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Video Game Review – PES 2018

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Scott Watson reviews PES 2018… Footie season is back proper and there was much rejoicing. Konami’s heavyweight, PES 2018, is here, with EA’s FIFA 18 just around the corner for some added spice. For now though, PES gets a few weeks in the spotlight ahead of its rival and I have to say, playability wise, […]

Movie Review – American Assassin (2017)

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American Assassin, 2017. Directed by Michael Cuesta. Starring Michael Keaton, Dylan O’Brien, Taylor Kitsch, Sanaa Lathan, Shiva Negar, and Scott Adkins. SYNOPSIS: A story centered on counterterrorism agent Mitch Rapp. American Assassin (based on the New York Times best-selling novel by Vince Flynn, adapted for the screen by Kill the Messenger‘s Michael Cuesta) sets the […]

Movie Review – Rebel in the Rye (2017)

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Rebel in the Rye, 2017. Written and Directed by Danny Strong. Starring Nicholas Hoult, Zoey Deutch, Kevin Spacey, Sarah Paulson, Lucy Boynton, Victor Garber, Hope Davis, Amy Rutberg, and Brian d’Arcy James. SYNOPSIS: The life of celebrated but reclusive author, J.D. Salinger, who gained worldwide fame with the publication of his novel, The Catcher in […]

BoJack Horseman Season 4 Episode 7 Review – ‘Underground’

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Liam Hoofe reviews the seventh episode of BoJack Horseman season 4… Diane’s story has, thus far this season, taken something of a backseat. Her relationship with Mr. Peanutbutter is quite clearly strained, and she had the little subplot about guns, but in terms of character development, she has seen very little so far. This all […]

Second Opinion – Victoria and Abdul (2017)

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Victoria and Abdul, 2017. Directed by Stephen Frears. Starring Judi Dench, Ali Fazal, Eddie Izzard, Adeel Akhtar, Tim Piggott-Smith, Michael Gambon, and Olivia Williams. SYNOPSIS: Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim. There’s a lewd, cheeky streak to Stephen Frears’ Victoria and Abdul, a prestige picture trying […]

Toronto International Film Festival Review – Suburbicon (2017)

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Suburbicon, 2017. Directed by George Clooney. Starring Matt Damon, Julianne Moore, Noah Jupe, and Oscar Isaac. SYNOPSIS: Suburbicon is a peaceful, idyllic suburban community with affordable homes and manicured lawns…the perfect place to raise a family, and in the summer of 1959, the Lodge family is doing just that. But the tranquil surface masks a […]

Book Review – Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew J. Sullivan

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Michelle Herbert reviews Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew J. Sullivan… Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore starts unsurprisingly, with the store closing at midnight. We meet the main character, Lydia, almost immediately as she checks to see if a regular (Joey) is still in the store or not. Unfortunately, when she finds […]

Preacher Season 2 Episode 13 Review – ‘The End of the Road’

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Martin Carr reviews the season 2 finale of Preacher… Preacher has redeemed itself with a season closer brimming over with invention, heart wrenching emotion and caustic cultural reference. Meandering, concise, far-fetched and theologically challenging, Jesse, Tulip and Cassidy are back on point while Herr Starr is gloriously dry witted and indifferent. Whether choreographing fist fights […]

Video Game Review – Madden 18

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Andy Naylor reviews Madden 18… Madden 18, much like the FIFA series, is not exactly a new game every year, more a continual improvement with little tweaks. If you’re an American football fan then you know all about it. It’s good, very good in fact. For someone like me, who has always liked it but […]