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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 […]

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‘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 […]

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‘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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‘Made In Italy’ – Review

November 28, 2020 Samuel Hames

Liam Neeson returns to the big screen, and this time it’s a family affair as he’s joined by his son Micheál Richardson for this easy-going and quintessentially heart-warming film in Made In Italy. A bohemian artist travels from London to Italy with his estranged son to sell the house he inherited from his late wife. […]

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‘The Mandalorian’ – Season 2 – ‘The Jedi’ – Review

November 28, 2020 Samuel Hames

Week on week, Season Two of The Mandalorian continues to get more exciting, and now we’ve arrived at a very exciting and important event in the series narrative in Chapter 13: ‘The Jedi’. His work complete on Nevarro, the Mandalorian (Pedro Pascal) continues on his trek to locate a fabled Jedi on the plant of […]

The Mandalorian Season Two The Siege Review

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‘The Mandalorian’ – Season 2 – ‘The Siege’ – Review

November 21, 2020 Samuel Hames

Season Two of The Mandalorian is picking up speed and Din Djarin’s quest to return The Child to its homeworld takes a very interesting narrative turn in Episode 12: ‘The Siege’. Running on empty after his encounter with both the Ice Spiders, the New Republic and his battles alongside Bo-Katan Kryze, the Mandalorian heads to […]

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