A Man Among Ye review – Enjoy, Me Hearties!
High adventure on the high seas in the waning days of piracy, when men were men, and the best pirates were...women?
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Forgotten Home review – A brisk, breezy blend of fantasy action and family drama
April 28, 2020
by Noelle Adams
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Family and fantasy world power struggles collide in this ComiXology Originals comic series from Erica Schultz and Marika Cresta. A great gateway to comics reading...
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The Complex – From Bandersnatch to Bandages, Natch!
March 31, 2020
by Noelle Adams
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If TV and film viewing is feeling too passive for you right now, you might find some catharsis in interactive movie The Complex. This timeous...
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Gretel & Hansel review – A gorgeous looking but half-baked gingerbread house
March 4, 2020
by Noelle Adams
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Arguably the most horrific of fairy tales gets a full-blown horror treatment in Gretel & Hansel, a visually striking, but otherwise muddled, movie adaptation.
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Birds of Prey review
February 7, 2020
by Noelle Adams
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There's no harm in having a second opinion review for high-profile and potentially divisive Birds of Prey. Seeing as it's positioned such a Girl Power...
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Locke and Key review – fanciful whimsy replaces dark horror at the other Hill House
February 3, 2020
by Tracy Benson
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As it usually goes, the television adaptation of the horror-fantasy comic Locke and Key has not had a smooth path from page to screen. There...
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Midway – A blockbuster war movie done right
January 15, 2020
by Noelle Adams
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While you wait for the release of Oscar-nominated 1917, you still have time to catch Midway, a surprisingly solid WWII blockbuster.
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The Clock – Time to worry about weaponised cancer in this intriguing comic
January 8, 2020
by Noelle Adams
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A world-ending viral outbreak, and not a single anti-vaxxer in sight. Offering a break from superpowered escapism, The Clock is a thought-provoking new comic miniseries,...
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The Witcher Review – Five things we loved (and one thing we didn’t) about Netflix’s new fantasy series
December 20, 2019
by Tracy Benson
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The hype machine is chugging away, hard at work to position The Witcher as the much-watch genre successor to Game of Thrones. But is the...
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Fractured Minds review – A concentrated, clever exploration of life with mental illness
November 29, 2019
by Noelle Adams
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Living with anxiety, depression and other world-warping mental health issues. Cross-platform interactive short Fractured Minds is a powerful and perceptive experience that conveys what it’s...
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