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A ‘Star Wars’ Hater Reviews ‘The Force Awakens’

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First and foremost, I should qualify the title of this review. I loved Star Wars as a kid. The movies were awesome and the toys were radical (that’s how we expressed our love of… Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘The Hateful Eight’

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Director: Quentin Tarantino Cast: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russel, Walter Goggins, Tim Roth, Bruce Dern, Michael Madsen, Demian Bichir, Channing Tatum, Zoë Bell, James Parks Plot: In a post Civil… Continue reading

LEGO Keeps Spoiling Marvel Movies – Including ‘Civil War’

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There’s a very strange trend happening in regards to movie spoilers the past few years. There’s been an ongoing habit by Denmark based plastic brick production powerhouse of dropping big spoilers for the… Continue reading

Turning Felicity Smoak into Oracle is a Terrible Idea

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If you’re allergic to spoilers and have not yet seen the mid-season finale to Arrow, turn back now. Final warning. Good. So Felicity ended the season in a bit of a pickle. She survived… Continue reading

Top 10 Board Games for Betraying Your Friends

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There’s a tabletop game on Kickstarter at the moment right now called ‘Secret Hitler‘, a game based around advancing your teams agenda without knowing exactly who else is on your team. Also one… Continue reading

My 10 Favourite TV Shows

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Most of our top 1o lists try to consider all angles. We try to rein in personal opinion as much as possible so we speak to the reader. Not today. It’s my birthday, and… Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘Goosebumps’

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Director: Rob Letterman Cast: Jack Black, Dylan Minnette, Odeya Rush, Ryan Lee Plot: Teenaged Zach and his mother move to a new town, where they encounter the bad tempered neighbour and his daughter, who… Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘In the Heart of the Sea’

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Director: Ron Howard Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Benjamin Walker, Cillian Murphy, Tom Holland, Ben Winshaw, Brendan Gleeson Plot: Herman Melville meets with the last survivor of the Essex, a whaling ship that sank under dubious… Continue reading

Tabletop Review: ‘XCOM’

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Oh, hey…a board game based on a video game. That totally sounds like a worthwhile investment. Kinda like replacing a Blu-Ray with a VHS. On the other hand, I’ve long loved the XCOM game… Continue reading

Yet Another Top 10 TV Intros

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It’s been a couple of years since we put together a list of the best TV show intros that we never skip. After rereading our first two lists it was clear that there’s… Continue reading