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Retro Review – ZX81 Jetpac (2018)

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Villordsutch reviews ZX81 Jetpac… Back in 1983 the brothers Tim & Chris Stamper released, via their enigmatic software house Ultimate Play the Game, Jetpac for the ZX Spectrum.  This groundbreaking game was both ever-so-simple to pick up and unbelievably difficult to turn off, it also let all fellow Spectrum programmers know what the Speccy could […]

DVD Review – A Bill of Divorcement (1932)

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A Bill of Divorcement, 1932. Directed by George Cukor. Starring John Barrymore, Katherine Hepburn, and Billie Burke. SYNOPSIS: After regaining his sanity and escaping an asylum to be with her, Hilary returns home Christmas day to learn that his wife has divorced him. It’s Christmas Eve at the Fairfield home and love is in the […]

Second Opinion – The First Purge (2018)

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The First Purge, 2018. Directed by Gerard McMurray. Starring Y’lan Noel, Lex Scott Davis, Joivan Wade, Christian Robinson, Mugga, Patch Darragh, Luna Lauren Velez, Kristen Solis, Rotini Paul, Mo McRae, Jermel Howard, Siya, Steve Harris, Mitchell Edwards, D.K. Bowser, Derek Basco, Maria Rivera, Chyna Layne, Ian Blackman, Melonie Diaz, Naszir Nance, and Marisa Tomei. SYNOPSIS: After […]

Comic Book Review – Batman: The Rebirth Deluxe Edition Book 2

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Ricky Church reviews Batman: The Rebirth Deluxe Edition Book 2… With Batman and Catwoman’s wedding upon us, DC has rather timely released the collection where their impending nuptials began in Batman: The Rebirth Deluxe Edition Book 2. The book is a nice, hefty collection of stories with Tom King delivering some pretty awesome Batman action as […]

Movie Review – Petey Wheatstraw (1977)

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Petey Wheatstraw, 1977. Directed by Cliff Roquemore. Starring Rudy Ray Moore, Jimmy Lynch, Leroy Daniels, G. Tito Shaw, and Ernest Mayhand. SYNOPSIS: Petey Wheatstraw (Rudy Ray Moore) was born during a tropical storm, and from the moment he took his first breath he could walk, talk and kick ass. He grows up to become a […]

Movie Review – Racer and the Jailbird (2017)

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Racer and the Jailbird, 2017. Directed by Michaël R. Roskam. Starring Matthias Schoenaerts, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Eric De Staercke, Jean-Benoît Ugeux, and Nathalie Van Tongelen. SYNOPSIS: When career criminal Gigi (Matthias Schoenaerts) meets a beautiful young race driver named Bibi (Adèle Exarchopoulos), the two of them begin a passionate affair that brings the worlds of high society and the gangster underworld […]

Movie Review – Ideal Home (2018)

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Ideal Home, 2018. Directed by Andrew Fleming Starring Steve Coogan, Paul Rudd, Jack Gore, Jake McDorman and Alison Pill. SYNOPSIS: An affluent gay couple have their lives turned upside down when they have to look after a ten year old boy.  Their glamorous lifestyle is at odds with the demands of the child, who also […]