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Belfast (2021)

Set in Belfast, Northern Ireland in the late sixties with the ever-growing conflict between Catholics and Protestants, ‘Belfast’ follows the life of young Buddy and his working class family as they try to navigate these issues while maintaining a happy home life.  The tone of the film is all over the place, at some points …

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Demon Slayer-Kimetsu no Yaiba-The Movie: Mugen Train (2020)

Demon Slayer-Kimetsu no Yaiba-The Movie: Mugen Train finds four young demon slayers being sent on a mission where there are human disappearances, thought to be caused by a demon. There they meet a fellow demon slayer who is of the highest rank. While on the train they discover that it is a sleep demon wreaking …

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It Follows (2014)

After giving in to her desire to have sex with a guy she was dating, Jay, played by Maika Monroe, starts to be pursued by a supernatural creature that takes the form of different people, but that no one else can see. She later finds out that this is a curse and there is no …

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Ashens and the Polybius Heist (2020)

Ashens and the Polybius Heist is a British comedy heist film made on a comparatively low budget, which unfortunately shows in the acting and set design. Stuart Ashen, commonly known as Ashens, a collector of tat, aims to pull off a huge heist reclaiming the infamous Polybius arcade cabinet which allegedly can control the players …

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1Quest

1Quest is a roguelike, a challenging turn based RPG with high replay value This is one of the worst games I have ever played, downright ugly and awful to play. The controls are horrendous, the art style is ugly and it’s not fun at all. Would I play this again? Never.

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1993 Space Machine

Space shooters never die. 1993 is a testament to that. 1993 is a classic shoot em up celebrating games like Gradius, R-Type and Life Force. This is a brilliantly fun and short game. It’s a shoot em up of the bullet hell kind, and while I never usually enjoy these type of games simply because …

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1954 Alcatraz

1954: Alcatraz – The cash is out there. But who will get it?Joe’s doing 40 years on Alcatraz for a heist on an armored truck. The loot is still hidden out there, but only Joe knows where it is. In the streets of San Francisco, Joe’s ex-accomplices and his wife are eager to find the …

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140

140 is a challenging minimalistic platformer with abstract colorful graphics. Rhythmic awareness is required to overcome obstacles controlled by an energetic, yet melancholic electronic soundtrack. This is a pixel-perfect rhythmic platformer and, as a white man, I have no rhythm and I am dog awful at platformers. It’s such a well made game and there’s …

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12 Labours of Hercules V: Kids of Hellas

With your help, Hercules must return the kids home, blow up the factory that produces the evil toys, and lead a strategic operation to destroy Ares’ command transmitter in 12 Labours of Hercules V: Kids of Hellas! Same shit different day, no improvement on the fourth entry, but that’s fine, at least it wasn’t a …

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12 Labours of Hercules IV: Mother Nature

The legendary hero Hercules and his wife Megara are back, ready to embark on their next adventure! The Gods are outraged at their defeat and have summoned a fearsome beast who can match Hercules’s god-like strength. This is the best of the series so far! A few different gameplay elements have been added, the screens …