The Thing from Another World Review

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Kicking off this mini-Halloween Thing (get it?) with the original adaptation of classic book “Who Goes There?”: “The Thing From Another World”. If you’ve watched either of the other two “Thing” movies or indeed other sci-fi/horror stories set in an isolated arctic base then this is where a lot of it comes from. Well, again, the book is where it really comes from, but I’ve always struggled with early 20th century and earlier written word… sorry! Anyway, this is a classic 50s sci-fi movie, but pre-technicolour, which makes it feel older than the other small handful of 50s movies I’ve seen. Anyway, let’s take a look!

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Mini-Halloween Thing Starting Tomorrow…

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While I had hoped to do a bigger Halloween marathon akin to the Hammer Dracula one I did a few years back now I’ve, um, well sadly got more free time, I didn’t get enough of it done in time ironically, so instead here’s three adaptations (or two adaptations and a prequel to one of the adaptations I guess) of classic Sci-Fi horror story “Who Goes There?” for this year, which was actually last year’s plan along with the Doctor Who story “The Seeds of Doom” (which you can start with today if you want by clicking the link!), and I’ll see if I can plan something for next year a bit more ahead of time to make sure it’s all ready…

Doctor Who: The Hallamshire Incident Review

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The next Thirteenth Doctor story has arrived (or did a few months ago…) and it’s time for the Thirteenth Doctor to meet the Ice Warriors, but more interestingly for this long… long time fan of the Big Finish side of Doctor Who it also sees the return of sarcastic policewoman Patricia Menzies after a long absence. What’s the story like outside of continuity references? Very good, as it turns out!

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Fate/Grand Order – Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia – Part 1 Anime UK News Review

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My latest Anime UK News review is of, and boy am I fed up of typing this long-arse title, “Fate/Grand Order – Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia – Part 1”. It can be found by clicking HERE.

Basically it’s a chunk of a popular gatcha game that makes it difficult to get invested in when you haven’t touched said mobile gatcha game. Still, I’ve liked other Fate anime adaptations, so maybe it wasn’t so bad…?

Kingdom Hearts 0.2: Birth by Sleep – A Fragmentary Passage – (PS4) Review

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Continuing my look at the Kingdom Hearts franchise for the first time I’ve reached the infamously long-titled “Kingdom Hearts 0.2: Birth by Sleep -A Fragmentary Passage-” which came exclusively with “Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue”. Being just a “fragmentary passage” it’s a short one, just the equivalent of a single world from a normal Kingdom Hearts game, it does fill in a little continuity gap before we head into the final chapter of this story arc with KH III though, which I’ll look at early next year. Let’s take an equally short look!

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Doctor Who: The Violet Hour Review

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Now we’re caught up with the Ninth Doctor releases it’s time to catch up with the Thirteenth Doctor, starting with “The Violet Hour”. Set in 1920s London and featuring predominantly women fighting back against the old fashioned (or then current I guess) dismissal of women as equal to men it certainly fits the bill as a Thirteenth Doctor story, sadly more of the TV side of things that these audios have tended to thankfully back away from. Still, there is a good story tucked away here regardless, so let’s take a look…

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Doctor Who: Dark Tides Review

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“Dark Tides” is the first Ninth Doctor and Rose story separate from the recent Powell Estate story arc and much like its name it’s rather plain and by-the-numbers, but I’ll take a simple space horror (with knights! … and the evil hologram scientist woman from classic Red Dwarf episode “Quarantine”…?) over another trip to 00s London right now… Let’s take a look!

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Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu Review

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The Mandalorian and Grogu has the sad “dishonour” of being the first Star Wars film released post-1998 I didn’t see in the cinema (due to… “unfortunate personal events”, let’s say) but that does mean I missed out on one of the main complaints about the film: that it felt just like an extended episode of the show rather than a big blow-out movie experience. Watching at home meant it was just like a special episode of a favourite TV show of mine (though with a far higher budget, obviously…) and for that reason I enjoyed myself, for the most part. Let’s take a look.

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