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Movie Review – Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)

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Florence Foster Jenkins, 2016. Directed by Stephen Frears. Starring Meryl Streep, Hugh Grant, Simon Helberg and Rebecca Ferguson. SYNOPSIS: The story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite having a terrible singing voice. Are we to laugh with, or laugh at Florence Foster Jenkins, a question […]

Movie Review – The Shallows (2016)

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The Shallows, 2016. Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra. Starring Blake Lively. SYNOPSIS: A mere 200 yards from shore, surfer Nancy is attacked by a great white shark, with her short journey to safety becoming the ultimate contest of wills. The Shallows director Jaume Collet-Serra isn’t a well-known name to mainstream audiences, but he is beginning to slowly […]

Movie Review – Swiss Army Man (2016)

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Swiss Army Man, 2016. Written and Directed by Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert. Starring Paul Dano, Daniel Radcliffe, and Mary Elizabeth Winstead. SYNOPSIS: A hopeless man stranded on a deserted island befriends a dead body and together they go on a surreal journey to get home. Just a quick disclaimer – everything described in this […]

Person of Interest Season 5 Episode 2 Review – ‘SNAFU’

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Ricky Church reviews the second episode of Person of Interest season 5… Given the dire nature the POI team has found themselves in, especially after the events of the season 5 premiere ‘B.S.O.D.’, you’d expect the follow up episode to build off the suspense. Instead, ‘SNAFU’ was perhaps the lightest episode of Person of Interest […]

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 3 Episodes 21 and 22 Review – ‘Absolution and Ascension’

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Danny Hale reviews the season three double bill finale of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D…. Warning: FULL spoilers for BOTH parts of the finale below… I love two-part finales; they allow for an appropriate build whilst also accommodating lengthy action sequences and getting the most out of our drama. ‘Absolution’, Part 1 of our finale dealt mostly […]

Video Game Review – OlliOlli2: Welcome to Olliwood

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Kris Wall reviews OlliOlli2: Welcome to Olliwood… Just one more go. Four words that every gamer has uttered to themselves time and time again. That need to do something again, better, faster, more accurate, more skillful, a better combo, a higher score. Over time, games have begun introducing the ability to restart levels quickly with […]

Second Opinion – Bad Neighbours 2 (2016)

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Bad Neighbours 2, 2016. Directed by Nicholas Stoller. Starring Seth Rogen, Zac Efron, Rose Byrne, Chloe Grace Moretz, Dave Franco, Kiersey Clemons, Ike Barinholtz, Selena Gomez, Carla Gallo and Lisa Kudrow. SYNOPSIS: After a sorority moves in next door, which is even more debaucherous than the fraternity before it, Mac and Kelly have to ask […]

Movie Review – The Angry Birds Movie (2016)

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The Angry Birds Movie, 2016. Directed by Clay Kaytis and Fergal Reilly. Starring Jason Sudeikis, Josh Gad, Danny McBride, Maya Rudolph, Bill Hader, Kate McKinnon, Tony Hale and Peter Dinklage. SYNOPSIS: Find out why the birds are so angry. When an island populated by happy, flightless birds is visited by mysterious green piggies, it’s up […]