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Transformers 40th Anniversary Event: A Glorified DVD Extra
Written by Luke Barnes Summary Most of the original cast from the very first Transformers series get back together to rerecord the first few episodes, and you get to watch them do it. This experience made me realise I am not as big a Transformers fan as I thought I was. It also made me realise the dire state that the Transformers IP is in. Before the proceedings began we got a new look at the…
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The Bad Batch Season 3 Overview: One Last Time Into The Fire
Written by Luke Barnes Summary The Batch are back for one last fight against the Empire. I would say that this is the best Star Wars related piece of media in a long while. Now I am not saying season 3 is perfect, because there is still a little fat that could have been trimmed off it and a new episodes that felt like filler, such as when they brought back Ventress for no real…
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The Dying Age Of The Moviestar
Written by Luke Barnes In this cinema issues article we are talking about the idea of the movie star in the classic sense, and asking have they become extinct. So when you think of movie stars of the past George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Brad Pitt, Densel Washington and many others you think of worldwide recognition, you think of everyone knowing who they are, you think of them as almost…
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Boy Kills World: Bob Tries Out Some New Techniques In The Kitchen
Written by Luke Barnes Summary A young man, Bill Skarsgard, goes on a quest for revenge in an odd and absurdist world. This film feels like it would have worked a lot better as a videogame, in almost every way it feels like a tongue in cheek, silly but also taking itself seriously videogame. As it stands it has problems and won’t work for a lot of people, the main reason for this is because…
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Renegade Nell Series Overview: The Most Tame Supposedly Edgy Show You Will Ever Watch
Written by Luke Barnes Summary A young woman, Louisa Harland, is accused of a murder she didn’t commit so becomes a highwaywoman for some reason. When you see headlines about Disney + still being far behind their subscriber targets, and still miles away from Netflix, this is why. A series that is based around one thing, people being shocked that a highwayman is in fact a woman. There is a…
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How Disney Is Quickly Becoming The Most Hated Studio In Hollywood
Written by Luke Barnes In this cinema issues article we are talking about the dire state of Disney and how they are facing down a pretty dismal future and why that is. On paper Disney should be doing well, they have some many classic film franchises, and are well known and in some quarters beloved across the world, and yet at the 2023 box office they had more bombs than any other studio.…
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Sasaki and Peeps Season Overview
Written by Luke Barnes Summary A man and his bird travel between a magical fantasy world and our modern world. There is a lot to love about the first season of Sasaki and Peeps, it is wholesome has great character dynamics and a massive world that is just calling out to be explored. I think the mix between different anime genres works well, and that there is not jar between high fantasy…
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Abigail: A Little Girl Taking Down Grown Men
Written by Luke Barnes Summary A group of people kidnap a little girl, and are met with bad consequences. A preface, I do not support Melissa Barrea or her anti-Semitic nonsense, I have been very vocal about that. As such I did not see this film at the cinema, and debated even affording it this review as my coverage might give it and her undeserved attention, however, it was playing at an…
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The Death And Destruction Of Doctor Who As A Franchise: It Is Over Folks
Written by Luke Barnes In this cinema issues article we are talking about how Doctor Who has become a sorry husk or shadow of its former self Now a quick warning before we get into it, if you cannot handle someone else’s opinion, particularly one you disagree with then you need to stop reading this review and reflect on why that is and maybe get some help. I am allowed my opinion on Doctor Who…
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Spy X Family Code White: The Quest For Poo
Written by Luke Barnes Summary The Forger’s head off on another family trip. As a big fan of Spy X Family I was a little upset that rather than a second half to season two we were getting this, however, after watching it I can safely say that though I would have liked a few more episodes this was far more worthwhile than I had expected it to be. I liked seeing the family come together both in…
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Knuckles: Life In The Fast Lane
Written by Luke Barnes Summary Knuckles, voiced by Idris Elba, is back and this time he is patching up father son relationships, or trying to at least. I was really, really looking forward to this and possibly I went in expecting a bit too much. I thought this was going to be the next chapter in the Sonic universe, I was expecting much more in the way of cameos and maybe even some more games…
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Swede Caroline: Growing Wild and Free
Written by Luke Barnes Summary A mockumentary film about the world of competitive vegetable growing. This may be one of the best surprises of the year so far, it seemingly came out of nowhere and had little to no fanfare but it was easily the funniest film of the year by a wide margin. Whilst I often say of comedy films that they had some good laughs but it was not a laugh a minute, I would…
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Back To Black: A Life Cut Short
Written by Luke Barnes Summary A biopic about Amy Winehouse These musical biopics are all the same at this point, if things have gone as intended then this will be coming out the day after my Bob Marley review and as such I can really hammer home that point. Much like the Bob Marley review said again this follows the same formula as all the rest, the rise, the reign and then the fall. I find…
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Bob Marley One Love: Music Conquers All
Written by Luke Barnes Summary A biopic about Bob Marley. These musical biopics are all the same at this point, sure they are based on real life so they can’t do much to jazz it up, but it is always the same the rise, the stardom and then the fall. There is nothing to mix it up and the only difference is the songs that litter the films sound track, honestly I think we need to have a period of…
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The Coming Drought That Is The Summer 2024 Box Office
Written by Luke Barnes This piece will talk about the dire issue facing Hollywood this year, the incredibly thin on the ground summer slate. Now as any good movie fan worth their salt will tell you the summer is the key time to be making money in the film business, the kids are off school, people want somewhere cool to go to get away from the scorching temperatures, depending on where you live,…
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Invincible Season 2 Overview
Written by Luke Barnes Summary Mark picks up the pieces of his life after his dad rearranged this teeth. I am mixed on this season. On the whole I lean to it being good but it was such a half measure. I liked that they are finally starting to set up the Mark and Eve stuff, I liked that we got more time with Alen, and I liked seeing the return to Mars and the decimating of the remaining heroes…
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Monkey Man: Killing The Guru
Written by Luke Barnes Summary This was a massive surprise, both in terms of the quality of the film but also that Dev Patel has really strong action chops both behind and in front of the camera. Going into this film I was expecting more of a thriller than what this was which was a straight up action film. The action here is brutal and you feel every punch, I wouldn’t quite say it was on the…
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