Neither a dud worthy of the torrent of criticism sparked by the trailer, nor a classic on par with the original, Paul Feig’s Ghostbusters reboot provides enough fun to vindicate its own production.
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Wildflower – The Avalanches
In the case of Wildflower, The Avalanches have had a colossal 16 year build-up of excitement and expectation to compete with.
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Game of Thrones Season Six
A roundup and review of season six of Game of Thrones. Each from the writers who guided us through the season episode by episode: Pete Bartholomew, Scott Reynolds, and Clare Clarke.
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Independence Day: Resurgence
Roland Emmerich’s ‘Independence Day: Resurgence’ is predictably vapid, emotionally tone-deaf, and the dizzying orgy of CGI does little to mask its glaring missteps.
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When Marnie Was There
When Marnie Was There, as with much of Ghibli’s oeuvre, has the feel of a fairy-tale. Adapted from an English novel of the same name by Joan G. Robinson, When Marnie Was There shifts the setting from Norfolk to rural Japan, a manoeuvre pulled off with a surprising deftness. The story centres on Anna, a…
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The Winds of Winter – Game of Thrones
The season six finale, ‘The Winds of Winter’, shares its name with the long-awaited (and still pending) sixth instalment in A Song of Ice and Fire from George RR Martin. At 69 (lol) minutes long, this episode is the longest episode of Game of Thrones ever. It needed to be as well, since the previous…
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99.9% – KAYTRANADA
Haitian born and Canadian raised, Kaytranada (Louis Kevin Celestin) first gained fame for his 2012 reworking of Janet Jackson’s ‘If’, inspiring a string of production credits for a variety of artists from Chicago rapper Vic Mensa to UK house heroine Katy B. However, with this fifteen-track collection, Kay has finally transcended from being the invisible…
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Battle of the Bastards – Game of Thrones – S06 E09
The title of this week’s episode, the ‘Battle of the Bastards’ gave a fairly clear indication to viewers of what to expect from the episode: the highly-anticipated battle for Winterfell between Ramsay Bolton (Snow) and Jon Snow. The episode opened, however, where the previous one left off, with Daenerys having returned to a besieged Meereen. …
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Field Day 2016 – A ‘Proper Residential’ Experience
One of our writers spent the weekend at Field Day soaking in every experience going, from the music to the weather, and gave us this rather enjoyable rundown of it all, including pictures from their very own phone. You couldn’t get closer unless you were there. Which they were… Anyway, here’s the full Field Day…
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No One – Game of Thrones – S06 E08
As most Game of Thrones fans agree, the last three episodes of the show tend to be the best: a culmination of the previous seven and, as with seasons two and four, a possibility that episode nine will be focused on one place only. So, with the hopes it is one of the best of…
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