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DC’s Legends of Tomorrow Season 2 Episode 6 Review – ‘Outlaw Country’

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Jessie Robertson reviews the sixth episode of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow… Completely suitable substitute if you don’t have tobacco: Tootsie Roll….. I think they are running out of places to go….which is funny since they have all of time at their fingertips. When they visited the Wild West in season one, it actually gave Ray […]

Movie Review – American Pastoral (2016)

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American Pastoral, 2016. Directed by Ewan McGregor. Starring Ewan McGregor, Jennifer Connelly, Dakota Fanning, Peter Riegart, Rupert Evans, Uzo Aduba, Rita Cohen and David Strathairn. SYNOPSIS: In 1968, a hardworking man, who’s been a staple in his quaint community for years, watches his seemingly perfect middle class life fall apart as his daughter’s new radical […]

Movie Review – Deadly Intent (2016)

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Deadly Intent, 2016. Directed by Rebekah Fortune Starring Gus Barry, Rebecca Reaney, Lara Lemon, and Peter Lloyd. SYNOPSIS: Widowed mother Bryony is struggling to move on from the death of her husband Steven, a process made all the more difficult by her troubled son James, who seems to be constantly lashing out. However, when they […]

Video Game Review – Party Hard: High Crimes DLC

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Andy O’Flaherty reviews Party Hard: High Crimes DLC… Released in 2015 to mixed reviews, the original Party Hard was what could be best described as a stealth murder simulator.  Viewed from above, you guided your tiny pixellated Michael Myers-esq character around various parties, slowly killing the guests without being discovered.  Why?  Because they were keeping […]

Movie Review – Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk (2016)

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Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk. 2016 Directed by Ang Lee. Starring Joe Alwyn, Garrett Hedlund, Kristen Stewart, Vin Diesel, Chris Tucker, Makenzie Leigh, Ben Platt, Beau Knapp, Brian ‘Astro’ Bradley, Arturo Castro, Mason Lee, Barney Harris, and Steve Martin. SYNOPSIS: 19-year-old Billy Lynn is brought home for a victory tour after a harrowing Iraq battle. […]

Supergirl Season 2 Episode 6 Review – ‘Changing’

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Martin Carr reviews the sixth episode of Supergirl season 2… There is some multifaceted meaning flying around in Supergirl this week. Alien parasites which bring to mind Carpenter’s classic horror team up with Kurt Russell, as well as a little Matrix homage and global warming pedestal preaching. Throw in a lot of coming out heart […]

Gotham Season 3 Episode 9 Review – ‘The Executioner’

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Martin Carr reviews the ninth episode of Gotham season 3… There are elements here which bring to mind the televisual equivalent of Mega City One this week in Gotham. Vigilante justice and police brutality all in the name of law and order, make ‘The Executioner’ more than just another episodic police procedural. Verging at times […]

Movie Review – Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them (2016)

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Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them, 2016. Directed by David Yates. Starring Eddie Redmayne, Colin Farrell, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, Carmen Ejogo, Ezra Miller, Ron Perlman, Jon Voight, Ronan Raftery, Faith Wood-Blagrove, Jenn Murray, Zoe Kravitz and Johnny Depp. SYNOPSIS: In 1926 New York the visiting Magizoologist Newt Scamander must recapture his […]