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Riverdale Season 2 Episode 19 Review – ‘Passengers’

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Liam Hoofe reviews the nineteenth episode of Riverdale season 2… After last week’s excellent Carrie the Musical inspired episode, this week’s Riverdale had plenty of surprises in store as it races towards its season finale later next month. The crux of this episode was the drama surrounding the Hooper family and the aftermath of Mitch’s […]

ZZap! 64 Annual 2019 Kickstarter now underway

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Following the success of last year’s Crash Annual publisher Fusion Retro Books have started a Kickstarter campaign for an annual celebrating the ZZap! 64 magazine.  If you were a Commodore 64 owner then ZZap! 64 was the magazine to go for, not just for reviews and previews but also for the humour and the excellent […]

Blu-ray Review – Paddington 2 (2017)

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Paddington 2, 2017. Directed by Paul King. Starring Ben Whishaw, Sally Hawkins, Hugh Bonneville, Hugh Grant, Madeleine Harris, Samuel Joslin, Julie Walters, Imelda Staunton, Michael Gambon, Marie-France Alvarez, Jim Broadbent, Brendan Gleeson, Ben Miller, Jessica Hynes, Robbie Gee, Richard Ayoade, Sanjeev Bhaskar, and Peter Capaldi. SYNOPSIS: Paddington, now happily settled with the Brown family and […]

Supergirl Season 3 Episode 15 Review – ‘In Search of Lost Time’

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Martin Carr reviews the fifteenth episode of Supergirl season 3… Time seems to be an overarching theme as well as an important tag line this week. Time for reconciliation, time for regret and time together. Retention of memories both detrimental and inspiring are all examined, which allow these character to realise and react accordingly. Harewood […]

The Flash Season 4 Episode 19 Review – ‘Fury Rogue’

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Jessie Robertson reviews the nineteenth episode of The Flash season 4… In a bubble, “Fury Rogue” (ridiculous play on words from Mad Max) probably isn’t that bad. But, when you’re doing these reviews and trying to fit together the pieces of a season long puzzle, to fill an episode with the transportation of a villain […]

Lucifer Season 3 Episode 21 Review – ‘Anything Pierce Can Do I Can Do Better’

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Tori Brazier reviews the twenty-first episode of Lucifer season 3… Finally, after building to a head for three seasons, it seems that this could be the episode where Lucifer (Tom Ellis) will finally fully define and realise his feelings for Chloe (Lauren German), with Pierce (Tom Welling) seemingly out of the way… except that he […]

Black Lightning Season 1 Finale Review – ‘Shadow of Death: The Book of War’

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Red Stewart reviews the season 1 finale of Black Lightning… I didn’t have much hope going into the season finale of Black Lightning, and that luckily proved to be a wise decision. The last episode, “The Book of Pain,” was not only one of the worst episodes of the show, it also ruined any chance of […]

Movie Review – Sherlock Gnomes (2018)

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Sherlock Gnomes, 2018. Directed by John Stevenson. Starring 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 sleuth to track down […]

Movie Review – Beast (2017)

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Beast, 2017. Directed by Michael Pearce. Starring Jessie Buckley, Johnny Flynn, Geraldine James, Trystan Gravelle and Emily Taaffe. SYNOPSIS: Moll lives at home on Jersey with her family, dividing her time between looking after her invalid father and her job as a tour guide.  But she feels like the black sheep of the family and […]