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Arrow Season 5 Episode 3 Review – ‘A Matter of Trust’

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Jessie Robertson reviews the third episode of Arrow season 5… “Green Arrow Brooding” is so last season; “Mayor Brooding” is now trending….. Trust is a tricky thing; it’s something Oliver doesn’t give or take lightly; he can’t; live through what he has and you would be the same way. We’re getting a sense of that […]

American Horror Story Season 6 Episode 5 Review

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Kirsty Capes reviews the fifth episode of American Horror Story season 6… As the nightmare continues, American Horror Story’s sixth anthology instalment comes to its midseason point as tensions reach new heights. Shelby and Matt have recovered Flora, finally, from the clutches of the Croatoan colony, but that doesn’t mean the danger is over, as […]

60th BFI London Film Festival Review – Bleed for This (2016)

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Bleed for This, 2016. Directed by Ben Younger. Starring: Miles Teller, Aaron Eckhart, Ciaran Hinds, Katey Sagal and Ted Levine. SYNOPSIS: Vinny Pazienza (Miles Teller) has achieved enormous success as a lightweight boxer but his career is threatened when he fails in the Junior Welterweight title fight against Floyd Mayweather. When a devastating car accident […]

The Flash Season 3 Episode 3 Review – ‘Magenta’

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Jessie Robertson reviews the third episode of The Flash season 3… Barry Allen: the second Daughter Joe never had (Yeah, I’d give him that look too, Barry) Tonight’s episode was titled “Magenta” and it gave us a new villain, and another one formed from the mysterious husks of Dr. Alchemy (are we going to get […]

Movie Review – The Martial Arts Kid (2015)

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The Martial Arts Kid, 2015. Directed by Michael Baumgarten. Starring Jansen Panettiere, Don Wilson, Cynthia Rothrock,Kathryn Newton and Matthew Ziff. SYNOPSIS: When misguided teen orphan, Robbie Oakes (Jansen Panettiere) gets in trouble with the law one too many times, his grandmother has little choice but to uproot him from Cleveland to Cocoa Beach to live […]

October Horrors Day 12 – Audition (1999)

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Audition, 1999 Directed by Takashi Miike Starring Ryo Ishibashi, Eihi Shiina and Renji Ishibashi SYNOPSIS: Middle-aged widower Shigeharu is encouraged by his concerned son to finally get himself back into the dating scene. Shigeharu, taking his son’s advice, albeit in a somewhat unconventional style, holds mock auditions for a new girlfriend in a manner akin […]

Movie Review – The Birth of a Nation (2016)

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The Birth of a Nation, 2016. Written and Directed by Nate Parker. Starring Nate Parker, Armie Hammer, Penelope Ann Miller, Jackie Earle Haley, Mark Boone Jr., Aja Naomi King, Aunjanue Ellis, Dwight Henry, Gabrielle Union, and Tony Espinosa. SYNOPSIS: Nat Turner, a literate slave and preacher in the antebellum South, orchestrates an uprising. Addressing the elephant […]

Comic Book Review – Mega-City Undercover Vol. 03

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Villordsutch reviews Mega-City Undercover Vol. 03… Mega-City Undercover Vol. 03 follows the lives of those that dwell within the not so black and white world of the Justice Department – the undercover enforcers, those that are called the Wally Squad.  Each member is unique in their skill set,  able to pass as one of the citizens or Perps […]

Movie Review – Kevin Hart: What Now? (2016)

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Kevin Hart: What Now?, 2016. Directed by Leslie Small and Tim Story Starring Kevin Hart, Halle Berry, Don Cheadle, and Ed Helms SYNOPSIS: Comedian Kevin Hart performs in front of a crowd of 50,000 people at Philadelphia’s outdoor venue, Lincoln Financial Field. It is as simple as this, if you enjoy Kevin Hart’s hyperactive style […]