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Westworld Season 1 Episode 3 Review – ‘The Stray’

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Tony Black reviews the third episode of Westworld… Inevitably the pedal eases off in ‘The Stray’, Westworld‘s third episode, which takes a step to the side in order to contextualize and deepen the character beats and motivations of the sprawl of main characters in Jonathan Nolan’s ensemble. It’s becoming clear that the show intends to […]

Comic Book Review – Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #5

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Tony Black reviews Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #5… “Sinestro’s Law” part 5! Sinestro’s Fear Engine powers up as the Green Lantern Corps streaks across the universe to find Guy Gardner, but instead come face to face with a battle-ready armada standing in their way. We are now well and truly racing toward a conclusion […]

Comic Book Review – Archangel #3

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Tony Black reviews Archangel #3… Mr. Baby–a bizarre looking, dangerous man–is the sole survivor of Berlin’s prewar nightlife. Play by his rules, and he can get you anything, but he’s not one to be crossed. A hard lesson for our inter-dimensional pilot… and the corrupt officials from his world who want him dead. It’s taken […]

Comic Book Review – The X-Files: Origins #2

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Tony Black reviews The X-Files: Origins #2… Before the FBI, before the X-Files, they were just two teenagers in search of the truth. On Martha’s Vineyard, a young Fox Mulder investigates something strange happening on the island, while in San Diego, 13-year-old Dana Scully looks into the shocking murder of her teacher. Two kids, two […]

Comic Book Review – Green Lanterns #6

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Tony Black reviews Green Lanterns #6… “FAMILY DINNER”! The rookie Green Lanterns try to reconcile some of their differences, when Simon Baz makes a terrifying offer to Jessica by inviting her over for dinner with his family. Can the two survive this with the mysterious Guardian tracking the duo? ‘Rage Planet’ overall has been a […]

Second Opinion – Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016)

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Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, 2016. Directed by Edward Zwick Starring Tom Cruise, Cobie Smulders, Aldis Hodge, Danika Yarosh, Patrick Heusinger, Holt McCallany, Robert Catrini, Madalyn Horche and Robert Knepper. SYNOPSIS: Ex-Army drifter Jack Reacher finds himself drawn into a military conspiracy when he attempts to protect disgraced Major Susan Turner, suspected of espionage… Not […]

Black Mirror Season 3 Episode 2 Review – ‘Playtest’

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Tony Black reviews the second episode of Black Mirror season 3… Charlie Brooker has always been a big gamer, growing up in the 80’s with the advent of the home entertainment system, through to middle age as this year we enter the realm of PlayStation VR – the true first step after Kinect & Google […]

Westworld Season 1 Episode 1 Review – ‘The Original’

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Tony Black reviews the first episode of Westworld… Given the end of Game of Thrones is a year or two at most away around the corner, HBO is banking a lot on Westworld to fill a void, not just of multi-million dollar, event series television, but also that heightened level of mythology and intrigue the […]

Comic Book Review – Big Trouble in Little China/Escape From New York #1

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Tony Black reviews Big Trouble in Little China/Escape From New York #1… It’s the mother of all crossovers as Jack Burton and Snake Plissken meet for the first time ever anywhere! Done with director John Carpenter’s complete blessing, witness this melee of the mullets as two cult-classic characters made famous by actor Kurt Russell crossover […]