Bleach Series 13 Part 1 Short Review

5 stars of fast paced Bleach action from Ichigo and his friends.

Series 13 Part 1 comprises episodes 266 - 278.

Yay, back to the story-line again, as you can tell by the title of the first episode, "Ichigo Vs. Ulquiorra, Restart!"

This series begins where series 11 left off and is the beginning of The Fake Karakura Town arc Part 2. Lord Aizen continues in his attempts to destroy Karakura Town in order to create the Ōken  (the key to the dimension in which the Soul King resides).

As he departs for Soul Society to fight the 13 Court Guard squads defending the fake Karakura town there, taking with him his top three Espada and their Fracción, he leaves Orihime and Las Noches under the protection of Ulquiorra until his return.

However, Ichigo is on his way to the rescue, with Rukia, Sado and Renji heading to Las Noches to save Orihime. As the others become embroiled in their own fights with hollows, Ichigo continues alone to take on Ulquiorra.

Can Ichigo save Orihime? Will the 13 Court guard squads be able to defend Karakura town against the Arrancar forces?

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Pit Stop Dual Format Short Review

5 Star Remastered work by Jack Hill.

Now in marvellous Hi-definition this Monochrome budget masterpiece surpasses those films that came after it.

Right from the start this is a petrol-heads dream, loud engines, big cars and drag racing.
Grant Willard, (Brian Donlevy, Kiss of Death) runs California Custom and he likes to see people in his cars winning and the established driver is his worker and stock-car driver Hawk Sidney, (Sid Haig, The Devils Rejects), but there is a new spring buck on the scene, Rick Bowman, (Richard Davalos, Kelly's Heroes).
Willard wants to open Rick's eyes to his new race "The Figure Eight " race which Rick thinks is madness, but if he can beat the steely Hawk his name would be something. With hard racing and big smashes when they hit the intersection, fenders are bent and cars are smashed.

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Available to Buy on Dual Format on the 7th April,

The Hobbit - The Desolation Of Smaug Short Review

5 stars of further glorious adventures in Middle Earth.

The Hobbit - The Desolation Of Smaug continues where The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey finishes.

As the film opens, we see Gandalf (Ian McKellen - X-Men, Lord Of The Rings) and Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage - Captain America, Robin Hood) at the Prancing Pony Inn in Bree, where Gandalf persuades him to hire the services of a "burglar" to retrieve The Arkenstone, that he may unite the dwarfs and retake their homeland beneath the Lonely Mountain from the dragon Smaug, who has taken up residence on the horde of gold assembled by the King.

One year later and our strange party consisting of lots of Dwarves, a Wizard (Gandalf) and Bilbo Baggins the Hobbit (Martin Freeman - Hot Fuzz, Love Actually) strike out to find the secret door to The Lonely Mountain, visible only in the last light of Durin's Day.

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Sparks DVD Release Review

4 Stars of Black Hero action.

A dark tale of when trying to do the right thing, is not necessarily the right thing to be doing and what happens when you realise the consequences.
Rochester - New York 1920 and the state is in the grip of a serial killer "Ring Master Jesus" with over 40 victims the state is in fear, the sick killer films his victims whilst he enjoys himself.

But on that fateful night, out of the night sky falls a meteorite smashing into Rochester killing 230 and releasing radiation that kills more apart from the Rochester 13,  whom gain super powers.
Around the same time there is a family with a six year old son waiting at a level crossing whilst behind them is a high speed shoot-out between the police and a bank robber who is shot and his car rams into the car waiting at the crossing just as a tanker train passes by, the car is propelled into the train derailing the tanker and rips it open spilling its contents all over the young Ian Sparks, he is rescued by the police officer but it was to late for his parents.

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 Available to Buy on DVD and Blu-ray on the 7th of April.

Naruto Shippūden Box Set 17 Short Review

4 stars for this next installment of the story of Team 7.

Naruto Shippūden Box Set 17 is set during the Five Kage Summit Arc and comprises episodes 206-218.

The story follows on from the shocking events of the summit, where Tobi (Madara) of the Akatsuki demanded that the Kage hand over the tailed beasts so that he could create the ten tailed beast and become it's jinchūriki, paving the way for global domination and then declared the Fourth Shinobi World War when they refused to comply.

As Sakura heads to meet Naruto with news of her decision to tackle and kill Sasuke herself, she finds she cannot tell him, so instead tells him she loves him and then leaves to take on Sasuke alone.

When Gaara arrives from the summit and tells Naruto of the events there and of Sasuke's involvement, he begins to realize that Sasuke is no longer the member of Team 7 that he hoped he would be. He is now a member of Akatsuki, and as such is a wanted criminal.

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Midsomer Murders The Killings of Copenhagen DVD Short Review

4 Stars as Barnaby and Nelson strike out in this Nordic Noir Murder Mystery.

This iconic series reaches it's 100th episode as Midsomer's death toll once more increases.

Set partly in Copenhagen as the show is the most popular imported show and will be released as a unique and collectable O-ring packaging.
The story as always will keep you guessing the full 89 minutes to find out who did it and why.
The Calder family run a successful biscuit factory and it has put the village of Badgers Drift on the map and it employees are loyal and keen to see the success continue abroad.
But when the owner goes on a business trip to Copenhagen there is a stranger staring up at him, whilst he is on his hotel balcony. When Eric Calder, (Marcus Hutton, Made in Dagenham) arrives at the hotel he is handed a package that he takes to his room, he opens it and it's a biscuit tin from his factory, but its empty, so he finds it strange and goes out onto the balcony.
Suddenly he feels unwell and this gets worse until...

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Available To Buy on DVD on the 7th April.

White Of The Eye Dual Format Short Review

3 stars for this bizarre and slightly surreal British thriller.

White Of The Eye was first released in 1987 and this release represents the Worldwide debut on Blu-ray and UK debut to DVD.

It is written and directed by Donald Cammell (Demon Seed, Wild Side) and tells the story of Paul White (David Keith - U-571, Behind Enemy Lines) and his wife Joan (Cathy Moriarty - Casper, Analyze That), who live in the quiet town of Globe, Arizona.

As the film opens, we see an eagle flying majestically over the landscape, until it gets to Tucson, where we see Goldwaters, a large department store being exited by what passed in the 80s for a posh housewife. As we follow her to her home we realize, to our horror, that someone is in the house! (We can tell this by the full screen eyeball watching us, and also by the bloke in gardening gloves putting a goldfish into the pot roast (I don't know, your guess is as good as mine).

A serial killer is on the loose and the hunt is on to catch him, before he can strike again.

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