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Movie Review – The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018)

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The House with a Clock in its Walls, 2018. Directed by Eli Roth. Starring Jack Black, Cate Blanchett, Owen Vaccaro, Kyle MacLachlan, Lorenza Izzo, and Colleen Camp. SYNOPSIS: When a young orphaned boy named Lewis (Owen Vaccaro) is sent to live with his eccentric uncle Jonathan (Jack Black), his eyes are opened to a world of […]

Second Opinion – A Simple Favor (2018)

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A Simple Favor, 2018. Directed by Paul Feig. Starring Anna Kendrick, Blake Lively, Henry Golding, Linda Cardellini, Andrew Rannells, Jean Smart, Ian Ho, Joshua Satine, Kelly McCormack. Andrew Moodie, Eric Johnson, Sarah Baker, Zach Smadu, and Rupert Friend. SYNOPSIS: A woman seeks to uncover the truth behind the disappearance of her best friend. A Simple […]

Movie Review – Mile 22 (2018)

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Mile 22, 2018. Directed by Peter Berg. Starring Mark Wahlberg, Lauren Cohan, Iko Uwais, John Malkovich and Ronda Rousey. SYNOPSIS: A top CIA operative and his unit are transporting a “package”, ie a double agent, who can provide access to life-threatening information to safety.  But there are numerous enemies out there standing in their way. […]

Comic Book Review – WWE: NXT Takeover – Proving Ground #1

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Liam Hoofe reviews WWE: NXT Takeover – Proving Ground #1… Following on from their impressive NXT debut last month, Boom! Studios released their second NXT issue recently, Proving Ground. After introducing us to a whole roster in the first comic, the story narrowed down in the second edition, documenting the story of Samoa Joe and […]

TV Review – American Vandal Season 2

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Liam Hoofe reviews American Vandal season 2… Netflix struck gold last year with their mockumentary series, American Vandal. The show documented the fallout of an elaborate prank at a school, and had fans all over the internet asking the question ‘who drew the dicks?’. It was a clever piece of television that turned out to […]

Movie Review – Mile 22 (2018)

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Mile 22, 2018. Directed by Peter Berg. Starring Mark Wahlberg, Lauren Cohen, Iko Uwais, John Malkovich, Ronda Rousey, and Carlo Alban. SYNOPSIS: James Silva (Mark Wahlberg) is an elite American intelligence officer working with a top secret tactical unit. When he’s tasked with smuggling a high value asset (Iko Uwais) out of foreign territory, he […]

Comic Book Review – WWE: NXT Takeover – The Blueprint #1

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Liam Hoofe reviews WWE: NXT Takeover #1… Boom! Studios have done an excellent job at bringing the weird and wonderful of the WWE to life in their comic books, and their latest spin-off, focusing on WWE developmental brand, NXT, shows plenty of promise in its first issue. The first comic is set in the early […]

Movie Review – The Little Stranger (2018)

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The Little Stranger, 2018. Directed by Lenny Abrahamson. Starring Domhnall Gleeson, Ruth Wilson, Will Poulter, Charlotte Rampling and Liv Hill. SYNOPSIS: A doctor provides care for the eccentric family who live in a crumbling 18th century mansion during the postwar years, only for mysterious and dark events to take place within its walls. A few […]

Video Game Review – Rigid Force Alpha

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Red Stewart reviews Rigid Force Alpha for PC… What can I say about the shoot-em up (or schmup) genre that hasn’t been said before? It’s a fairly-simple type of game to create: throw a bunch of enemies on-screen and give the player unlimited ammo to mow them all down. Because of massive influence from Space Invader and Galaga, […]