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Review: The Returned Episode 1

By • Jun 16th, 2013 • Category: Reviews
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The Returned – The Movie That Came Before The TV Series – Available on DVD and Blu Ray
The Returned opens quietly, as we’re walked around a small mountain town in France. We see a bar, filled with the usual teenage drinkers and an older man, Jérôme, who’s come to see one of the waitresses. She [...]



Man of Steel – “best Superman film in the last 34 years”

By • Jun 14th, 2013 • Category: Cinema
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Man of Steel Henry Cavill as Superman
While it’s easily the best Superman film in the last 34 years, Man of Steel could put off some longer-term fans due to playing fast and loose with what they may be expecting. Which is particularly interesting coming from Zack Snyder, whose Watchmen movie suffered from trying to stick [...]



Evil Dead II – Blu-ray Review

By • Apr 7th, 2013 • Category: DVD / Blu Ray / VOD
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Evil Dead 2 Special Edition Blu Ray
There are some films which are considered cult classics. And then there are some cult classics that are considered all-time greats. And then there are some all-time greats which are considered the perfect example of their type. Evil Dead 2 (Dead by Dawn) sits comfortably in this final category, [...]



Doctor Who: Babblesphere

By • Apr 6th, 2013 • Category: Reviews

Doctor Who: Babblesphere
Written by Jonathan Morris
Published by Audio Go and Big Finish
April is no longer the cruellest month. This year, it’s the month to celebrate Tom Baker’s time as the Fourth Doctor, and as such, former companion Lalla Ward narrates the latest Destiny of the Doctor release.
The Doctor and Romana find themselves on an Earth [...]



Star Trek The Next Generation – Hive

By • Mar 27th, 2013 • Category: Comics
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Comic Book Review – Star Trek The Next Generation – Hive
Star Trek The Next Generation – Hive is the full story (all four issues of HIVE, as originally published), weighing in at a hefty 106 pages.
Star Trek TNG – HIVE Comic Book
We first meet Locutus of Borg, for he is what Jean Luc Picard has [...]



Doctor Who – Prisoners of Time. Issue 3

By • Mar 23rd, 2013 • Category: Comics
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Doctor Who – Prisoners of Time. Issue 3, Written by Scott & David Tipton, art by Mike Collins. IDWv
Featuring the third Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith, Prisoners of time is set in the UNIT era. Amidst unusually fierce and pan-global storms, the emergency call goes out to recall The Doctor to UNIT. He and Sarah [...]



Pilgrim – Audio Review

By • Mar 20th, 2013 • Category: Audio
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Pilgrim – Available from AudioGo
“Of all the tales told on these islands, few are as strange as that of William Palmer. Cursed apparently, on the road to Canterbury in the spring of 1185; for denying the presence of the other world, by the King of the Greyfolk, or Fairy, Himself. And compelled to walk from [...]



Maniac

By • Mar 18th, 2013 • Category: Cinema
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MANIACTold entirely from the point of view of a crazed serial killer, a young man kills women and scalps them in order to add to his collection.
Maniac has benefitted from a very strong poster, and being picked up for contention in various awards. It’s created some buzz that this remake of the 1980s slasher of [...]



Evil Dead – 2013 Remake – Review

By • Mar 18th, 2013 • Category: Cinema
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Evil Dead – THE MOST TERRIFYING FILM YOU WILL EVER EXPERIENCE
Five young people go to a cabin in the middle of the countryside. Once there, things start to get weird. Once they discover a book bound in human flesh, things become worse. Lethally so.
The Evil Dead series has always over-delivered. The big question going into [...]



The New Ghostbusters #2 IDW ComicBook

By • Mar 12th, 2013 • Category: Comics
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The New Ghostbusters #2 IDW ComicBookSo there has been an inter dimensional accident and the ghostbusters have disappeared. But all is not lost – the state of New York has found some funds and recruited a new team, but this time they are trained and (mainly) women! Following a rather degrading costume change and photo [...]