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Arrow Season 5 Episode 6 Review – ‘So It Begins’

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Jessie Robertson reviews the sixth episode of Arrow season 5… Apparently, douche is a universal word in all languages…. Arrow straightens on it’s path to re-branding itself this season and it looks like the projectile is going to hit the mark. Season 4 began so promising, the rise of a new super-villain, a true, powerful […]

Westworld Season 1 Episode 6 Review – ‘The Adversary’

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Eddy Gardiner reviews the sixth episode of Westworld…. As Westworld enters the second half of its increasingly excellent debut season, it looks like things are finally beginning to stir up a little faster in one of the more revealing episodes so far. Not that the show has been dull up to now, of course – it’s been quietly […]

Movie Review – Francofonia (2015)

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Francofonia, 2015. Directed by Aleksandr Sokurov. Starring Louis-Do de Lencquesaing, Benjamin Utzerath and Vincent Nemeth. SYNOPSIS: A multi-faceted documentary feature concentrating on both the history  of the Louvre museum in Paris during the Nazi occupation and a study on the timelessness and human value of art. Francofonia from writer and director Aleksandr Sokurov (Russian Ark) […]

Blu-ray Review – Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders (2016)

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Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders, 2016. Directed by Rick Morales. Featuring the voice talents of Adam West, Burt Ward, Julie Newmar, Jeff Bergman, William Salyers, Wally Wingert, Jim Ward, Steven Weber, Thomas Lennon and Lynne Marie Stewart. SYNOPSIS: It’s back to the 1960s as Batman and Robin spring into action when Gotham City is […]

Video Game Review – Crazy Kong City – Episode One: Saving Helen Blond on the ZX Spectrum

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Villordsutch reviews Crazy Kong City – Episode One: Saving Helen Blond on the ZX Spectrum… Everyone on the planet is more than aware of Donkey Kong from Nintendo.  Here we find Mario, actually known as Jumpman on the original release, who must scale numerous iron girders to rescue his current squeeze Pauline (Princess Peach was yet […]

Comic Book Review – Dirk Gently: The Salmon of Doubt #2

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Villordsutch reviews Dirk Gently: The Salmon of Doubt #2… Plagued by nightmares about a childhood he never had, Dirk Gently has returned to Cambridge University to seek the advice of his former tutor, the time-traveling Professor Reg Chronotis. There he discovers that a holistic detective can have more than one past, and his adventures have […]

Blu-ray Review – Star Wars: The Force Awakens 3D Collector’s Edition

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens 3D Collector’s Edition Directed by J.J. Abrams Starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Gwendoline Christie, and Lupita Nyong’o SYNOPSIS: The cast from the original Star Wars trilogy meets a new generation of heroes […]

Movie Review – Krampus Unleashed (2016)

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Krampus Unleashed, 2016. Directed by Robert Conway. Starring Amelia Brantley, Bryson Holl, Caroline Lassetter and Travis Amery. SYNOPSIS: In pursuit of a lost treasure, a group of fortune hunters mistakenly unearth an ancient demonic summoning stone that holds a terrible curse and awakens a timeless evil, the Krampus. After centuries of slumber, Krampus, the Christmas […]

DVD Review – The Code: The Complete Season Two

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The Code: Season Two Created by Shelley Birse Starring Dan Spielman, Ashley Zukerman, Adele Perovic, Anthony LaPaglia, Sigrid Thornton, Robyn Malcolm and Ella Scott Lynch. SYNOPSIS: Two brothers, a jaded journalist and an autistic computer hacker, faced with the prospect of extradition to the US, are forced into making complex decisions taking in political unrest, […]