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Comic Book Review – The X-Files: Origins #2

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Tony Black reviews The X-Files: Origins #2… Before the FBI, before the X-Files, they were just two teenagers in search of the truth. On Martha’s Vineyard, a young Fox Mulder investigates something strange happening on the island, while in San Diego, 13-year-old Dana Scully looks into the shocking murder of her teacher. Two kids, two […]

Comic Book Review – Green Lanterns #6

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Tony Black reviews Green Lanterns #6… “FAMILY DINNER”! The rookie Green Lanterns try to reconcile some of their differences, when Simon Baz makes a terrifying offer to Jessica by inviting her over for dinner with his family. Can the two survive this with the mysterious Guardian tracking the duo? ‘Rage Planet’ overall has been a […]

Blu-ray Review – The Hills Have Eyes (1977)

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The Hills Have Eyes, 1977. Directed by Wes Craven. Starring Susan Lanier, Dee Wallace, Michael Berryman, Robert Houston, Russ Grieve, John Steadman, Lance Gordon, Martin Speer, James Whitworth, Virginia Vincent, Janus Blythe and Cordy Clark. SYNOPSIS: An all-American family travelling across country fall foul of a clan of cannibals that live in the desert. Quite […]

Second Opinion – War on Everyone (2016)

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War on Everyone, 2016. Written and Directed by John Michael McDonaugh Starring Michael Pena, Alexander Skarsgard, Tessa Thompson, Stephanie Stigman, Caleb Landry Jones and Theo James. SYNOPSIS: Two corrupt cops in New Mexico set out to blackmail and frame every criminal unfortunate enough to cross their path. Things take a sinister turn, however, when they […]

DVD Review – Gridiron UK (2016)

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Gridiron UK, 2016. Directed by Gary Delaney Starring Michael Dixon, Rebecca Summers, Andrew Harwood Mills, Stephen Marcus, Paul Nicholas, Dorsey Levens, Anthony Quinlan, Giles Alderson, Annie Vanders and Mem Ferda. SYNOPSIS: It’s 1985… and in a country dominated by Soccer, Rugby, Cricket, and Fish n’ Chips, one man risks everything to play American Football. My […]

Movie Review – Brimstone (2017)

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Brimstone, 2017. Directed by Martin Koolhoven. Starring Dakota Fanning, Guy Pearce, Carice Van Houten and Kit Harrington. SYNOPSIS: A frontier woman turns fugitive when she is wrongly accused of a crime she didn’t commit and is hunted by a vengeful preacher. An ingenious conglomeration of narrative complexity, Koolhoven’s audacious film Brimstone is tense, authentic and absolutely […]

Comic Book Review – Trinity Vol. 1: Better Together

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Ricky Church reviews Trinity Vol. 1: Better Together… The Dark Knight. The Man of Steel. The Amazon Warrior. The three greatest heroes in the DC Universe unite when the threats to our planet are bigger than any one of them can handle. But now, the deadly White Mercy has Superman, Wonder Woman and Batman in […]

Movie Review – Dead Awake (2016)

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Dead Awake, 2016. Directed by Phillip Guzman. Starring Jocelin Donahue, Jesse Bradford, Jesse Borego, Brea Grant, and Lori Petty. SYNOPSIS: After her estranged sister Beth dies suddenly while suffering from sleep paralysis, Kate is plagued with guilt after dismissing her initial claims that she was being regularly haunted in her sleep by a sinister force […]

Second Opinion – Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017)

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Smurfs: The Lost Village, 2017. Directed by Kelly Asbury. Featuring the voice talents of Demi Lovato, Rainn Wilson, Joe Manganiello, Jack McBrayer, Danny Pudi, Mandy Patinkin, Julia Roberts, Michelle Rodriguez, Ellie Kemper, Ariel Winter, Meghan Trainor, Gordon Ramsey, Jake Johnson, Tituss Burgess, Gabriel Iglesias, Jeff Dunham, and Kelly Asbury. SYNOPSIS: A mysterious map sets Smurfette […]