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Father Christmas And Me (book 3) by Matt Haig (book review).
‘Father Christmas And Me’ is the third in a series of books that chart the story not only of Father Christmas but also…
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November 2017
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Assassin’s Price (The Eleventh Book of The Imager Portfolio) by L.E. Modesitt, Jr (book review).
Another damned thick book. Always scribble, scribble, scribble! Huh, Mister Modesitt? Like Edward Gibbon, L.E. Modesitt, Jr. writes long books, also of a…
October 2017
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Bright: orcs in the hood (movie trailer).
Another trailer for Bright, a new fantasy movie hitting Netflix 22nd December 2017, set in an alternate present-day urban Earth where humans, orcs,…
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GameNight by Jonny Nexus (book review).
Many years ago, someone invented the game of ‘Dungeons And Dragons’. In the 1970s, university students would waste many a night sitting around…
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The Brigstowe Dragons by Eamonn Murphy (ebook review).
It is far, far harder to write a convincing novel for teenagers or Young Adults than most people expect. It is not just…
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Meddling Kids: A Novel by Edgar Cantero (book review).
What happens when teen detectives grow up? As teens Andy, Kerri, Nate and Peter spent their summers together in the town of Blyton…
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Good Omens TV series Hamm’s it up.
BBC Two has announced actor Jon Hamm (Mad Men, Baby Driver, Bridesmaids) will be joining the cast of the Good Omens TV series in the…
September 2017
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Flatliners (a film review by Frank Ochieng)
There is always a risk involved when revisiting cinema from the past and dusting it off in favor of an ambitious remake for…
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The Lego Ninjago Movie (film review by Frank Ochieng)
The Lego film franchise had a nice run in its first two outings. The phenomenal response to 2014’s ‘The Lego Movie’ and, earlier this year, the popular…
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The Furthest Station (A PC Grant novella) by Ben Aaronovitch.
‘The Furthest Station’ is a welcome novella to bridge the gap in the ‘Rivers Of London’ series. Following an apprentice wizard, Peter Grant…
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Hannah Green And Her Unfeasibly Mundane Existence by Michael Marshall Smith (book review).
‘I need a hero. I’m holding out for a hero.’ With apologies to Jim Steinman and Bonnie Tyler you may just need Hannah…
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Good Omens TV show crews up again.
Good Omens, the forthcoming fantasy TV series for Amazon and BBC Two has cast young actor Sam Taylor Buck as Adam Young, the…