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16 references and in-jokes in X-Men ‘97 Episode Eight

 Question: Is there an animated show which is better than X-Men ‘97 right now? Answer: No. The cartoon series – a continuation of X-Men: The Animated Series – is firing on all cylinders at the moment and is easily one of the greatest pieces of television of 2024. Not only does it provide oodles of entertainment, but it is…

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Review: Curse of the Blair Witch – 25th Anniversary

 On July 14th 1999, The Blair Witch Project debuted in US cinemas. The supernatural horror movie, written, directed, and edited by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez, told the story of three student filmmakers who disappear in the woods while making a documentary about a local myth known as the Blair Witch. The unique selling point of the…

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What is the order of the DCI Tom Raven books?

 In 2022, UK authors Margarita and Steve Morris (under the pseudonym M S Morris) published the crime thriller, The Landscape of Death: A Yorkshire Murder Mystery. The book revolved around a murder case in Scarborough in the UK, led by police officer DCI Tom Raven. In the book, Raven is brought onto the case when the…

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What is the order of the Deathlands books?

 In 1986, Christopher Lowder (under the pseudonym Jack Adrian) and Laurence James (under the pseudonym James Axler) published the novel Pilgrimage to Hell. Set in a post-apocalyptic world, following a series of devastating explosions, Pilgrimage to Hell followed the story of three warriors who set out on a journey of survival in the ‘Deathlands’. Following…

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Review: The Spider (2024)

 Now streaming on YouTube is the short horror fan-film, The Spider. The short – written and directed by Andy Chen – stars Chandler Riggs, Holgie Forrester, and Carl Addicott, and is a body horror reworking of the Spider-Man mythology. In the film, Peter Parker is bitten by a spider and his body begins to change. However,…

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Review: The Fall Guy (2024)

 In The Fall Guy, Colt Seavers is a movie stunt man who primarily works as a stunt double for Hollywood action star, Tom Ryder. It’s dangerous work, but something which Colt is great at, and he makes a good living doing the jobs that most would baulk at. But during one of his stunts, something…

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How to watch Prime Suspect in order

 In 1991, the British police procedural show, Prime Suspect made its television debut. Created by author Lynda La Plante, the series followed the story of Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison – one of the first female DCI’s in Greater London’s Metropolitan Police Service. In the series, Tennison investigates crimes while battling institutionalised sexism within the police force.…

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What is the order of the Jane Tennison books?

 In 2016, British author Lynda La Plante published the crime thriller, Tennison. Set in 1973, the book revolved around 22-year-old police officer, Jane Tennison, as she leaves the Metropolitan Police Training Academy and works on her first murder case. The book was conceived as a prequel to the award-winning ITV television series, Prime Suspect. Tennison was written as a…

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Review: Bob Marley: One Love (2024)

 New to digital download in the UK this week, following its theatrical release back in February, is the biographical drama, One Love. The movie – directed and co-written by Reinaldo Marcus Green – stars Kingsley Ben-Adir, Lashana Lynch, James Norton, and Tosin Cole, and sets its story around reggae singer and songwriter, Bob Marley. In…

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