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Movie Review – Island Zero (2017)

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Island Zero, 2017. Directed by Josh Gerritsen. Starring Laila Robins, Adam Wade McLaughlin, Terri Reeves, Matthew Wilkas, and Elaine Landry. SYNOPSIS : A remote island off the coast of Maine, USA, finds itself cut off from the mainland when communications fail, and the ferry fails to appear. Then people start to disappear too, and the […]

Blu-ray Review – Rawhead Rex (1986)

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Rawhead Rex, 1986. Directed by George Pavlou. Starring David Dukes, Kelly Piper, Hugh O’Conor, Ronan Wilmot, John Olohan, and Heinrich von Schellendorf. SYNOPSIS: A farmer unleashes a demon known as Rawhead Rex, who proceeds to go on the rampage across rural Ireland. There is an unwritten rule in horror filmmaking that you don’t reveal your […]

Blu-ray Review – The Bloodthirsty Trilogy

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The Bloodthirsty Trilogy Box Set Directed by Michio Yamamoto. Starring Kayo Matsuo, Akira Nakao, Atsuo Nakamura, Shin Kishida, Midori Fujita, Chôei Takahashi, Sanae Emi, Toshio Kurosawa, and Yukiko Kobayashi. SYNOPSIS: Blu-ray box set of three Hammer-inspired Japanese vampire movies from the 1970s. Made by Japan’s legendary Toho Studios – the company responsible for, amongst others, […]

Book Review – Bonfire by Krysten Ritter

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Michelle Herbert reviews Bonfire by Krysten Ritter… Bonfire starts with Abby returning to her hometown of Barrens. Abby is now working for an environmental advocacy firm and is returning to Barrens to see if the town’s main employer, Optimal, is polluting the town’s water. Abby is still dealing with a lot of trauma from her […]

Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 5 Episode 21 Review – ‘The Force of Gravity’

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Danny Hale reviews the twenty first episode of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 5… SPOILER WARNING FOR AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR ‘The Force of Gravity’ was a superb penultimate episode and provided great action, an appropriate amount of fan service and effectively positioned our players for the big finale next week. I was a little confused […]

Blu-ray Review – Black Panther (2018)

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Black Panther, 2018. Directed by Ryan Coogler. Starring Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, Martin Freeman, Daniel Kaluuya, Letitia Wright, Winston Duke, Angela Bassett, Forest Whitaker, Sterling K. Brown, Florence Kasumba, John Kani, and Andy Serkis. SYNOPSIS: The Marvel Cinematic Universe keeps chugging along with Black Panther, which has arrived on Blu-ray […]

Movie Review – Breaking In (2018)

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Breaking In, 2018. Directed by James McTeigue. Starring Gabrielle Union, Seth Carr, Ajiona Alexus, Christa Miller, Jason George, Billy Burke, Richard Cabral, Levi Meaden and Damien Leake. SYNOPSIS: A woman fights to protect her family during a home invasion. Bless Gabrielle Union for the thoroughly undeserved commitment she lends to this fundamentally naff yet mildly efficient home invasion thriller. […]

Movie Review – Sherlock Gnomes (2018)

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Sherlock Gnomes, 2018. Directed by John Stevenson. Featuring the voice talents of  James McAvoy, Emily Blunt, Johnny Depp, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Maggie Smith, Michael Caine, Mary J. Blige, Jamie Demetriou, Ashley Jensen and Matt Lucas. SYNOPSIS: When all of their friends are kidnapped right out of the garden, Gnomeo and Juliet join forces with a backyard-based […]

Second Opinion – Terminal (2018)

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Terminal, 2018. Directed by Vaughn Stein. Starring Margot Robbie, Mike Myers, Simon Pegg, Max Irons, Dexter Fletcher, Matthew Lewis, and Katarina Cas. SYNOPSIS: In the dark heart of a sprawling, anonymous city, TERMINAL follows the twisting tales of two assassins carrying out a sinister mission, a teacher battling a fatal illness, an enigmatic janitor and […]