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DVD Review – The Nice Guys (2016)

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The Nice Guys, 2016. Directed by Shane Black. Starring Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling, Angourie Rice, Matt Bomer, Keith David, Gil Gerard, Kim Basinger, Beau Knapp and Margaret Qualley. SYNOPSIS: A private detective and an enforcer team up to infiltrate the porn industry in 1977 Los Angeles. Mismatched buddy movies have been a constant staple of […]

Second Opinion – The Girl with All the Gifts (2016)

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The Girl with All the Gifts, 2016. Directed by Colm McCarthy. Starring Sennia Nanua, Gemma Arterton, Paddy Considine and Glenn Close. SYNOPSIS: A scientist and a teacher living in a dystopian future embark on a journey of survival with a special young girl named Melanie. To say that the zombie genre has become saturated with […]

The Exorcist Season 1 Episode 1 Review

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Anghus Houvouras reviews the first episode of The Exorcist… Talk about a haymaker. While television is experiencing a golden age on cable and streaming services, network television has generally been nowhere near as stellar. While HBO, FX, Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, AMC, USA, and other cable networks are delivering delicious four course meals, American Network […]

Comic Book Review – Nightwing #5

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Ricky Church reviews Nightwing #5… “Night of the Monster Men” part 2! The Monster Men are stomping their way through Gotham City. How can the Bat-team face the monsters and the storm of the century? And when Nightwing goes behind the scenes to discover where the monsters came from, what lurks in the shadows may […]

Comic Book Review – Batman #7

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Ricky Church reviews Batman #7… “NIGHT OF THE MONSTER MEN” part 1! The first crossover of the “Rebirth” era is here! As a huge storm approaches, Batman, Batwoman, and Nightwing try and prepare Gotham City for the worst, but nothing can prepare them for enormous tall monsters rampaging through the streets! Batman will need all […]

Movie Review – Phantasm: Ravager (2016)

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Phantasm: Ravager, 2016. Directed by David Hartman. Starring Angus Scrimm, Reggie Bannister, A. Michael Baldwin, Bill Thornbury, Kathy Lester and Gloria Lynne Henry. SYNOPSIS: For 37 years, audiences have followed small town friends Reggie, Mike, and Jody in their quest to stop the evil, dimension-hopping schemes of The Tall Man (Angus Scrimm in his final […]

Comic Book Review – Trinity #1

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Ricky Church reviews Trinity #1… “BETTER TOGETHER” part 1! Together again for the first time! Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman. The core of the World’s Greatest Heroes…but with a new Man of Steel, the bonds these three share will be tested and redefined by super-star writer/artist Francis Manapul. In this premiere issue, see the trio […]

Video Game Review – NBA 2K17

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Steve Kyriacou reviews NBA 2K17… “The King is dead! Long live the King!” That seems to be what I chant every year when I play the newest incarnation of the NBA 2K series. For the last few years the franchise has continued to improve, keeping fans engaged with a combination of flawless online play, a […]

Movie Review – Bridget Jones’s Baby (2016)

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Bridget Jones’s Baby, 2016. Directed by Sharon Maguire. Starring Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth, Patrick Dempsey, Sally Phillips, Gemma Jones, Jim Broadbent, Sarah Solemani and Emma Thompson. SYNOPSIS: Bridget’s focus on single life and her career is interrupted when she finds herself pregnant, but with one hitch … she can only be fifty percent sure of […]