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Video Nasties – The Beyond (1981)

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The Beyond, 1981. Directed by Lucio Fulci. Starring Catriona McCall, David Warbeck, Ciniza Monreale and Antoine St John. SYNOPSIS: In New Orleans in the 1920s, an artist is gruesomely killed by an angry mob who believe he is a warlock. Several decades later, a young woman named Liza acquires the hotel where the artist was killed […]

Blu-ray Review – Firefly: 15th Anniversary Collector’s Edition

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Firefly: 15th Anniversary Collector’s Edition Created by Joss Whedon. Starring Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk, Morena Baccarin, Adam Baldwin, Jewel Staite, Sean Maher, Summer Glau, and Ron Glass. SYNOPSIS: Joss Whedon’s cult show Firefly has been reissued on Blu-ray in a new set that includes some nice packaging, a poster, and character cards. It […]

Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams – The Commuter Review

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Villordsutch reviews Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams: “The Commuter”… The latest serving of Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams, titled “The Commuter”, was originally published way back in 1953 within the Science Fiction magazine Amazing Stories, and is now brought up to date by Jack Thorne (creator of the excellent Fades) and directed by Tom Harper […]

Marvel’s Inhumans Season 1 Episodes 1 & 2 Review – ‘Behold… The Inhumans’ and ‘Those Who Would Destroy Us’

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Martin Carr reviews the first two episodes of Marvel’s Inhumans… Presented in IMAX cinemas before arriving on television, Inhumans comes with baggage. To begin with there is that Marvel logo which now carries a certain expectation and quality assurance. Coupled with American network ABC it was supposed to mark the first true crossover of a […]

Movie Review – Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017)

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Kingsman: The Golden Circle, 2017. Directed by Matthew Vaughn. Starring Taron Egerton, Colin Firth, Julianne Moore, Channing Tatum, Jeff Bridges, Halle Berry, Mark Strong, Edward Holcroft, and Pedro Pascal. SYNOPSIS: When their headquarters are destroyed and the world is held hostage, the Kingsman’s journey leads them to the discovery of an allied spy organisation in […]

October Horrors 2017 Day 1 – Alien (1979)

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Alien, 1979. Directed by Ridley Scott. Starring Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartright, Harry Dean Stanton, Ian Holm, Yaphet Kotto and John Hurt. SYNOPSIS: The crew of the cargo ship Nostromo receives a distress signal from a nearby planet and while investigating, one of the crew is attacked by a parasite which implants an embryo […]

The Orville Season 1 Episode 4 Review – ‘If The Stars Should Appear’

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Martin Carr reviews the fourth episode of The Orville… There are scant moments of genuine humour this week in an episode which feels like someone kicked into autopilot. ‘If The Stars Should Appear’ is a by the numbers Star Trek mission which verges on cliché rather than pastiche. For once the limited run time hampers […]

Gotham Season 4 Episode 2 Review – ‘The Fear Reaper’

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Martin Carr reviews the second episode of Gotham season 4… R-rated post watershed territory is still in full effect this week following up that meaty season four opener. Nightmare visions, asylum inmates running wild and one pissed off kingpin Penguin out for retribution are all on the agenda. Consider also that half the GCPD would […]

Movie Review – Cute Little Buggers (2017)

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Cute Little Buggers, 2017. Directed by Tony Jopia. Starring Caroline Munro, Honey Holmes, Gary Martin, and Dani Thompson. SYNOPSIS: A quaint English festival is rudely interrupted by curious outsiders, criminals, tourists and bloody terror from beyond the stars, as aliens seeking to repopulate their dying race unleash a terrifying and monstrous creature upon the locals […]