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Movie Review – Don’t Knock Twice (2016)

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Don’t Knock Twice, 2016. Directed by Caradog W. James Starring Katee Sackhoff, Lucy Boynton, Javier Botet, Nick Moran, Jordan Bolger, Pooneh Hajimohammadi, Richard Mylan and Ania Marson SYNOPSIS: A mother desperate to reconnect with her troubled daughter becomes embroiled in the urban legend of a demonic witch. The ever-likeable Katee Sackhoff strands herself in a well-made but trite Candyman knock-off that desperately strives […]

Movie Review – Man Down (2017)

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Man Down, 2017. Directed by Dito Montiel. Starring Shia LaBeouf, Kate Mara, Gary Oldman and Jai Courtney. SYNOPSIS: A former US Marine returns home after a traumatic tour of duty in Afghanistan and finds an America that’s just as much a battlefield as the country he’s left. “America, we have a problem!” is scrawled in […]

Comic Book Review – Penny Dreadful

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Calum Petrie reviews Titan’s Penny Dreadful… Featuring Vanessa Ives (Eva Green), Sir Malcom Murray (Timothy Dalton) and Sembene (Danny Sapani) the story recounts the events that led up to the explosive first season of the show. This prequel reveals the terrifying events that led Vanessa to try and find her missing childhood friend, Mina Harker, […]

Movie Review – The Eyes of My Mother (2016)

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The Eyes of My Mother, 2016. Written and Directed by Nicolas Pesce. Starring Kika Magalhães, Olivia Bond, Diana Agostini, and Paul Nazak. SYNOPSIS: A young, lonely woman is consumed by her deepest and darkest desires after tragedy strikes her quiet country life. You can’t but applaud director Nicolas Pesce for lack of vision. His streamlined feature […]

Iron Fist Season 1 Episode 8 Review – ‘The Blessing of Many Fractures’

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Shaun Munro reviews the eighth episode of Iron Fist… At one point in Iron Fist‘s eighth episode, Ward comically laments to Joy, “It’s cliche! It’s pathetic!”, which ironically feels like a frequently apt descriptor for the show’s writing, especially in this tremendously disappointing follow-up to two rather solid entries. “The Blessing of Many Fractures” hits the […]

Movie Review – The Boss Baby (2017)

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The Boss Baby, 2017. Directed by Tom McGrath. Featuring the voice talents of Alec Baldwin, Miles Christopher Bakshi, Steve Buscemi, Jimmy Kimmel, Lisa Kudrow, and Tobey Maguire. SYNOPSIS: A suit-wearing briefcase-carrying baby pairs up with his seven-year-old brother to stop the dastardly plot of the CEO of Puppy Co. The Boss Baby has an overactive […]

Comic Book Review – Riverdale #1

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Tai Freligh reviews Riverdale #1… From Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and the writers of the new CW series Riverdale comes the first issue of the MUST-READ, brand new, ongoing comic series. Set in the universe of the TV series, the Riverdale comic tells untold stories that take place between episodes. Riverdale offers a bold, subversive take on Archie, Betty, Veronica, Josie […]

Video Game Review – Disc Jam

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Shaun Munro reviews Disc Jam… Released for “free” as part of PlayStation Plus’ Instant Game Collection, High Horse Entertainment’s Disc Jam has already been widely touted as “the new Rocket League“, a half-apt, half-reductive comparison that may both help and hinder the sci-fi sports title in the long run. For what it’s worth, Disc Jam is almost as […]