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Black Lightning Season 2 Episode 5 Review – ‘The Book of Blood: Chapter One: Requiem’

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Red Stewart reviews the fifth episode of Black Lightning season 2…A title like ‘The Book of Blood’ evokes images of violence, craziness, and all-out chaos. And considering the state Freeland has been in since the beginning of the show, with gang crimes, metahumans, government sanctions, terrorist threats, and city corruption, it makes sense that crap […]

Video Game Review – Hitman 2

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Shaun Munro reviews Hitman 2…The surprising episodic approach to 2016’s Hitman proved initially divisive but ultimately successful, enticing players to obsess over a single assassination sandbox during the month-ish wait between installments, to experiment with new approaches and basically get more out of the game.Hitman 2, however, returns to the traditional all-at-once delivery model, a shift that comes […]

The Flash Season 5 Episode 5 Review – ‘All Doll’d Up’

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Jessie Robertson reviews the fifth episode of The Flash season 5…I’ve been hyped for this one for two weeks – I love me some Ragdoll!The Good:– Ragdoll’s look, appearance and nailing his powers!– Nora, Nora, Nora; Jessica Parker Kennedy is killing it! So Shway! She has the perfect little girl mad look down. This week’s […]

Comic Book Review – The Raid #4

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Calum Petrie reviews The Raid #4…Bejo’s unique henchmen are at the door, Teja can not hide in the prison and the guards are being bought off. This is how we start the final issue of The Raid. Rama is the only man trying desperately to keep an non-corrupted police officer from dying in a place […]

Movie Review – Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)

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Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, 2018.Directed by David Yates. Starring Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Alison Sudol, Dan Fogler, Johnny Depp, Jude Law, Ezra Miller, Zoe Kravitz, William Nadylam, Callum Turner, Claudia Kim, Ingvar Sigurdsson, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, David Sakurai, Brontis Jodorowsky, Kevin Guthrie, Victoria Yeates, Derek Riddell, Poppy Corby-Tuech, and Cornell S. John.SYNOPSIS:In an […]

Comic Book Review – Life is Strange #1

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Calum Petrie reviews Life is Strange #1…*SPOILER WARNING* is now in effect.The continuation of Dontnod’s story follows the original duo of Max and Chloe, continuing on from ending of the game in which Max and Chloe stayed by each other’s sides and left Arcadia bay behind. The characters are trying to adjust to their new lives […]

Book Review – Marvel Studios: The First 10 Years

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Liam Hoofe reviews Marvel Studios: The First 10 Years…In the last 10 years, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has established itself as the biggest Hollywood franchise of the 21st century. The release of MCU movies has become a massive event in and of itself, and the characters have established themselves as lynchpins of 21st-century popular culture. […]

Doctor Who Series 11 Episode 6 Review – ‘Demons of the Punjab’

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Villordsutch reviews Doctor Who Series 11 Episode 6 – ‘Demons of the Punjab’…Written by – Jamie ChildsDirected by – Vinay Patel Doctor – “I love biscuits!”If we’re being totally honesty, the past couple of weeks of Doctor Who haven’t really been too great.  If we were being really honest we would probably call them both […]

Movie Review – Widows (2018)

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Widows, 2018.Directed by Steve McQueen Starring Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki, Cynthia Erivo, Carrie Coon, Daniel Kaluuya, Brian Tyree Henry, Colin Farrell, Robert Duvall, Jacki Weaver, Jon Bernthal and Liam Neeson.SYNOPSIS:Set in contemporary Chicago, amidst a time of turmoil, four women with nothing in common except a debt left behind by their dead husbands’ […]