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Noël Coward’s classic comedy work, Blithe Spirit, finds new life in its ghoulishly funny tale of why tampering with the spirit world isn’t always a great idea, and audiences are in for plenty of light-hearted fun with this one. A spiritualist medium holds a seance for a writer suffering from writer’s block but accidentally summons […]

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‘Words On Bathroom Walls’ – Review

December 13, 2020 Samuel Hames

Teenage-romance angst movies? We’ve seen a lot of them. They follow a standard formula and we always know where they’re going to land. Words On Bathroom Walls is the exception. This is something completely different and audiences won’t see where this one is heading in a narrative which is thoroughly powerful and wraps your emotions up […]

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‘The Mandalorian’ – Season Two – ‘The Believer’ – Review

December 12, 2020 Samuel Hames

This latest episode of The Mandalorian, ‘Chapter 15: The Believer’ was kept short and sweet, with high energy and intensity and gave audiences a story that really tackled the line between good and evil. Following the kidnapping of Grogu by the forces of Moff Gideon (Giancarlo Esposito), the Mandalorian (Pedro Pascal), Cara Dune (Gina Carano), […]

Movie Reviews

‘The Witches’ – Review

December 7, 2020 Samuel Hames

Roald Dahl’s distinctive mix of humour and scares find their way into Robert Zemeckis’ The Witches, and this classic children’s tale finds a fresh voice for a whole new generation. In late 1967, a young orphaned boy goes to live with his loving Grandma (Octavia Spencer) in the rural Alabama town of Demopolis. As the […]

Television Recaps

‘The Mandalorian’ – Season Two – ‘The Tragedy’ – Review

December 5, 2020 Samuel Hames

This weeks episode of The Mandalorian takes a solid right turn that no one could expected….and if you think Season Two has had your pulse elevated just wait till you see what happens in ‘Episode 14: The Tragedy’. Following his encounter with Ahsoka Tano, the Mandalorian, Din Djarin, and The Child, Grogu, venture to the […]

Movie Reviews

‘Godmothered’ – Review

December 4, 2020 Samuel Hames

The Fairy Godmother, a staple of the Disney Fairytale and a character whom we all think we know. Well, you might have to guess again with Godmothered as this tale of fairy godmothers and the magic that they weave gets spun on its head and reinterprets just what a real-life fairy tale can be and […]

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