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  • Pocahontas vs Hercules – Film Review

    Pocahontas vs Hercules I’ve already talked a bit about Disney films when lockdown first came into effect, but I thought I’d go back to the subject after a conversation that I had in the office with some of my friends around Disney films of the 90s, and which ones did and didn’t work. I was…

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  • 30-Day Film Challenge

    30-Day Film Challenge So around the time lockdown went in, Cineworld introduced the 30-day film challenge. So, on June 1st for the entire month, they would introduce the 30-day film challenge, and I thought that I could put my spin on it or at least give my thoughts on each, on how and which film…

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  • Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2 – Game Review

    Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2 (Available for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC) (Nintendo Switch version used for review) Castlevania Symphony of the Night Director Koji Igarashi AKA Iga announced at NGPX that the Bloodstained series would continue there Castlevania alternative with Inti Creates’s Bloodstained Curse of the Moon, their alternative to classic…

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  • 7 Reasons Why One ‘Hey Arnold!’ Movie Worked and The Other One Didn’t – Film Reviews

    I am a huge fan of Hey Arnold!, it’s one of my favourite Nickelodeon series. It probably would be my favourite if Avatar: The Last Airbender did not come out. I enjoy it so much I could probably do a ‘Top 10 Episodes’ list and I would really struggle to narrow it down to my…

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  • Anime Amigos Vlog Episode 37

    Anime Amigos Vlog Ep 37: best and worst of spring 2020 while uk’s lockdown is easing, for our safety we stay at home for a bit longer and give our thoughts on the anime that came out in spring this year 2:25 our thoughts on the season 5:37 our best Holdovers 9:10 our Best OP’s…

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  • 5 Reasons Why ‘Street Fighter: Assassin’s Fist’ Is The Greatest Videogame Adaptation – Film Review

    Videogame adaptations have been a prominent things ever since the rise in popularity of videogames in the 90s, and they’ve also received the stigma of the fact that they tend to not turn out very well, though we’re starting to see an increase in good ones, populated by the fact that last year one of…

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  • Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive edition – Game Review

    Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive edition (Available for Nintendo Switch only) Xenoblade Chronicles gets it’s third release after previously appearing on the Nintendo Wii and 3DS. It seemed an interesting idea to rerelease Xenoblade again on the Switch given that it’s an old game with a cult following which meant it was primed for another release, especially…

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  • Ninjala – Game Review

    Ninjala (Available for Nintendo Switch only) This is a free online multiplayer battle royal game for the Switch that pits 8 players as cartoony Ninja’s battling against each over on a map for a set time to see who can get the highest score for knocking their opponents out. This game arrives at an interesting…

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  • The Last of Us Part II – Game Review

    The Last of Us Part II (Available for PlayStation 4 only) The Last of Us Part II is the sequel to the Original game from the PlayStation 3 7 years after the fact. The original game was considered one of the best games of that consoles library and a new standard for narrative games by…

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  • 5 Ways An Ending Can Ruin A Movie

    Okay, let’s talk about endings. A friend suggested to me that I do a ‘Top 10 Good Movies Ruined By Their Ending’ list a while back, and I tried to work on it only to realise that there are very few examples of that. Not too many can still be considered “good” if the ending…

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  • Pokémon Sword/Shield expansion pass part 1: Isle of Armour – Game Review

    Pokémon Sword/Shield expansion pass part 1: Isle of Armour (Available for Nintendo Switch only) (a copy of Pokémon Sword or Shield is required before purchase) In January Game Freak released a Pokémon only Nintendo Direct which announced both the release of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon DX for Switch but there would also be additional DLC packs…

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  • Evan’s Remains – Game Review

    Evan’s Remains (Available for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC) (PC version used for review) Evan’s Remains is an Indie game funded through Kickstarter that combines a visual novel with a puzzle platformer. That alone gives you some reason to be intrigued by the mere concept and the visual style from the trailers reminded…

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  • 5 Reasons I Don’t Like ‘Boyhood’ But Do Like ‘Whisper of The Heart’

    5 Reasons I Don’t Like ‘Boyhood’ But Do Like ‘Whisper of The Heart’ It might be a bit late to talk about Boyhood but it’s a film I’ve really wanted to talk about ever since I started reviewing films. I started reviews films in text form in 2014, and shortly after I did, I was…

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  • Ranking Best Animated Feature Winners of The Decade

    When it comes to the Oscars, most people look to Best Picture as one of the big ones of the night. But in all honesty, one of the categories that I really look to is Best Animated Feature. It’s no surprise that I’m a big advocate for animated films, I really do enjoy animation to…

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  • 51 Worldwide Classics – Game Review

    51 Worldwide Classics (Available for Nintendo Switch only) Named Clubhouse Games everwhere else, this is Nintendo’s published collection of 51 board, card and varriety games such as Darts, Blackjack, Shogi, Bowing, Hanafuda, Chess and many more. It’s basically a Switch answer to those fun get your friends together for a party game night and offers…

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  • 5 Reasons Why The Blair Witch Project Is Still Great

    5 Reasons Why The Blair Witch Project Is Still Great The other day I was watching a video on YouTube by Mitch Benn, where he listed the 5 reasons why David Lynch’s adaptation of Frank Herbert’s Dune is still great. It’s an absolutely excellent video, you really should watch it. He made it in light…

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  • Shantae and the Seven Sirens – Game Review

    Shantae and the Seven Sirens (Available for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, Mobile phones) (Nintendo Switch version coming in July) (PC version used for review)   Shantae and the seven Sirens is the latest entry in the Shantae franchise that came out last year to mobile phones but now has been distributed to consoles. I’m…

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  • Ranking the Highest Grossing Films 2010-2019

    Ranking the Highest Grossing Films 2010-2019 It seems to me that I never really did a piece around the beginning of January about my thoughts on the decade of films. But to be fair, it’s a lot harder to do a ‘Best of’ anything of the decade because, especially with films, you’re dealing with thousands…

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