Saturday, 31 August 2019

CHILDREN'S BOOK REVIEW: GOOD BOY BY MAL PEET

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Good Boy
Author: Mal Peet
Publisher: Barrington Stoke
ISBN:1781128529
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes

We have all had nightmares, whether we are young or older, but what if your nightmares were a premonition of a future event?

Thursday, 22 August 2019

POKEMON THE MOVIE: DIANCIE AND THE COCOON OF DESTRUCTION

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Pokemon The Movie : Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction
Released By: Manga Entertainment
Rating: PG
Running Time: 62 mins
Release Date: 2/9/2019
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes

In Genesect and the Legend Awakened, we find out the impact of what a non-natural pokemon species has on the natural environment around it, now we discover a story about the land on the brink of destruction due to a Heart Diamond that can no longer keep the land safe and secure.

POKEMON THE MOVIE: KYUREM VS. THE SWORD OF JUSTICE

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Pokemon The Movie: Kyurem vs. The Sword of Justice
Released By: Manga Entertainment
Rating: U
Running Time: 183 mins
Release Date: 2/9/2019
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes

In the previous movies, Black Victini and Reshiram and White Victini and Zekrom, we thought Ash and his friends had ended their journey. But this is only the next step in a whole new adventure and it's going to get much harder for them to face.

POKEMON THE MOVIE: GENESECT AND THE LEGEND AWAKENED

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Pokemon The Movie: Genesect and the Legend Awakened
Released By: Manga Entertainment
Rating: PG
Running Time: 183 mins
Release Date: 2/9/2019
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes

A bustling city is in peril when five Genesect decide to set up home there. They are wary of anyone coming into what they consider as their territory whether they are human or other pokemon. The legend, in this case, is Mewtwo who wants to protect them and, as we know Mewtwo isn't above fighting for a good cause.

Sunday, 18 August 2019

ANIME MOVIE: POKEMON THE MOVIE: BLACK AND WHITE: VICTINI AND RESHIRAM/ VICTINI AND ZEKROM

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Pokemon The Movie: Black and White: Victini and Zekrom/Victini and Reshiram
Released By: Manga Entertainment
Rating: PG
Running Time: 183 mins
Release Date: 2/9/2019
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes

Ash and his friends cover a lot of ground in their search for Pokemon around the Unova region, now they have got to Eindoak ready for their Harvest Festival, Ash has to deal with two dear nearly falling to their deaths down a cliff edge, but without him first realising he is there, Victini helps him out, giving him the power to leap his way onto another rock face to safety.

Saturday, 17 August 2019

ANIME REVIEW: ATTACK ON TITAN SEASON 3 PART 1

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Attack on Titan Season 3 Part 1
Released By: Manga Entertainment
Rating: 15
Running Time: 300 mins
Release Date: 12/8/2019
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes

We start season 3 with Episode 38, Smoke Signal where Sasha, Mikasa etc have been chosen as the new Levi Squad, though they have no idea why this is, and what makes them so special. Sasha is up to her old tricks stealing potatoes again, earning her the nickname Potato Girl, while Hange has set up an experiment that could turn the tide of their war on the Titans.

Wednesday, 14 August 2019

ANIME ARTICLE: BLEACH - THE POWER OF NUMBERS

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Bleach - The Power of Numbers

When you think of Bleach, you might think of Ichigo, Orihime, Uryu and Chad, even the mention of certain squads in the Soul Society, but something that might have been overlooked is the fact that numbers play a big part in the manga overall.

Tuesday, 13 August 2019

ANIME REVIEW EXCLUSIVE! ADVANCE REVIEW BORUTO: NARUTO NEXT GENERATIONS SET 1 (BLU-RAY)

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Boruto: Naruto Next Generations Set 1
Released By: Manga Entertainment
Rating: PG
Running Time: 300 mins
Release Date: 19/8/2019
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes

After Masashi Kishimoto was approached to write a sequel series to Naruto, Kishimoto called on the talents of his former assistant, Mikio Ikemoto to draw the manga. The result was Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, and that became turned into the new anime series which is soon to be out on Blu-ray with the first thirteen episodes.

Friday, 9 August 2019

ANIME REVIEW: HELLSING ULTIMATE VOLUMES 1-10 COMPLETE COLLECTION

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Hellsing Ultimate Volumes 1-10 Complete Collection
Released By: Manga Entertainment
Rating: 18
Running Time: 490 mins
Release Date: 15/7/2019
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes

For most of us, the vampire myth started with Bram Stoker's Dracula, of which this is loosely based, but with a nice twist, Alucard, the ultimate vampire works for Sir Integra Hellsing of the Hellsing Organisation. His duty is to eradicate dangerous vampires in a war-torn era of good versus evil in the form of vicious vampire nazis causing havoc around Hellsing's England.

Sunday, 4 August 2019

CHILDREN'S BOOK REVIEW: LAURA NORDER SHERIFF OF BUTTS CANYON BY GUY BASS

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Laura Norder Sheriff of Butts Canyon 
Author: Guy Bass
Publisher: Barrington Stoke
Pages: 64
ISBN:978-1-78112-845-9
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes

Guy Bass has brought us plenty of comical novels so its no surprise that he is the Blue Peter Award-winning author of Aiden Abet Teacher's Pet and Noah Scape Cant Stop Repeating Himself. In Laura Norder Sheriff of Butts Canyon ten-year-old Laura is the self-appointed sheriff of the town who keeps the peace no matter which bad apple rolls into it until Duncan Disorderly comes their way and does his best to cause trouble.

ANIME REVIEW: STEIN'S;GATE PART 2

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Stein's Gate Part 2
Released By: Manga Entertainment
Rating: 12
Running Time: 300 mins
Release Date: 22/7/2019
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes

Time-travel always has its consequences, even when Okarin has his breakthrough in technology from one strange experiment. There are amazing triumphs, but there is always loss along the way.  Okarin, in this case, mourns Kagari's loss of memory.

Saturday, 3 August 2019

BOOK REVIEW: SURVIVORS BY GX TODD.

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Survivors (The Voices #3)
Author: G.X.Todd
Publisher: Headline
Pages: 503
ISBN: 978-1-4722-6703-0
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes

Survivors is the third novel in the four part Voices series; Defender and Hunted being the previous two. Survivor starts out with Pilgrim wanting to remember his past while a voice in his head telling him to go find a girl who can explain what is happening and fill all the blanks he has in his memory.