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Tag: 2017
Sniper: Ultimate Kill (2017) – Review
And still the Sniper conveyor belt rolls on…However, with its seventh instalment, something strange seemed to happen to this franchise that all snipers have to
The Punisher – Season 1, Episode 13: Momento Mori (2017) – Review
And so, after a noticably uneven season that’s fast becoming typical for the Netfix arm of Marvel, we finally come to the final episode of
The Punisher – Season 1, Episode 11: Danger Close (2017) – Review
Ask and you shall receive, I guess.After something of an impressive turnaround thanks to the last two episodes, The Punisher series has finally snapped out
The Punisher – Season 1, Episode 10: The Virtue Of The Vicious (2017) – Review
OK Punisher, so I’m going to make you a promise; I will stop making references to how slow the majority of the show has been,
The Punisher – Season 1, Episode 9: Front Toward Enemy (2017) – Review
I knew we’d get there eventually, it just took a little more patience than I was expecting…Surely one of the more interesting aspects about the
The Punisher – Season 1, Episode 8: Cold Steel (2017) – Review
Could it be that my relentless punishing of The Punisher has finally come to an end? Could it be that the countless hours the show
The Punisher – Season 1, Episode 7: Crosshairs (2017) – Review
I guess all it took was a little patience.After an entire half season of having all of its characters embark on all of their various
The Punisher – Season 1, Episode 6: The Judas Goat (2017) – Review
Well, once again I have to deal with the frustration of one of the Netflix Marvel shows stumbling into another annoying bad habit. During my
The Punisher – Season 1, Episode 5: Gunner (2017) – Review
After five episodes, we find that Netflix’s version of the Punisher still struggling to find its baseline as the political conspiracy plot continues to rumble
The Punisher – Season 1, Episode 4: Resupply (2017) – Review
I guess when you’re trying to build a crime eradicating operation from the ground up, it just suddenly happen overnight. No, it takes planning, patience
The Punisher – Season 1, Episode 3: Kandahar (2017) – Review
If there’s a common complaint about the various superhero shows that emerged from the union between Netflix and Marvel is that no matter who the
The Punisher – Season 1, Episode 2: Two Dead Men (2017) – Review
I have to be honest, I thought that considering we’d already had the lion’s share of an origin story thanks to his sizable role in
The Punisher – Season 1, Episode 1: 3AM (2017) – Review
OK, so the second season of Netflix’s shot at Daredevil had some issues, but within its rather uneven story was born something that more than
Death Race 2050 (2017) – Review
Just how many different franchises of Death Race do we actually need?For those weaned of the Paul Anderson Death Race movie (W.S., not P.T. –
Happy Death Day (2017) – Review
I’ve mentioned my love of the paradoxical subgenre known as the feel good horror film before; but while there are many great examples of this
Victor Crowley (2017) – Review
Victor Crowley was dead. After the events of 2013’s Hatchet III, the raging, malformed ghost that has made his name by colourfully tearing intruders to
Stranger Things – Season 2, Chapter 9: The Gate (2017) – Review
And so once again, the end is almost nigh on the town of Hawkins as progressively stranger things insist on assaulting a small group of
Stranger Things – Season 2, Chapter 8: The Mind Flayer (2017) – Review
Right, where were we? After the devestating tonal misstep of the previous episode brought the entire season to a screeching halt, it’s now down to
Stranger Things – Season 2, Chapter 7: The Lost Sister (2017) – Review
Woah. What the hell happened here?The notion taking a show that mostly follows an ensemble format and suddenly shifting focus to a single character can
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