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Movie Review – John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)

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John Wick: Chapter 2, 2017. Directed by Chad Stahelski. Starring Keanu Reeves, Riccardo Scamarcio, Ruby Rose, Common, Claudia Gerini, Lance Reddick, Tobias Segal, Ian McShane, Bridget Moynahan, John Leguizamo, Peter Stormare, Laurence Fishburne, and Franco Nero. SYNOPSIS: After returning to the criminal underworld to repay a debt, John Wick discovers that a large bounty has been […]

24: Legacy Season 1 Episode 1 Review – ’12:00 PM – 1:00 PM’

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Ricky Church reviews the first episode of 24: Legacy… Even after so many years off the air, 24 continues to show it has some legs left with the rebooted series 24: Legacy. The series follows a new group of characters, but sets itself in the same universe as its predecessor. Legacy follows US Army Ranger […]

Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 4 Episode 13 Review – ‘BOOM’

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Danny Hale reviews the thirteenth episode of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 4… Our opening scene this week did a great job of quickly establishing where Coulson’s mind is at in the wake of the events of ‘Hot Potato Soup’ while he and Mac observe an anonymous target. Discovering he was living alongside a LMD […]

Movie Review – Wheeler (2017)

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Wheeler, 2017. Directed by Ryan Ross. Starring Stephen Dorff, Kris Kristofferson, Audrey Spillman, Bobby Tomberlin, Bart Herbison, Jim Ed Norman, Travis Meadows, and Anastasia Munoz.   SYNOPSIS: Wheeler is an aspiring musician from Kaufman, Texas who travels to Nashville with the lifelong dream of trying his hand at country music. By embodying the title character […]

Book Review – Navigators of Dune

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Villordsutch reviews Navigators of Dune… Navigators of Dune is the third book in the Great Schools trilogy from Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, the previous being Mentats of Dune.  Finally, in this book all the threads that have been floating in the Universe, from Venport’s monopoly of both Spice and the Navigators, the fanatical Manford […]

Taboo Series 1 Episode 1 Review

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Sam Narr reviews the first episode of Taboo… After various teasers and building anticipation, the first episode of Taboo aired last night on BBC one. The huge draw to the period drama will no doubt be Tom Hardy, in what feels like a homecoming from Hollywood. Taboo, set in 1814, follows the return of James […]

Marvel’s The Defenders Season 1 Episode 1 Review – ‘The H Word’

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Ricky Church reviews the first episode of Marvel’s The Defenders… It’s been a long time coming, but Netflix’s crossover between its four Marvel shows is finally here with The Defenders. The gang is all here, from Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and, yes, even Iron Fist, as they join together to save New York. So […]

Movie Review – Savage Dog (2017)

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Savage Dog, 2017. Written and directed Jesse V. Johnson. Starring Scott Adkins, Marko Zaror, Cung Le, Juju Chan, Vladimir Kulich, and Keith David. SYNOPSIS: A story set in Indochina in 1959, a land beyond rule and a time without mercy and the birth of a legend. Scott Adkins is busy these days. He seems to […]

Book Review – Star Wars: Rebel Rising

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Ricky Church reviews Star Wars: Rebel Rising… Since the release of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Felicity Jones’ Jyn Erso has quickly become one of the franchise’s most liked heroes. The troubled young rebel’s history is fully explored in Beth Revis’ Star Wars: Rebel Rising, an intriguing character study that explores exactly how she became […]