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ZX Spectrum Classic Game Challenge delivers a real dose of nostalgia

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Back in the 1980’s when I wasn’t high as I kite on Wham Bars, Highland Toffee and Tizer, you would either find me in a darkened corner of my bedroom listening to the screeches of my ZX Spectrum loading, or huddled in another corner trying to out-number my friends with the current favourite pack of […]

Event Report: Insomnia X Resonate – Glasgow 2017

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Calum Petrie reports from Insomnia X Resonate – Glasgow 2017… The Resonate gaming festival launched in Glasgow last year and was held at the SEC (fomerly SECC),, bringing an extremely gaming focused celebration to Glasgow and was well received by those who attended. This year the festival stepped up its size and capacity by teaming […]

Blu-ray Review – Hellgate (1989)

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Hellgate, 1989. Directed by William A. Levey. Starring Ron Palillo, Abigail Wolcott, Carel Trichardt, Petrea Curran and Evan J. Klisser. SYNOPSIS: A beautiful young woman murdered in the 1950s by a motorcycle gang returns from the dead after her father finds a magic crystal to revive her. In the 1950s a ruthless biker gang kidnap […]

Movie Review – Funny Cow (2017)

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Funny Cow, 2017. Directed by Adrian Shergold. Starring Maxine Peake, Tony Pitts, Paddy Considine, Alun Armstrong, Stephen Graham, and Lindsay Coulson. SYNOPSIS: In the 1970s, a female stand up with the stage name of Funny Cow struggles to make a name for herself on the club circuit, where women on stage are expected to be […]

Second Opinion – Bushwick (2017)

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Bushwick, 2017. Directed by Cary Murnion and Jonathan Milott. Starring Dave Bautista, Brittany Snow, Christian Navarro, Arturo Castro, Jeremie Harris, and Angelic Zambrana. SYNOPSIS: When a Texas military force invades their Brooklyn neighborhood, 20-year-old Lucy and war veteran Stupe must depend on each other to survive. Dave Bautista’s career is going solidly right now. He’s […]

Blu-ray Review – Dunkirk (2017)

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Dunkirk, 2017. Written and Directed by Christopher Nolan. Starring Fionn Whitehead, Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy, Mark Rylance, Kenneth Branagh, Harry Styles, Aneurin Barnard, Jack Lowden, James D’Arcy, Barry Keoghan, and Tom Glynn-Carney. SYNOPSIS: Allied soldiers from Belgium, the British Empire and France are surrounded by the German army and evacuated during a fierce battle in World War […]

Marvel’s Inhumans – IMAX Preview and Q&A Report

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Thomas Harris reports from an IMAX preview and Q&A for Marvel’s Inhumans… If IMAX CEO Greg Foster is to be believed, the upcoming Inhumans series will change the way we watch television. The first series to be shot with IMAX cameras, it’s to be broadcasted – or at least the first two episodes – across […]

Game of Thrones Season 7 Episode 3 Review – ‘The Queen’s Justice’

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Villordsutch reviews Game of Thrones Season 7 Episode 3 – ‘The Queen’s Justice’… Written By David Benioff & D.B. Weiss Directed By Mark Mylod Olenna Tyrell- That was Joffrey’s sword wasn’t it? Not that he ever used it. What did he call it? Jaime Lannister- Widow’s Wail. Olenna Tyrell- He really was a cunt, wasn’t he. With the opening two […]

Comic Book Review – Wonder Woman by Greg Rucka Vol. 2

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Ricky Church reviews Wonder Woman by Greg Rucka Vol. 2… In these stories from WONDER WOMAN #206-217, the deadly Medusa comes calling, and Wonder Woman’s world is turned upside down. After a terrible sacrifice, the Amazing Amazon must prove herself once again to her comrades in the Justice League—and to the world. Before he began […]