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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 | Revenger – Less a Movie Than a Stunt Show

Andrew Carroll Jan 18, 2019

I’m a big fan of fight scenes. The barroom brawl. The schoolyard scrap. The prison yard punch-up. But I need context. I need someone to root for. A fight scene without these key ingredients is just a theme park stunt show. That’s basically…

Gaming

9 of the Biggest Games Coming in the First Half of 2019

Andrew Carroll Jan 14, 2019

2018 was a huge year for huge games. But the train don't stop rolling there, nuh uh. A new generation is coming in 2020 which makes 2019 the last year for the big blockbusters on PS4 and XBox One. So whether it's zombies remade in glorious…

Gaming

Pit and Peak: Why Remaster Hitman: Blood Money and Absolution?

Andrew Carroll Jan 11, 2019

Rarely equaled. Never bettered. If Agent 47 of the Hitman series had a mantra this would probably be it. The Silent Assassin has been a figure in the stealth action sub-genre for the past nineteen years. The bald head, bar-code and sharp…

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Editor’s Choice: The Best Games of 2018

Andrew Carroll Dec 31, 2018

It has been a hell of a year and the video games weren't bad either. If you wanted to play as a superhero blasting away at a viking with a shotgun Fortnite had you covered. Assassin's Creed Odyssey gave me a beautiful, bountiful open world.…

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Film Review | Crossroads: One Two Jaga is Stuck at a Crossroads

Andrew Carroll Dec 15, 2018

Crossroads: One Two Jaga doesn't know where it's going. With that title what would? The film flirts with interesting ideas to do with police corruption, immigration and xenophobia but barely acts on any of them. It's a film that finds…

Gaming

“What Sweet Music…” | Castlevania is the Best Video Game Adaptation

Andrew Carroll Dec 13, 2018

Art evolves and changes with the times. It reacts, provokes and inspires. Films, literature, music and games have all changed and mutated and evolved into new forms with new ways of telling stories. Video game adaptations have not. Be they…

Film

Vengeance Has A Name | Punisher: War Zone at 10

Andrew Carroll Dec 9, 2018

There are very few films where – in one scene – the hero punches through a goon’s head and then turns around and blows another goon’s face off. Punisher: War Zone is one of those films. Put together a list of the most violent films ever…

Gaming

Sex, Lies & Video Games: Sex in Video Games in 2018

Andrew Carroll Dec 6, 2018

A new Leisure Suit Larry game came out this year. That's not necessarily unusual as this particular game series has existed for over 30 years. It is interesting in that it says a lot about video games and their relationship with sex. For…

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Gareth Evans, Timo Tjahjanto and the New Indonesian Extreme

Andrew Carroll Dec 5, 2018

Not many people outside military or medical personnel know of the devastating effects a grenade can have on the body. We may imagine it or read about it or even see it in a bloodless explosion in a Captain America movie but still its…

Gaming

Finding Hope in Futility in Red Dead Redemption 2

Andrew Carroll Nov 26, 2018

This article contains spoilers for Red Dead Redemption and Red Dead Redemption 2. I didn't go into Red Dead Redemption expecting John Marston to die in a hail of bullets. I didn't expect his stern but doting wife Abigail to die of…

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