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Movie Review – Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)

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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, 2017. Directed by Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg. Starring: Johnny Depp, Javier Bardem, Brenton Thwaites, Kaya Scodelario, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, Stephen Graham, David Wenham, Keira Knightley, Adam Brown and Paul McCartney. SYNOPSIS: Captain Jack Sparrow is pursued by an old nemesis, Armando Salazar, who along with his […]

Movie Review – Colossal (2016)

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Colossal, 2016. Directed by Nacho Vigalondo. Starring: Anne Hathaway, Jason Sudeikis, Dan Stevens, Austin Stowell, and Tim Blake Nelson. SYNOPSIS: A young woman discovers that when she walks through a certain park in her hometown a monster appears in downtown Seoul mimicking her every movement. When a high-concept comedy delivers on its premise, it can […]

Movie Review – Lady Macbeth (2016)

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Lady Macbeth, 2016. Directed by William Oldroyd. Starring Florence Pugh, Cosmo Jarvis, Paul Hilton, Naomi Ackie, and Christopher Fairbank. SYNOPSIS: Lady Macbeth is an adaptation of Nikolai Leskov’s 1865 novella Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District. It tells the plight of the young newlywed whose loveless marriage leads her into a forbidden and adulterous love […]

Movie Review – City of Tiny Lights (2016)

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City of Tiny Lights, 2016. Directed by Pete Travis. Starring Riz Ahmed, Billie Piper, James Floyd, Cush Jumbo, Roshan Seth, and Antonio Aakeel. SYNOPSIS: Meet Tommy Akhtar (Riz Ahmed), cricket fan, devoted son to an ailing father and deadbeat private eye. He’s got an office above a cab firm, a taste for cigarettes and bourbon, […]

DC’s Legends of Tomorrow Season 2 Finale Review – ‘Aruba’

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Jessie Robertson reviews the season 2 finale of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow… Okay, the Legends all die (except Sara)……. …..the future selves, at least. The ones we’ve gotten to know over the past two seasons, all dead. Luckily, the Legends decided to break the time rules and go back to a time they’ve already been […]

Movie Review – The Boss Baby (2017)

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The Boss Baby, 2017. Directed by Tom McGrath. Featuring the voice talents of Alec Baldwin, Miles Christopher Bakshi, Steve Buscemi, Jimmy Kimmel, Lisa Kudrow, and Tobey Maguire. SYNOPSIS: Life is great for seven year old Tim.  As an only child, he gets his parents’ undivided attention – until his baby brother arrives and monopolises Mum […]

Video Game Review – Monty and the Temple of Lost Souls on the ZX Spectrum

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Villordsutch reviews Monty and the Temple of Lost Souls on the ZX Spectrum… Monty Mole from Gremlin Graphics was huge star on the 1980’s gaming scene.  Wanted: Monty Mole rocked the 8-bit gaming world as a wee stubby mole, designed by Peter Harrop, wandering through the British Coal Mines (set during the 1980’s Miners Strike) snaffling coal […]

Powerless Season 1 Episode 6 Review – ‘I’ma Friend You’

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Rachel Bellwoar reviews the sixth episode of Powerless… It’s been a few weeks since we’ve had a new episode of Powerless but while the break appears related to scheduling, and not a planned hiatus, “I’ma Friend You” marks an adjustment in character communication that’s got the show back to the promise of where it started. Nobody is suddenly acting […]

Marvel’s Iron Fist – Season One Review

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Liam Hoofe reviews the first season of Iron Fist… Warning: Contains mild spoilers… To say Iron Fist has been a critical disaster would be something of an understatement. Marvel’s fifth overall season on Netflix and their final stop before The Defenders is currently sitting at an embarrassingly bad 18% on Rotten Tomatoes, which, just for […]