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HBO’s Game of Thrones was a television event that consumed all of our lives with its lavish visuals, vivid action and memorable characters, and now a new chapter of Westeros is ready to be brought to the screen in House of the Dragon. And this new series is set to be masterful epic that must […]

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‘Where the Crawdads Sing’ – Review

July 21, 2022 Samuel Hames

Bringing together a collision of genres and one of the literary world’s most intriguing and nuanced characters to the big screen is director Olivia Newman’s Where the Crawdads Sings, and this production will take audiences by surprise. From the best-selling novel comes a captivating mystery. Where the Crawdads Sing tells the story of Kya Clark […]

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‘The Phantom of the Open’ – Review

July 14, 2022 Samuel Hames

There’s nothing like a good sports film to leave you inspired and wanting to conquer mountains. It’s even better when it’s a true story of guts and determination. But when it comes to feats of athletic prowess and unwavering determination they don’t get stranger, kookier or more inspirational than the true life story of ‘professional […]

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‘The Terminal List’ – ‘Reclamation’ – Review

July 12, 2022 Samuel Hames

It all comes down to this, the final episode of Prime Video’s The Terminal List, ‘Reclamation’ is before us, and it’s the concluding chapter to what has been the most gung-ho, nail-driving, in-your-face, tomahawk-wielding action television event of 2022. And your adrenal gland will be working overtime with this all or nothing final episode of […]

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‘The Terminal List’ – ‘Extinction’ – Review

July 10, 2022 Samuel Hames

Navy SEAL James Reece (Chris Pratt) is drawing closer to the truth and the completion of his mission of vengeance in The Terminal List. In Episode Seven, ‘Extinction’, Reece returns to his home of Coronado, California to exact personal revenge on the men of his command who betrayed him. And he’s about to bring the […]

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‘The Terminal List’ – ‘Transience’ – Review

July 9, 2022 Samuel Hames

The hunter is now the hunted in the latest episode of The Terminal List, ‘Transience’, and time is of the essence as Navy SEAL James Reece (Chris Pratt) finds himself cornered in the California backwoods, with an encroaching force all around him and he has to do everything in his power to stay alive. So […]

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‘The Terminal List’ – ‘Disruption’ – Review

July 7, 2022 Samuel Hames

Episode Four of The Terminal List, ‘Detachment’ got gritty as Navy SEAL James Reece unleashed his monstrous side and delivered a cold and brutal justice. But his war’s just ramping up, and he builds closer to the conspiracy that is surrounding him… and it’s all about to go BOOM in Episode Five, ‘Disruption’. Reece travels […]

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‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ – Review

July 6, 2022 Samuel Hames

Our most anticipated MCU film of the year has arrived, and it’s time to rock out in pure heavy metal style with Taika Waititi’s colourful, creative and charming science-fiction-action-adventure film, Thor: Love and Thunder. Following the events of Avengers: Endgame, Thor attempts to find inner peace, but must return to action and recruit Valkyrie, Korg, […]

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‘The Terminal List’ – ‘Detachment’ – Review

July 5, 2022 Samuel Hames

Navy SEAL James Reece (Chris Pratt) is on the hunt and this heroic figure is growing darker by the minute as he zeroes in on the targets of his ‘terminal list’ and makes to deliver justice at centre mass. This is exactly where he finds himself in Episode Four of The Terminal List, ‘Detachment’, and […]

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‘The Black Phone’ – Review

July 5, 2022 Samuel Hames

Prepare to come face to face with evil in the full-on horror flick The Black Phone, which places you in the claustrophobic lair of a mad man with the dread and terror growing ever more intense, minute by minute. And once you see the horror that lies at the heart of The Black Phone….you can’t […]

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‘Where the Crawdads Sing’ – Review

‘The Phantom of the Open’ – Review

‘The Terminal List’ – ‘Reclamation’ – Review

‘The Terminal List’ – ‘Extinction’ – Review

‘The Terminal List’ – ‘Transience’ – Review

‘The Terminal List’ – ‘Disruption’ – Review

‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ – Review

‘The Terminal List’ – ‘Detachment’ – Review

‘The Black Phone’ – Review