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Movie Review – Hacksaw Ridge (2016)

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Hacksaw Ridge. 2016. Directed by Mel Gibson. Starring Andrew Garfield, Hugo Weaving, Vince Vaughn, Teresa Palmer, and Sam Worthington. SYNOPSIS: WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to be awarded the Medal of Honor. No […]

DVD Review – Dr. Strange (1978)

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Dr. Strange, 1978. Directed by Philip DeGuere Starring Peter Hooten, Jessica Walter, Clyde Kusatsu and John Mills. SYNOPSIS: When evil being The Ancient One sends sinister sorceress Morgan LeFay to Earth to destroy the Sorcerer Supreme, the long held sorcerer must train brilliant surgeon Stephen Strange as his successor to fight the darkness… Almost as […]

DVD Review – The Neighbour (2016)

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The Neighbour, 2016. Directed by Marcus Dunstan. Starring Josh Stewart, Jaqueline Fleming, Alex Essoe, Bill Engvall, Luke Edwards, Melissa Bolona, Skipp Sudduth. SYNOPSIS: A married couple of low-level criminals looking to escape to a new life discover their next door neighbour is also up to no good. From the creative team that brought you torture […]

DVD Review – The Neon Demon (2016)

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The Neon Demon, 2016. Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn. Starring Elle Fanning, Christina Hendricks, Keanu Reeves, Jena Malone, Karl Glusman and Desmond Harrington. SYNOPSIS: A naïve but ambitious young model moves to L.A. and is immediately ‘consumed’ by her jealous rivals who will stop at nothing to break her down. Nicolas Winding Refn is a […]

Comic Book Review – Wonder Woman #9

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Ricky Church reviews Wonder Woman #9… “THE LIES” part five! Diana takes another step closer to discovering the truth…and the mysterious Godwatch responds! Now that her adventure through the jungle is over, Diana had a much quieter chapter in Wonder Woman #9, one which focused more on re-establishing relationships between Diana and some of her […]

Movie Review – Inferno (2016)

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Inferno, 2016. Directed by Ron Howard. Starring Tom Hanks, Felicity Jones, Omar Sy, Irrfan Khan, Ben Foster, and Ana Ularu. SYNOPSIS: When Robert Langdon wakes up in an Italian hospital with amnesia, he teams up with Dr. Sienna Brooks, and together they must race across Europe against the clock to foil a deadly global plot. […]

Movie Review – Boyz n the Hood (1991)

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Boyz n the Hood, 1991. Directed by John Singleton. Starring Ice Cube, Cuba Gooding Jr., Morris Chestnut, Larry Fishburne and Angela Bassett. SYNOPSIS: Four boys grow up in South Central LA, with the social issues that surround their community impacting on every step they make…   John Singleton was 23 when he wrote and directed Boyz n the Hood. […]

Comic Book Review – Little Tails on Halloween!

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Rachel Bellwoar reviews Little Tails on Halloween!… From Magnetic Press, as part of Halloween Comicfest‘s free comics, “Halloween,” is a special holiday issue of the Little Tales graphic novel series by Frédéric Brrémaud and Federico Bertolucci. Written by Mike Kennedy and illustrated by Bertolucci, Chipper, the nervous puppy, isn’t sure about all this Halloween stuff. Content to continue on with his nap until, Squizzo, the […]

Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 4 Episode 5 Review – ‘Lockup’

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Danny Hale reviews the fifth episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 4… ‘Lockup’ was a really, really fun episode stacked with action, new developments and further questions regarding Ghost Rider and our new director Jeffrey Mace. We open with a flashback of Lucy and Joseph Bauer discovering the Darkhold and we start to see some […]