sean O’Bryan, Jake Kidwell, Jeremy Glazer, and Daniel R. Hill. SYNOPSIS: A college graduate on her way to a prestigious job interview gets stranded in the remote Kentucky forest. She must use all her wits to survive both the harsh outdoor elements and […]

Movie Review – Black Mirror: Bandersnatch (2018)

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Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, 2018. Directed by David Slade. Starring Fionn Whitehead, Will Poulter, Asim Chaudhry, Craig Parkinson, Alice Lowe, Tallulah Haddon, Laura Evelyn, Catriona Knox, Jonathan Aris, Paul Bradley, Alan Asaad, Suzanne Burden and Jeff Minter. SYNOPSIS: A young programmer makes a fantasy novel into a game for a big company. Trying to keep his […]

Movie Review – Colette (2018)

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Colette, 2018. Directed by Wash Westmoreland. Starring Keira Knightley, Dominic West, Fiona Shaw, Denise Gough, Sloan Thompson, Arabella Weir, and Robert Pugh. SYNOPSIS: Plucked from her childhood home in the French countryside by notorious Parisian writer, Willy (Dominic West), Colette (Keira Knightley) becomes a ghost-writer for her husband. In doing so she creates a bestselling […]

TV Review – Netflix’s You

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Eammon Jacobs reviews Netflix’s You… If there’s one thing Netflix do brilliantly, it’s knowing how to get audiences to binge an entire series at once. One of their latest offerings (released on Boxing Day no less) takes the stereotypical tropes found in romantic comedies, and violently flips them on their head. You follows Joe Goldberg (Gossip […]

Comic Book Review – The Man of Steel by Brian Michael Bendis

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Ricky Church reviews The Man of Steel by Brian Michael Bendis… One of DC’s biggest coups of the last year was gaining superstar and fan-favourite writer Brian Michael Bendis to work on their oldest and most reverent superhero, Superman. Bendis is taking over on both Superman and Action Comics, but before his tenure on those flagship titles […]