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Movie Review – Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (2016)

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Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, 2016. Directed by Tim Burton. Starring Eva Green, Asa Butterfield, Ella Purnell, Chris O’Dowd, Allison Janney, Terence Stamp, Kim Dickens, Rupert Everett, Judi Dench and Samuel L. Jackson. SYNOPSIS: Following a family tragedy, lonely teenager Jake decides to travel to Wales in order to search for answers that his grandfather has told […]

Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 4 Episode 2 Review – ‘Meet the New Boss’

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Danny Hale reviews the second episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 4… Meet the New Boss lived up to its name as we got our first look at the new face of S.H.I.E.L.D. and he’s . . . oddly charming. I’m not sure what I was expecting from the new director but this Jeffrey really […]

Movie Review – Masterminds (2016)

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Masterminds, 2016. Directed by Jared Hess. Starring Zach Galifianakis, Owen Wilson, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones and Jason Sudeikis. SYNOPSIS: A night guard at an armored car company in the Southern U.S. organizes one of the biggest bank heists in American history. Masterminds was originally set to release in August of last year, but those […]

American Horror Story Season 6 Episode 3 Review

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Kirsty Capes reviews the third episode of American Horror Story season 6… Season 6 continues, and we are now falling in to the familiarity of the My Roanoke Nightmare premise of this latest offering from American Horror Story. It’s clear that the show-within-a-show format is here to stay, to my dismay as you’ll know if you’ve read […]

Movie Review – Deepwater Horizon (2016)

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Deepwater Horizon, 2016. Directed by Peter Berg. Starring Mark Wahlberg, Kurt Russell, Gina Rodriquez, Dylan O’Brien, Kate Hudson and John Malkovich. SYNOPSIS: A story set on the offshore drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, which exploded during April 2010 and created the worst oil spill in U.S. history. By all accounts, it would have been far easier for […]

Movie Review – Kickboxer: Vengeance (2016)

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Kickboxer: Vengeance, 2016. Directed by John Stockwell. Starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dave Bautista, Alain Moussi, Sara Malakul Lane, T.J. Storm, Gina Carano, George St-Pierre, Matthew Ziff and Sam Medina. SYNOPSIS: A martial arts fighter seeks revenge after his brother is killed in the ring. It’s been a long time coming and now it is finally […]

Comic Book Review – 2000 AD Prog #2000

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Mark Allen reviews 2000 AD Prog #2000… It’s a miracle for any publication to reach its 2,000th issue, let alone a cult British sci-fi anthology known for its weird sense of humour and pulpy six-pager Future Shocks. Most superhero comics undergo dozens of reboots, renumberings and reproduction of new fans just to keep up interest in […]

Movie Review – Free State of Jones (2016)

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Free State Of Jones, 2016. Directed by Gary Ross. Starring Matthew McConaughey, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Mahershala Ali, Christopher Berry, Bill Tangradi and Keri Russell. SYNOPSIS: Disenchanted soldier Newton Knight (Matthew McConaughey) deserts the Confederates during the Civil War and returns to his home in Jones County, and leads a rebellion against the army taking food grown by […]

Comic Book Review – Assassin’s Creed Last Descendants – Locus #1

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Calum Petrie reviews Assassin’s Creed Last Descendants – Locus #1… Brand new story set in the stunning world of Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate! Dive into the sordid underworld of Victorian London, and the memories of New Yorker, Tommy Greyling, as he teams up with Evie Frye and Henry Green to search for a Piece of Eden […]