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Gotham airs Monday nights on RTÉ2
February 1, 2015 | John HarrisonGotham: This is not a city for nice people!
The pilot episode of Gotham aired on RTÉ2 last Monday, 26th January, bringing the hit series to a wider Irish audience. Up until now only those with access to Channel 5 have … Read More
The Sunday Effect #11 – Santa Claus is Coming to Town
December 14, 2014 | David McGinleyHappy Sunday! It’s the third last installment of ‘The Sunday Effect’ and we’re all getting ready for Christmas and writing our lists to Santa. We’ve been pretty good this year so here’s hoping! If you haven’t got your list ready for … Read More
Constantine Season 1 Episode 1: “Non Est Asylum” Review
November 1, 2014 | John HarrisonConstantine Season 1 Episode 1: “Non Est Asylum” Review.
“The Demons he fights aren’t just his own“
We got to check out the screening of the pilot episode, “Non Est Asylum“, of NBC’s new series Constantine (you can check … Read More
Arrow Season 3 Episode 1: “The Calm” Review
October 30, 2014 | John Harrison 1Arrow Season 3 Episode 1: “The Calm” Review. “At what price victory?“
[Beware the full episode SPOILERS below] So you’ve just watched Arrow’s exciting return to Sky 1 HD tonight. Here is our review.
Season three of Arrow returned with … Read More
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: “Shadows” Review
October 5, 2014 | John Harrison 1Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: “..we have to live now, in the shadows.”
Now that the second season of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. has begun on RTÉ Two HD there are full SPOILERS below in this review.
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. returns … Read More
Penny Dreadful: Season Two News and End of Season Review
September 29, 2014 | John Harrison 2Penny Dreadful: What lurks in the shadows?
Penny Dreadful began filming season two of the show in and around Dublin and at Aardmore Studios in Wicklow in September. Coupled to to this excellent news is the announcement that Helen McCrory … Read More
Doctor Who “Deep Breath” Review
August 24, 2014 | John HarrisonDoctor Who “Deep Breath” Review. “The Doctor has changed. It’s time you knew him.“
After the briefest of glimpses in the Doctor Who Christmas special in “The Time of the Doctor” we finally, after a long wait, get to see … Read More
Hannibal End of Season Review: Season Two
August 14, 2014 | John HarrisonHannibal End of Season Review: Season Two. Feed your fear…He’s just getting started!
The thrilling possibility promised to us, the viewers, in the season two opener “Kaiseki” and the first seven episodes comes expertly to fruition during the second part … Read More
Marvel’s Civil War: Could it be brought to the big screen?
July 25, 2014 | TheEffect.net ContributorMarvel: Civil War is arguably one of the biggest and most beloved story arcs to ever be written in Marvel’s history, if not the history of comic books themselves. The seven issue series, penned by Mark Millar (Kick Ass, Wanted, … Read More
The Flash pilot episode review: “Run, Barry, Run!”
July 23, 2014 | TheEffect.net Contributor 2The pilot episode of DC Comic’s latest small screen venture, The Flash signals what may be a very bright future for the DC Universe, on our TV screens at the very least.
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