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Mr. Robot Season 2: Not quite clicking like it used to

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Rachel Bellwoar reviews the first half of Mr. Robot season 2… An erratic viewing schedule on my end hasn’t helped but, while Mr. Robot‘s creativity is still there in season two, my investment in it hasn’t been. As the last person who wanted to feel that way after season one, an attempt to divulge why at the halfway point.   […]

Scream: The TV Series Season 2 Episode 11 Review – ‘Heavenly Creatures’

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Martin Carr reviews the eleventh episode of Scream: The TV Series season 2… As usual I am running behind schedule. Up against it and the creator of my own predicament. Having watched the finale to this second season I obviously know the outcome but have no intention of spoiling it for anyone. With the unveiling […]

FrightFest Presents Review – Road Games (2015)

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Road Games, 2015. Directed by Abner Pastoll. Starring Andrew Simpson, Joséphine de La Baume, Frédéric Pierrot, Barbara Crampton and Edward Hogg. SYNOPSIS: Amidst reports of a serial killer riding the roads, a couple of hitchhikers in rural France accept a lift from a strange man. A quick look at the title and the synopsis of […]

LEGO Marvel Super Heroes – Doctor Strange’s Sanctum Sanctorum (76060) Review

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Gary Collinson reviews LEGO Marvel Super Heroes – Doctor Strange’s Sanctum Sanctorum… 2016 has been a rather solid year for LEGO’s Marvel Super Heroes line; we’ve had some excellent Captain America: Civil War tie-ins and Spider-Man sets (including Spider-Man: Ghost Rider Team-Up, which I absolutely loved), and now the folks at LEGO have one other treat […]

Video Game Review – Alter Ego on the NES

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Villordsutch reviews Alter Ego on the NES… In our homebrew reviews today we take a look at game that destroys your mother’s bizarre hysterical rant of, “I can’t be in two places at once!?” and puts it to bed once and for all.  Not only that, but it’s possibly the first NES game I’ve ever […]

Movie Review – The Purge: Election Year (2016)

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The Purge: Election Year, 2016. Written and Directed by James DeMonaco. Starring Frank Grillo, Elizabeth Mitchell, Mykelti Williamson, Joseph Julian Soria, Betty Gabriel, Terry Serpico, Edwin Hodge, and Kyle Secor. SYNOPSIS: Years after sparing the man who killed his son, former police sergeant Barnes has become head of security for Senator Charlie Roan, a Presidential […]

Comic Book Review – Doctor Who: The Twelfth Doctor Vol. 2 – Fractures

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Tony Black reviews Doctor Who: The Twelfth Doctor Vol. 2 – Fractures… After their adventures in India, the Doctor and Clara return to her present – but danger is slipping through the cracks between universes, and London (and UNIT!) have no defence against the Fractures! Will the Doctor risk all of reality to reunite a […]

Movie Review – War Dogs (2016)

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War Dogs, 2016. Directed by Todd Phillips. Starring Miles Teller, Jonah Hill, Ana de Armas and Kevin Pollak. SYNOPSIS: David Packouz (Teller) is a down-and-out masseuse, living with his girlfriend with few ambitions, and a baby on the way. At a funeral for an old school friend he bumps into his childhood best friend Efraim […]