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MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - FALLOUT - REVIEW

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Review available on the new website .

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - FALLOUT - VLOG REVIEW

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Talking about the Mission: Impossible franchise, including the latest instalment: Mission: Impossible - Fallout .

STAR TREK BEYOND - VLOG 25/07/16

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I talk about the new reboot sequel Star Trek Beyond . Live long and prosper.

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - ROGUE NATION - REVIEW

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The Mission: Impossible franchise is back with yet another larger-than-life adventure in which Tom Cruise is running topless somewhere exotic, kicking all sorts of butt. This time, the main threat being a secret organisation known only as The Syndicate, which is essentially a villainous version of the IMF. They've been causing chaos all around the world and Ethan Hunt (Cruise) has always been one step behind. After Alec Baldwin's government official pretty much closes down the IMF, it'll be up to Hunt and his crack team to take down The Syndicate while acting under the radar. The team in question being composed of computer wizard Benji (Simon Pegg), field agent William Brandt (Jeremy Renner) and all-rounder Luther (Ving Rhames). They also get the help of Isla Faust (Rebecca Ferguson), a resourceful badass gal Ethan meets during several missions, though it's not always clear who she works for so trusting her is a gamble throughout. The film opens with the much pr

THE WORLD'S END - REVIEW

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In between Hollywood comic book movies, Edgar Wright goes back to Spaced territory and delivers another Simon Pegg/Nick Frost UK-set comedy. The World's End goes back to Shaun Of The Dead roots mixing small town everyday life, pubs and the supernatural, this time with more of a sci-fi vibe. Pegg plays a guy desperate to re-capture the best time of his youth, the time he and his best friends attempted an ambitious pub crawl, by getting everyone back together and attempting the 12 pubs, 60 pints crawl one more time. Problem is: everyone's now older, wiser and less willing to go out and mindlessly party in the middle of nowhere just for the hell of it. In the end though, through some nifty emotional and financial manipulation, Pegg gets his wish and the guys are soon on their way to finish what they started once and for all. What they hadn't counted on, however, is the small, seemingly peaceful town's BIG issue: it's been taken over by alien robot clones filled