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Andrew Carroll

Andrew is a graduate of English and Film Studies in UCD where he wrote for the Film & TV section of the University Observer. He is a native of Dublin, Ireland and currently resides there. Andrew has had a lifelong interest in film and despite being consistently outspoken on the matter insists that The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift is the best film ever made. He also maintains a blog at carrollcritiques.wordpress.com

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Film Review | Straight-to-DVD Hero Scott Adkins Shines in The Debt Collector

Andrew Carroll Sep 19, 2018

Scott Adkins might just be the hardest working man in action cinema. The British martial artist and actor has appeared in or is slated to appear in seven films this year alone. Often playing a monosyllabic villain or a square-jawed but…

Gaming

We Could Be Heroes: Becoming A Friendly Neighbourhood Spider-Man

Andrew Carroll Sep 19, 2018

I was taking a quick walk down the street in Insomniac Games' new Spider-Man when a crowd began to surround me. The only time I've been surrounded by crowds in other games is when they're about to jump me. This one started to cheer though.…

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Film Review | Jingoistic Mile 22 Wastes Its True Shining Star

Andrew Carroll Sep 19, 2018

The days of patriotic propaganda films are not dead. The controversy of Birth of a Nation couldn’t kill them, neither could the enjoyable cartoon like Rambo and Commando nor the crap acting of 15:17 to Paris. The propaganda film has been…

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Crouching Wolf, Hidden Dragon | The Rise and Rise of Asian Action

Andrew Carroll Sep 18, 2018

Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Chow Yun-Fat, Jet Li. These are names most Western audiences will know from films like Enter the Dragon, the Rush Hour franchise; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and The Expendables films respectively. They are also…

Gaming

Nightmares Now and Forever | Resident Evil at 20

Andrew Carroll Sep 14, 2018

It's hard to find retro or vintage games to play as they were meant to be played anymore. Especially the games that proved popular enough to warrant a remaster. Remastering games seems like it's only come into vogue recently especially now…

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Dildo Chairs and Morons | A Burn After Reading Review at 10

Andrew Carroll Sep 12, 2018

It’s hard to pick the funniest moment in Burn After Reading. Is it George Clooney’s dildo chair? Is it the photo of Richard Jenkins dressed as an Orthodox priest? Is it Brad Pitt’s dancing? All of these moments are great but it might be how…

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Summing up the 90s | True Romance at 25

Andrew Carroll Sep 10, 2018

If you were to sum up the 90s with a list of films that give a feeling for that decade then all three of Quentin Tarantino’s movies that he made in that garish, fun and convoluted decade would be on the list. He wrote and directed Reservoir…

Gaming

Burning the Rainforest | Mercenaries 2: World in Flames at 10

Andrew Carroll Aug 31, 2018

Very few games allow you to call in a nuclear missile on your location and then let you walk away. In the Fallout series being within 100 feet of a Fatman's ordinance is guaranteed death. It's a game ending kill streak in a select few Call…

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Film Review | Don’t Be a Muppet and Watch The Happytime Murders

Andrew Carroll Aug 28, 2018

There are really only two ways The Happytime Murders could have come about to my mind. Two stoned guys who thought it’d be really funny to take The Muppets and put them in the Jack Nicholson classic Chinatown. The other situation is two…

Gaming

Into the Great Wide Boring Open | Re-imagining Open World Games

Andrew Carroll Jul 21, 2018

Aloy looked down from atop the dusty mesa. Rolling desert planes stretched out before her. In the sky among drifting clouds flew huge metal birds. Down below machines in the images of tigers, antelope and goats prowled, galloped and strode…

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