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Movie Review – The Accountant (2016)

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The Accountant, 2016. Directed by Gavin O’Connor. Starring Ben Affleck, Anna Kendrick, J.K. Simmons, Jon Bernthal, John Lithgow, and Jeffrey Tambor. SYNOPSIS: As a math savant uncooks the books for a new client, the Treasury Department closes in on his activities and the body count starts to rise. Sometimes, too much going on in the script […]

DVD Review – Anthropoid (2016)

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Anthropoid, 2016. Directed by Sean Ellis Starring Cillian Murphy, Jamie Dornan, Charlotte Le Bon, Anna Geislerova and Toby Jones. SYNOPSIS: Based on a true story, Anthropoid details the successful assassination of SS General, Reinhard Heydrich during World War II by a small group of Czech resistance fighters deployed by parachute near Prague. In line with […]

Movie Review – Anthropoid (2016)

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Anthropoid, 2016. Directed by Sean Ellis. Starring Cillian Murphy, Jamie Dornan, Anna Geislerová, Charlotte Le Bon and Alena Mihulová. SYNOPSIS: Based on the true story of WWII’s Operation Anthropoid, where resistance fighters in Czechoslovakia attempted to assassinate “Butcher of Prague,” SS General Reinhard Heydrich. According to Oxford Dictionaries, “anthropoid” means “resembling a human being in form.” In Sam […]

Comic Book Review – Batman #42

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Ricky Church reviews Batman #42… More surprises around every corner as the all-new Batman hits the streets of Gotham City! Jim Gordon’s transformation as Gotham City’s new Batman continues in Batman #42 as he faces down his second superpowered villain. Much like the issue before it, Batman #42 is mostly a quiet affair with a […]

DVD Review – The Phoenix Incident (2015)

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The Phoenix Incident, 2015. Written and Directed by Keith Arem. Starring Troy Baker, Elise Muller, James C. Burns, Karl Girolamo, William Goldman and Mason Shea Joyce. SYNOPSIS: A number of ‘missing person’ cases are reported in Phoenix, Arizona when an unexplained light appears in the sky one night in 1997. When talent such as Keith […]

The Flash Season 2 Episode 23 Review – ‘The Race of His Life’

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Jessie Robertson reviews the season 2 finale of The Flash… Run, Barry, Run! We’ve heard that slogan all throughout this show, “Run, Barry, Run”, both slyly acknowledging his superhero identity while urging him forward on his superheroic quest. 2 episodes back, there was a very interesting slogan used when Barry was inside the Speed Force: […]

Person of Interest Season 5 Episode 6 Review – ‘A More Perfect Union’

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Ricky Church reviews the sixth episode of Person of Interest season 5… While not much really happened in Person of Interest’s ‘A More Perfect Union’, it definitely served as a calm before the storm, giving both the characters and audience a bit of a breather before the endgame truly begins. The case-of-the-week wasn’t too interesting, […]

Person of Interest Season 5 Episode 12 Review – ‘.exe’

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Ricky Church reviews the twelfth episode of Person of Interest season five… We’ve now reached the penultimate episode of Person of Interest and ‘.exe’ was a tense one as Finch found his way in the belly of the beast, confronting Samaritan head on. ‘.exe’ was also memorable for examining the choices each of the main […]

Person of Interest Season 5 Episode 9 – ‘Sotto Voce’ Review

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Ricky Church reviews the ninth episode of Person of Interest season 5… Person of Interest’s ‘Sotto Voce’ did something the show rarely has done over the course of its five seasons: it brought back a low level antagonist who appeared only in one episode. The Voice, who appeared in season three’s ‘Last Call’, decided to […]