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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 […]

Blu-ray Review – Sing (2016)

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Sing, 2016. Directed by Garth Jennings and Christophe Lourdelet. Featuring the voice talents of Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Seth MacFarlane, Scarlett Johansson, John C. Reilly, Taron Egerton, Tori Kelly, Jennifer Saunders, Jennifer Hudson, Nick Offerman, Peter Serafinowicz, and Nick Kroll. SYNOPSIS: Sing is now available on home video in a Blu-ray + DVD + digital […]

Movie Review – Beauty and the Beast (2017)

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Beauty and the Beast, 2017.Directed by Bill Condon. Starring Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, Ewan McGregor, Luke Evans, Josh Gad, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Ian McKellen, Emma Thompson, Stanley Tucci, Kevin Kline, Sonoya Mizuno, Hattie Morahan, and Audra McDonald.SYNOPSIS:An adaptation of the Disney fairy tale about a monstrous-looking prince and a young woman who fall in love.The Disney devoted […]

Movie Review – The Belko Experiment (2017)

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The Belko Experiment, 2017.Directed by Greg McLean. Starring John Gallagher Jr., Tony Goldwyn, Adria Arjona, John C. McGinley, Michael Rooker, Melonie Diaz, Sean Gunn, Owain Yeoman, Brent Sexton, Josh Bremer, David Dastmalchian, David Del Rio, Rusty Schwimmer, Gail Bean, James Earl, and Gregg Henry.SYNOPSIS:In a twisted social experiment, 80 Americans are locked in their high-rise […]

Movie Review – The Belko Experiment (2017)

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The Belko Experiment, 2017. Directed by Greg McLean. Starring John Gallagher Jr, Michael Rooker, John C. McGinley, Tony Goldwyn, Sean Gunn, Adria Arjona, David Dastmalchian, Owain Yeoman, Rusty Schwimmer, Melonie Diaz, Brent Sexton, and Gregg Henry. SYNOPSIS: In a twisted social experiment, 80 Americans are locked in their high-rise corporate office in Bogotá, Colombia and […]

Film Score Review – CHIPS (2017)

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Tony Black reviews the score for CHIPS… You remember CHiPs right? The 1970’s police drama starring Erik Estrada about two Californian motorcycle cops? No? Yeah, me neither. A hit American TV show, it wasn’t as popular across the Pond and hasn’t particularly retained a place in pop culture as many shows that straddled the less […]

Book Review – Star Wars: Thrawn by Timothy Zahn

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Ricky Church reviews Star Wars: Thrawn by Timothy Zahn… Ever since last Celebration’s announcement that Grand Admiral Thrawn would officially be joining the canon in Star Wars Rebels, fans of the character went wild with anticipation for his ‘return’. His characterization in Rebels, played by House of Cards’ Lars Mikkelsen, was well received, but fans […]

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: John Wick returns to the underworld to pay off a debt but soon discovers a large bounty has been put on his […]

Powerless Season 1 Episode 1 Review – ‘Wayne or Lose’

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Rachel Bellwoar reviews the first episode of the new DC sitcom Powerless… Superhero movies and shows aren’t the only culprits but collateral damage is real. Nobody talks about it. The broken windows. The buildings blown up. It’s all tucked away in the unspoken contract we’ve signed with the networks and studios. Give us more stunts […]