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This section is where you will find Anime, Gaming and Film reviews from Calvin and the Anime Amigos.

Triangle Strategy – Game Review

Triangle Strategy (Available for Nintendo Switch only) Triangle Strategy is the newest game from Square Enix using their HD2D engine, which was previously used in Octopath Traveller- which was a roaring success, creating a throwback to Super Nintendo era Final

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Latest Anime Amigos Podcast Filmed at New Premises!

We are very pleased to celebrate the fact that the most recent Anime Amigos Podcast was recorded at our new premises – Enjoy! Anime Amigos Podcast: Best of Winter 2022 We pick our favourite Anime of the winter 2022 season

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Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022) – Review

“SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2” The first Sonic the Hedgehog movie was an unbelievable success, surprising even Paramount and going on to become the highest grossing video game movie ever. With that, plus a sweet merchandising deal, a sequel was inevitable,

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Ambulance (2022) – Review

“AMBULANCE” Ambulance is the latest film from director Michael Bay, a director who in the past, I have stated has never made a film that I liked. Though, I personally thought that I was never going to be forcibly exposed

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Ghostwire Tokyo – Game Review

Ghostwire Tokyo (available for PlayStation 5 and PC) (PlayStation 5 version used for review) Ghostwire Tokyo has had a long and tricky development. I was first hearing about this game in 2019 and it has had numerous development issues in

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Gran Turismo 7 PS5 Review

Gran Turismo 7 My experience with GT7 is that I have beaten the story mode with all 39 menu’s completed. Gran Turismo 7 is the latest game in the simulation racing Gran Turismo franchise on PlayStation and was made to

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Elden Ring – Game Review

Elden Ring Available on Playstation 5, Playstation 4, Xbox Series X and S, Xbox One, and PC. PC Version used for Calvin and Elliot’s review, Playstation 5 version used for Reece’s review. Now this triple review is going to be

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Chocobo GP – Game Review

Chocobo GP (Available for Nintendo Switch only) Chocobo GP is the latest entry in a Final Fantasy themed cart racer that traces back to two entries on the PlayStation 1. It also is part of the Chocobo Mystery Dungeon series

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Belle (2021) – Review

“BELLE” Belle is the latest film written and directed by Mamoru Hosoda, of whose works I have written about extensively in my book and I’ve even covered two of his films on this site, most notably The Boy and the

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Sing 2 – Review

“SING 2” Sing 2 is the latest sequel to one of Illumination’s productions. When I reviewed ‘Sing’ I never left that film thinking ‘that needs a sequel’. I know a lot of animated films are getting them now but Sing

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The Batman (2022) – Review

“THE BATMAN” The Batman is directed by Planet of the Apes director Matt Reeves, and is now the fourth time we’ve had a Batman reboot. I think the whole concept of Batman bears no introduction, but it’s very clear that

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Horizon Forbidden West – Game Review

Horizon Forbidden West (Available for PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4) (PS5 version used for both reviews) Horizon: Forbidden West is the long awaited sequel to Horizon: Zero Dawn, one of the smash hits of the PS4 back in 2017 which

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Death on The Nile (2022) – Review

“DEATH ON THE NILE (2022)” Death on the Nile is the second in a recent series of adaptations of Agatha Christie novels that have been directed by Kenneth Branagh, who also stars in the leading role of Hercule Poirot. And

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Uncharted (2022) – Review

“UNCHARTED (2022)” Uncharted is a new movie that is in the initiative that Sony is putting out to make films based on their PlayStation franchises. This is most evident from the fact that the opening sequence features a ‘PlayStation Productions’

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Pokémon Legends Arceus – Game Review

Pokémon Legends Arceus (Available for Nintendo Switch only) Much like before I’ll state for the record that the three reviewers that played this game all picked a different starter. Reece chose Cyndaquil, Elliot picked Rowlett and I took Oshawott. Now,

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Film Reviews Coming Soon

I just wanted to let people know that I’m still continuing to visit the cinema and review films, and these will be posted on the website soon. Calvin – Nerd Consultant Share This Post:

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Scream (2022) – Review

“SCREAM (2022)” The problem with doing these reviews is I’m often dancing around spoilers, so as a result I’m kind of put in a position where I can’t talk about everything I want to talk about, so you probably would

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The 355 – Review

“THE 355” Look, I don’t want to spend too long on this film because frankly, The 355 is rubbish. One of the first films to come out in 2022, releasing the weekend after New Year’s weekend, it’s arrived in dumping

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