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DC’s Legends of Tomorrow Season 2 Episode 4 Review – ‘Abominations’

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Jessie Robertson reviews the fourth episode of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow season 2… There is absolutely nothing wrong with an irrational fear of the dead rising and hunting us for our brains…. I don’t have a lot to cover this week except a broad overview of the two completely incongruent themes this week: Slavery and […]

Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 4 Episode 6 Review – ‘The Good Samaritan’

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Danny Hale reviews the sixth episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 4… ‘The Good Samaritan’ gave us a clear look at both Lucy Bauer and Robbie Reyes’ origins whilst still keeping the story moving forward. Following on from the events of Lockup Coulson and our team pursue Lucy and Eli in search of the Darkhold […]

Video Game Review – Mantis Burn Racing

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Villordsutch reviews Mantis Burn Racing… I’m a fan of racing games, though I tend to shy away from the ultra-realistic games with a hundred or so real-life models, engines fine-tuned to meet race-worthy standards and handling so sensitive a fool like me – who doesn’t understand the meaning of “brakes” – is guaranteed to slam into […]

Retro Video Game Review – Super Metroid

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Andy O’Flaherty reviews Super Metroid… Super Metroid.  Anybody who owned a SNES back in 1994 is probably nodding their head right now while thinking “yep…. there’s one of the greatest games ever made right there…”  Following on from the Game Boy’s Metroid II (1991) and continuing the series established by Metroid (Famicom – 1986), the third […]

Arrow Season 5 Episode 5 Review – ‘Human Target’

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Jessie Robertson reviews the fifth episode of Arrow season 5… If Team Arrow is the Backstreet Boys, then Wild Dog is definitely Howie B….. Team Arrow’s Back….Alright! Ok, enough boy band humor, Arrow this week is titled “Human Target” which I sort of just assumed was about Mayor Queen being shot and killed, quite brutally, […]

Movie Review – Light Years (2015)

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Light Years, 2015. Directed by Esther May Campbell. Starring Beth Orton, Muhammet Uzuner, Sophie Burton, James Stuckey, Zamira Fuller, Mike Wright, Mickey Morris, Ewan Cooke, Graeme Hogg and Fouad Cilmi. SYNOPSIS: Rose longs to see mum, but nobody will take her. Ever. Dad disappears to work. Sister waits for a boy on a damp golf […]

Supergirl Season 2 Episode 4 Review – ‘Survivors’

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Martin Carr reviews the fourth episode of Gotham season 2… Sub-text in Supergirl has taken a step up this week with ‘Survivors’. Having always had one eye on the idea of difference and social expectations these themes are explored more sensitively but no more effectively in episode four. Hank tackles some personal issues, Kara learns […]

Gotham Season 3 Episode 7 Review – ‘The Red Queen’

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Martin Carr reviews the seventh episode of Gotham season 3… And so the Lewis Carroll references continue into another week on Gotham which is getting more and more psychedelic, considerably less Dark Knight and noticeably more Clockwork Orange. With the final elements of Tetch’s storyline drawing to a close Gotham as a whole feels ever […]

Retro Video Game Review – Double Dragon II: The Revenge

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Andy O’Flaherty reviews Double Dragon II: The Revenge on the Nintendo Entertainment System… There is an extremely high likelihood that the vast majority of people reading these words have at the very least heard of Double Dragon.  The original arcade game, released in 1987, was a landmark title that revolutionised the way games in the […]