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

Happy 2nd Birthday!

I just wanted to wish Calvin and the Axia Film Society congratulations on the second anniversary of it’s launch, and Calvin’s first review, “SIN CITY 2: A Dame to Kill For”. The time seems to have flown so quickly, two

Posted in Anime and Gaming, Guest Contributions, News

The Purge: Election Year – Review

“THE PURGE: ELECTION YEAR” This year, we have received yet another entry in The Purge franchise, much to the enjoyment of those who enjoy the franchise and much to the disgust of everyone else. The Purge, for those of you

Posted in Anime and Gaming

Swallows And Amazons (2016) – Review

“SWALLOWS AND AMAZONS” Ok, let’s get the full disclosure out of the way first, I have not read the book Swallows and Amazons and I have never seen any of the previous adaptations of the story so this will be

Posted in Anime and Gaming

Batman: The Killing Joke – Review

“BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE” If there is one film that producer Bruce Tim has been trying to get going since DC went almost completely animated, it’s The Killing Joke and why not it’s one of the most iconic Batman stories

Posted in Anime and Gaming

Suicide Squad – Review

“SUICIDE SQUAD” The DC Cinematic Universe is back with its 3rd entry in its franchise. Now if I’m honest, I am not the hugest Suicide Squad fan. I read a lot of the comics, I have read most of their

Posted in Anime and Gaming

Finding Dory – Review

“FINDING DORY” Pixar was back on a roll last year when they released Inside Out which earned them yet another Best Animated picture Oscar, granted it went downhill a bit with The Good Dinosaur, but I still thought that was

Posted in Anime and Gaming

Ghostbusters (2016) – Review

“GHOSTBUSTERS (2016)” Now, if like me, you grew up in the early to mid 1990’s, you probably didn’t grow up with Ghostbusters but still caught the tail end of the Ghostbusters craze. Nevertheless, I loved that movie, I even liked

Posted in Anime and Gaming

Justice League Vs Teen Titans – Review

“JUSTICE LEAGUE VS TEEN TITANS” The next film in the new DC animated Universe, although really calling it new at this point is rather rich, considering we are now 3 years into it and once again it is directed by

Posted in Anime and Gaming

Independence Day: Resurgence – Review

“INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGENCE” I remember a while back, I saw a documentary, I can’t remember exactly what it was about, but I think it was about the Top 50 Box Office Successes in UK cinemas and the documentary got to

Posted in Anime and Gaming

The Secret Life of Pets – Review

“THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS” The Secret Life of Pets is the latest film from animation house The Illumination Pictures who are famous for creating the Despicable Me movies and the Minions but they seem to want to widen their

Posted in Anime and Gaming

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out Of The Shadows – Review

“TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: OUT OF THE SHADOWS” People who regularly read my reviews will recall one of my earlier reviews way back in 2014 when I started the Axia Film Society, which was the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

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When Marnie Was There – Review

“WHEN MARNIE WAS THERE” Everyone who reads my reviews regularly already knows that I am a huge Studio Ghibli fan and I consider their collection of films to be my favourite series of films, which meant that this is the

Posted in Anime and Gaming

Warcraft (2016) – Review

“WARCRAFT” I mentioned a few weeks ago when I reviewed the Angry Birds movie that video game movies don’t tend to do well and are usually reviled by general audiences, critics and gamers alike and I think that’s down to

Posted in Anime and Gaming

Ghost In The Shell: The New Movie – Review

“GHOST IN THE SHELL: THE NEW MOVIE” Yes that really is the title, but this is not to be confused with the upcoming live action film that will star Scarlett Johanson and will be coming out next year, which I

Posted in Anime and Gaming

X-Men Apocalypse – Review

“X-MEN APOCALYPSE” Yep another comic movie we’re certainly not short of them this year. Good news for comic fans like me, bad for people getting bored of Superhero movies. I love the X-men movies with the exception of X-men Origins

Posted in Anime and Gaming

The Angry Birds Movie – Review

“THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE” Yes, they have finally done it, they have made a movie out of a very, very plotless video game. This is the 2nd of what will be 4 video game adaptations to come out this year

Posted in Anime and Gaming

Bad Neighbours 2 – Review

“BAD NEIGHBOURS 2” Bad Neighbours 2, or alternatively, as it’s known in America Neighbours 2: Sorority Rising. The title has changed for International audiences in Europe and Australia to avoid confusion with the Australian soap of the same title, though

Posted in Anime and Gaming

Captain America: Civil War – Review

“CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR” It’s finally here, Phase 3 of Marvel kicks off now which is set to be one of the most ambitious film projects of all time, which will culminate in 10 movies in total. It was supposed

Posted in Anime and Gaming
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