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10 of the Biggest E3 Moments (1995-2019)
This year would have been the 30th anniversary of the #ElectronicEntertainmentExpo , once the biggest show in #gaming . I'm taking a look...
6 days ago1 min read
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28 Years Later Movie Review
Released: 19th June 2025 (UK and US) Length: 115 Minutes Certificate: 18 Director: Danny Boyle Starring: Alfie Williams, Aaron...
Jun 223 min read
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The Shadows of Men by Abir Mukherjee Book Review
Released: 16th June 2022 Genre: Fiction, Historical, Crime Drama Number of Pages: 336 Since 2017, the Sam Wyndham series has received...
Jun 162 min read
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Ballerina Movie Review
Released: 6th June 2025 (UK and US) Length: 125 Minutes Certificate: 15 Director: Len Wiseman Starring: Ana de Armas, Angelica Huston,...
Jun 83 min read
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Predator: Killer of Killers Movie Review
Released: 6th June 2025 (Disney+) Length: 90 Minutes Certificate: 18 Director: Dan Trachtenburg Starring: Lindsay Lavanchy, Lauren Hoult,...
Jun 63 min read
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Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning Movie Review
Released: 23rd May 2025 Length: 170 Minutes Certificate: 12A Director: Christoper McQuarrie Starring: Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Ving...
Jun 23 min read
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The Earth Transformed by Peter Frankopan Book Review
Released: 2023 Genre: Non-Fiction, Environment, History From the ice age all the way to the 21st Century, humans and planet earth have...
May 312 min read
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Alt Reich by Nafeez Ahmed Book Review
Released: January 2025 Genre: Non-Fiction, Politics, Society Number of Pages: 386 What do US President Donald Trump, the Heritage...
May 222 min read
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Love, Death and Robots Volume 4 Review
After a three-year break, a fourth volume of Love, Death and Robots has landed, bringing ten new short stories from the biggest animation...
May 165 min read
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Return of the Mafia|A Crime Trilogy Retrospective
My latest #gaming  retrospective is now available on YouTube. In the lead-up to #MafiaTheOldCountry  I'm taking a look at the first three...
May 151 min read
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Andor Series Review (Season 2)
Released: April 22nd to May 14th 2025 Number of Episodes: 12 Where To Watch: Disney+ Certificate: 12A Created by: Tony Gilroy Starring:...
May 143 min read
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Hunted by Abir Mukherjee Book Review
Released: 7th May 2024 Genre: Thriller, Action, Contemporary Number of Pages: 496 After many efforts into historical fiction, Abir...
May 32 min read
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Thunderbolts Movie Review
Released: 2nd May 2025 (UK and US) Length: 126 Minutes Certificate: 12A Director: Jake Schreier Starring: Florence Pugh, Wyatt Russell,...
May 33 min read
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Love in Exile by Shon Faye Book Review
Released: 6th February 2025 Genre: Non-Fiction, Society, Politics As a leading voice for transgender rights in the UK, Shon Faye has...
Apr 292 min read
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Sinners Movie Review
Released: 18th April 2025 (UK and US) Length: 138 Minutes Certificate: 15 Director: Ryan Coogler Starring: Michael B. Jordan, Hailee...
Apr 274 min read
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Warfare Movie Review
Released: 18th April 2025 (UK and US) Length: 95 Minutes Certificate: 15 Director: Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland Starring: Joseph Quinn,...
Apr 253 min read
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Daredevil: Born Again Series Review (Season 1)
Released: 4th March to 16th April 2025 Number of Episodes: 9 Certificate: 18 Where To Watch: Disney+ Created by: Dario Scardapane, Matt...
Apr 173 min read
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Black Mirror Series Review (Season 7)
Released: 10th April 2025 Number of Episodes: 6 Certificate: 18 Created by: Charlie Brooker For more than a decade now, Charlie Brooker’s...
Apr 153 min read
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Adolescence Series Review
Released: 13th March 2025 Number of Episodes: 4 Certificate: 15 Director: Phillip Barantini Starring: Stephen Graham, Owen Cooper, Ashley...
Mar 303 min read
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Rushmere Album Review
Released: 28th March 2025 Published by: Island Records Since 2007, Mumford & Sons have made their mark on UK music with a distinctive...
Mar 292 min read
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The Ministry of Time Book Review
Released: 2024 Genre: Fiction, Sci-Fi, Romance As a newcomer to the UK literary scene, Kaliane Bradley jumped in with short stories,...
Mar 282 min read
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Civilization Beyond Earth and Sid Meier's Starships: The Strategy Phase No One Remembers
With the recent release of #CivilizationVII , I'm taking a look back at the franchise's forgotten sci-fi phase in my latest video...
Mar 271 min read
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The Trading Game by Gary Stevenson Book Review
Released: 5th March 2025 (Original Hardback) Genre: Non-Fiction, Society, Finance, Politics Number of Pages: 408 Inside the glass towers...
Mar 222 min read
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Black Bag Movie Review
Released: 14th March 2025 (UK and US) Length: 94 Minutes Certificate: 15 Director: Steven Soderbergh Starring: Michael Fassbender, Cate...
Mar 163 min read
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Invincible Series Review (Season 3)
Released: 6th February - 13th March 2025 Number of Episodes: 8 Certificate: 18 Where To Watch: Amazon Prime Created by: Robert Kirkman...
Mar 143 min read
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Mickey 17 Movie Review
Released: 7th March 2025 (UK and US) Length: 137 Minutes Certificate: 15 Director: Bong Joon-ho Starring: Robert Pattinson, Naomi Ackie,...
Mar 123 min read
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Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky Book Review
Released: 1866 (Original release) Genre: Society, Crime, Philosophy Number of Pages: 434 Widely considered one of the pioneering Russian...
Mar 42 min read
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10 Controversial Oscar Nominees
In the lead-up to #Oscars2025 , I take a look at ten contentious film nominees from the last fifty years that cooked up a lot of debate....
Feb 271 min read
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People Watching Album Review
Released: 20th February 2025 Published By: Polydor After a four-year break, the UK musician Sam Fender has returned with the very...
Feb 222 min read
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Wellness by Nathan Hill Book Review
Released: 5th September 2024 Genre: Society, Drama, Romance Nathan Hill is an American journalist who recently made the jump to novels....
Feb 172 min read
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Captain America: Brave New World Movie Review
Released: 14th February 2025 (UK and US) Length: 118 Minutes Certificate: 12A Director: Julius Onah Starring: Anthony Mackie, Danny...
Feb 163 min read
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The Brutalist Movie Review
Released: 24th January 2025 (UK) Length: 215 Minutes Certificate: 18 Director: Brady Corbet Starring: Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, Guy...
Feb 63 min read
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Democracy Hacked: How Technology is destabilising Global Politics by Martin Moore Book Review
Released: 27th September 2018 Genre: Politics, Society, Technology Martin Moore is a director and researcher at King’s College London who...
Feb 42 min read
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Better Man Movie Review
Released: 26th December 2024 Length: 135 Minutes Certificate: 15 Director: Michael Gracey Starring: Robbie Williams, Jonno Davies,...
Jan 263 min read
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The Council: Evolving The Point And Click Adventure Game
My latest #gaming analysis is on #TheCouncil, an overlooked and underrated adventure game that evolves from other episodic titles from...
Jan 231 min read
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The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave Book Review
Released: 2020 Genre: Fiction, Drama, Historical Kiran Millwood Hargrave is a UK writer who mainly focuses on children’s books. The...
Jan 212 min read
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We Live In Time Movie Review
Released: 1st January 2025 (UK) Length: 108 Minutes Certificate: 15 Director: John Crowley Starring: Andrew Garfield, Florence Pugh,...
Jan 123 min read
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Nosferatu Movie Review
Released: 1st January 2024 Length: 132 Minutes Certificate: 15 Director: Robert Eggers Starring: Lily-Rose Depp, Nicholas Hoult, Bill...
Jan 103 min read
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A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
Released: 10th March 2015 Genre: Drama, Society, Fiction Number of Pages: 720 Hanya Yanagihara has written three novels over the last...
Jan 62 min read
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2024 in Film: The Year in Review
2024 was a year of two halves for cinema; on one side we had many crowd-pleasing titles and plenty of bold genre efforts that made their...
Dec 31, 20245 min read
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Anora Movie Review
Released: 1st November 2024 (UK) Length: 139 Minutes Certificate: 18 Director: Sean Baker Starring: Mikey Madison, Mark Eydelshteyn, Yura...
Nov 24, 20243 min read
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Gladiator II Movie Review
Released: 15th November 2024 (UK) Length: 148 Minutes Certificate: 15 Director: Ridley Scott Starring: Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal, Joseph...
Nov 17, 20243 min read
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One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest: Creating Audience Empathy
My latest #film  analysis is now available on YouTube, I'm looking at #OneFlewOverTheCuckoo'sNest  and how such a simple film creates so...
Nov 14, 20241 min read
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Material World by Ed Conway Book Review
Released: 2024 (Paperback Version) Genre: Geopolitics, Society, History Number of Pages: 444 In the 21st Century the western world has...
Nov 1, 20242 min read
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For the Overlord! | A Triumph Studios Duology Retrospective
My shorter retrospective on #Overlord and #OverlordII from #TriumphStudios is now available on YouTube. I look into this unique IP and...
Oct 10, 20241 min read
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The Substance Movie Review
Released: 20th September 2024 (UK and US) Length: 141 Minutes Certificate: 18 Director: Coralie Fargeat Starring: Demi Moore, Margeret...
Oct 9, 20243 min read
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Joker: Folie à Deux Movie Review
Released: 4th October 2024 (UK and US) Length: 138 Minutes Certificate: 15 Director: Todd Phillips Staring: Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga,...
Oct 5, 20243 min read
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Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe Book Review
Released: 1958 Genre: Society, Drama, Historical Number of Pages: 152 Widely regarded as one of the greatest books ever written, Chinua...
Oct 5, 20242 min read
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Megalopolis Movie Review
Released: 27th September 2024 (UK and US) Length: 138 Minutes Certificate: 15 Director: Francis Ford Coppola Starring: Adam Driver,...
Sep 29, 20243 min read
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Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker Book Review
Released: 3rd October 2017 Genre: Non-Fiction, Science, Society Matthew Walker is one of the leading minds on sleep, how it works and why...
Sep 25, 20242 min read
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