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Comic Book Review – Fantastic Four #1

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Allen Christian reviews Fantastic Four #1…In early 2015, leading into Jonathan Hickman’s Secret Wars, we saw the dissolution of the Fantastic Four and the cancellation of their eponymous monthly comic book. The assumption is that Marvel seized this opportunity to cease production of the book due to ongoing conflict with 20th Century Fox, the studio […]

Video Game Review – Planet Alpha

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Red Stewart reviews Planet Alpha…When Super Mario Bros. hit the shelves in 1985, the success of the platformer became built on innovation. Anyone was capable of making a game where you had to jump on blocks to reach the end- it was Shigeru Miyamoto’s decision to include warp pipes, power-ups, and water physics that made Mario the critically-acclaimed darling […]

American Horror Story: Apocalypse Episode 1 Review – ‘The End’

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EJ Moreno reviews the first episode of American Horror Story: Apocalypse…While the world ends, the action starts to pick up on American Horror Story: Apocalypse. The eighth season premiere is a haunting and sometimes hilarious look at the world during a nuclear apocalypse. This episode is something that starts conversations about “what if?” or “what would […]

Movie Review – Lucky (2017)

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Lucky, 2017Directed by John Carroll Lynch. Starring Harry Dean Stanton, David Lynch, James Darren, Tom Skerritt and Ed Begley Jr.SYNOPSIS:Lucky is elderly and lives alone.  When he collapses at home, he realises he has to face up to his inevitable decline and accept itHarry Dean Stanton’s penultimate film is also his swan song, one that’s […]

Movie Review – Slice (2018)

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Slice, 2018.Directed by Austin Vesely. Starring Zazie Beetz, Chance Bennett, Joe Keery, Chris Parnell, and Paul Scheer.SYNOPSIS:In a spooky small town of Kingfisher, the residents attempt to deal with the murder of a pizza delivery boy. Is it one of the ghosts they share the area with or is it another one of many grave evils that lurk? […]

Comic Book Review – Star Trek: The Next Generation: Terra Incognita #3

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Villordsutch reviews Star Trek: The Next Generation: Terra Incognita #3…After last month’s slice of Star Trek: The Next Generation: Terra Incognita we discovered that the Federation, after the Borg encounter at Wolf-359, is at a desperate time and is currently placing a lot of hope on the upcoming ‘Peace Talks’ with the Cardassians – the key […]

Movie Review – King of Thieves (2018)

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King of Thieves, 2018.Directed by James Marsh. Starring Michael Caine, Jim Broadbent, Tom Courtenay, Ray Winstone, Charlie Cox, Paul Whitehouse and Michael Gambon.SYNOPSIS:A gang of ageing crooks decide to crack a job they’ve all been wanting to carry out for years – an Easter weekend burglary of the Hatton Garden safe deposit facility.“The problem with […]

Movie Review – Blood Child (2018)

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Blood Child, 2018.Directed by Jennifer Phillips. Starring Alyx Melon, Cynthia Lee MacQuarrie,Biden Hall, Charlotte Cattell, Coco Uiga, Tara Chitaroni, and Lisa Kovack.SYNOPSIS:A grief-stricken woman raises a ghost child after suffering a miscarriage. When she finds out she’s pregnant again; her first child goes on a jealous and haunting rampage.Motherhood can feel like a nightmarish thing. The […]

Toronto International Film Festival 2018 Review – First Man

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First Man, 2018.Directed by Damien Chazelle. Starring Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy, Jason Clarke, Kyle Chandler, Patrick Fugit, Olivia Hamilton, Ciaran Hinds, Ethan Embry, Shea Whigham, Corey Stoll, and Pablo Schreiber.SYNOPSIS:The riveting story of NASA’s mission to land a man on the moon, focusing on Neil Armstrong and the years 1961-1969.The first moon landing is such […]