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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 […]

Fargo Season 3 Episode 2 Review – ‘The Principle of Restricted Choice’

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Shaun Munro reviews the second episode of Fargo season 3… If Fargo‘s season premiere left a prevailing feeling of deja vu, the follow-up moves a little further away from the familiar, even if the key beats are still distinctly Fargo, and this is very much the lethargic second episode the show has essentially made its signature […]

The Flash Season 3 Episode 19 Review – ‘The Once and Future Flash’

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Jessie Robertson reviews the nineteenth episode of The Flash season 3… Emo Flash is about as much fun as depressed Cisco…. This is one of those episodes that ventures into an alternate timeline, in this case, the same timeline just 8 years in the future. These kinds of episodes are always fun because you see […]

Gotham Season 3 Episode 15 Review – ‘How the Riddler Got His Name’

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Martin Carr reviews the fifteenth episode of Gotham season 3… Coming back after an extended hiatus Gotham opens with a Nygma centric episode lashings of invention, talking corpses and doppelganger shenanigans not to mention the odd riddle or two. With Oswald consigned to the murky depths of Gotham river, we follow Corey Smith in ‘Force […]

Prison Break Season 5 Episode 4 Review – ‘The Prisoner’s Dilemma’

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Shaun Munro reviews the fourth episode of Prison Break season 5… The second act of the Prison Break revival kicks off with ISIL’s reach expanding in Yemen, causing Ogygia’s prisoner contingent, led by Cross (TJ Ramini), to panic and plan to take terrorist leader Abu Ramal hostage as a bargaining chip, much to Michael’s chagrin. […]

Video Game Review – What Remains of Edith Finch

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Shaun Munro reviews What Remains of Edith Finch… Offering up a welcome reprieve from the seemingly endless deluge of blockbuster titles released so far this year, Giant Sparrow follows their acclaimed 2012 adventure title The Unfinished Swan with a “walking simulator” that spreads plenty of goodwill for the oft-maligned genre. The sepulchral What Remains of Edith Finch is a […]

Comic Book Review – Dirk Gently: The Salmon of Doubt #7

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Villordsutch reviews Dirk Gently: The Salmon of Doubt #7… Sally begins to pierce the mysteries of the Black Wing, as we follow the exploits of not one, not two, but three Dirks! IDW Publishing’s Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency: The Salmon of Doubt is becoming the perfect partner piece for BBC America/Netflix’s Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency. […]

Movie Review – The Promise (2016)

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The Promise, 2016. Directed by Terry George Starring Oscar Isaac, Christian Bale, Charlotte Le Bon, Tom Hollander and James Cromwell. SYNOPSIS: In the days just before World War I, Michael (Oscar Isaac) has become engaged to a girl in his home village and is studying to be a doctor in Constantinople.  He falls in love […]

Movie Review – Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)

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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, 2017 Written and Directed by James Gunn Starring Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Michael Rooker, Karen Gilan, Pom Klementieff, Sylvester Stallone, Kurt Russell, Elizabeth Debicki, Chris Sullivan, Sean Gunn SYNOPSIS: Set to the backdrop of Awesome Mixtape #2, ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2’ continues […]