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Comic Book Review – Dark Nights: Metal #3

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Ricky Church reviews Dark Nights: Metal #3… Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo certainly upped the ante in Dark Nights: Metal #3 as Superman and the Justice League are literally on the verge of defeat right at the issue’s beginning. The pair don’t pull their punches either; make no mistake, this is a very bleak issue as […]

Video Game Review – Don’t Knock Twice

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Shaun Munro reviews Don’t Knock Twice… Don’t Knock Twice is the most dubious of prospects; a video game based on a recent indie horror film that just about nobody saw (though I did, and reviewed it earlier this year). This adaptation of the mostly-panned Katee Sackhoff-starring movie was originally released for other platforms last month, and […]

Movie Review – The Death Of Stalin (2017)

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The Death Of Stalin, 2017. Directed by Armando Iannucci. Starring Simon Russell Beale, Steve Buscemi, Jeffrey Tambor, Andrea Riseborough, Jason Isaacs, Paddy Considine, Michael Palin, and Paul Whitehouse. SYNOPSIS: The leader of the Soviet Union, Stalin, has the entire country in his grip and rules through fear.  Then he dies suddenly, throwing the regime into […]

Star Wars: Forces of Destiny Rey of Jakku & BB-8 Adventure and Princess Leia Organa & Wicket the Ewok Endor Adventure Review

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Gary Collinson reviews Hasbro’s Star Wars: Forces of Destiny Rey of Jakku & BB-8 Adventure and Princess Leia Organa & Wicket the Ewok Endor Adventure dolls… One of the major criticisms aimed at the original Star Wars movies was the lack of diversity in the galaxy far, far away, and this is something that Lucasfilm […]

Star Trek: Discovery Season 1 Episode 5 Review – ‘Choose Your Pain’

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Alex Moreland reviews the fifth episode of Star Trek: Discovery… What did you think would happen when you bumped into someone who didn’t want you in their front yard? This episode, I think – though I don’t know for certain – has the lowest screentime for Michael Burnham so far. That’s not to say she’s […]

October Horrors 2017 Day 16 – Martin (1978)

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Martin, 1978. Directed by George A. Romero. Starring John Amplas, Lincoln Maazel, Christine Forrest, and Tom Savini. SYNOPSIS: A young man by the name of Martin lives a life of alienation and loneliness, spending his days working as a delivery boy for a distant relative. Martin is also a vampire, prowling the streets at night […]

Movie Review – Brawl In Cell Block 99 (2017)

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Brawl In Cell Block 99, 2017. Directed by S. Craig Zahler. Starring Vince Vaughn, Jennifer Carpenter, Don Johnson, Udo Kier and Marc Blucas. SYNOPSIS: After losing his job, a former boxer starts working for a local drug dealer.  When a deal goes sour, he’s held responsible by the cartel involved and can’t escape them when […]

Movie Review – Goodbye Christopher Robin (2017)

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Goodbye Christopher Robin, 2017. Directed by Simon Curtis. Starring Domhnall Gleeson, Margot Robbie, Kelly Macdonald, Will Tilston, Stephen Campbell Moore, Richard McCabe, Vicki Pepperdine, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, and Alex Lawther. SYNOPSIS: A behind-the-scenes look at the life of author A.A. Milne and the creation of the Winnie the Pooh stories inspired by his son C.R. Milne. Realistically, the most gracious […]

Blu-ray Review – Miracle Mile (1988)

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Miracle Mile, 1988. Directed by Steve De Jarnatt. Starring Anthony Edwards, Mare Winningham, Denise Crosby, John Agar, Lou Hancock, Mykelti Williamson, and Kurt Fuller. SYNOPSIS: After answering a pay phone at four in the morning and hearing a message warning of all-out nuclear war, a young man must find his new love and try and […]