Hasitha Fernando reviews the seventh episode of Swamp Thing… Albeit temporarily, Abby sees Alec in his old human form and together they try to locate the source of the ‘darkness’ which has overwhelmed the Marais swamplands. With the help of Dr. Woodrue, Maria concludes a lucrative business deal with the mysterious Conclave Corporation. An unsuspecting […]
Movie Review – Stuber (2019)
Stuber, 2019. Directed by Michael Dowse. Starring Dave Bautista, Kumail Nanjiani, Mira Sorvino, Natalie Morales, Betty Gilpen, Jimmy Tatro, Karen Gillen, and Iko Uwais. SYNOPSIS: Short on time and heavily visually impaired, a police detective recruits an Uber driver to escort him across town on the hottest day of the year, following clues to lead […]
Movie Review – Blood Paradise (2018)
Blood Paradise, 2018. Directed by Patrick von Barkenberg. Starring Andréa Winter, Patrick von Barkenberg, Bauer, Christer Cavallius, Martina Novak, and Rolf Brunnström. SYNOPSIS: A pampered writer goes to a rural retreat for inspiration and falls foul of a few oddball characters. There are already more fish-out-of-water horror movies than you can shake a rusty chainsaw […]
Shark Attack: A Deep Dive Into Cinema’s Sinister Obsession
Sarah Myles has a close encounter with the shark movie genre… Movie trends ebb and flow, with thematically similar stories washing through our cinemas at regular intervals. War films, biopics, westerns, slasher movies, ghost stories – each has its season, and they return again and again in cyclical fashion. One trend that seems to be […]
Swamp Thing Season 1 Episode 6 Review – ‘The Price You Pay’
Hasitha Fernando reviews the sixth episode of Swamp Thing… Woodrue’s persistence pays off. At his request Avery sends a few mercenaries to capture Swamp Thing but the plan goes sideways leading to multiple casualties. Dispatched to investigate this attack Matt Cable (Henderson Wade) soon discovers that Swamp Thing is Alec Holland. Meanwhile, Daniel Cassidy recovers […]
DVD Review – The Hole in the Ground (2019)
The Hole in the Ground, 2019. Directed by Lee Cronin. Starring Seána Kerslake, James Quinn Markey, Kati Outinen, David Crowley, James Cosmo, and Simone Kirby. SYNOPSIS: A single mother and her young son move to a rural area of Ireland but a huge hole in the ground near their home appears to be having some […]
Josie and Archie hit the road in first-look preview of Riverdale Season 3 #5
Ahead of its release at the end of this month, Boom! Studios has released a first look preview of Riverdale Season 3 #5, which we have for you here; check it out… The comic based on the hit CW series is back! These two stories set between episodes of Season 3 of Riverdale are filled […]
Movie Review – Ophelia (2019)
Ophelia, 2019. Directed by Claire McCarthy. Starring Daisy Ridley, Naomi Watts, George MacKay, Clive Owen, Tom Felton, Sebastian de Souza, Devon Terrell, Daisy Head, Dominic Mafham, Anna Rust, Mia Quiney, and Martin Angerbauer. SYNOPSIS: A female-friendly adaptation of Hamlet imagining what would happen if Ophelia lived and was more actively involved in the story – […]
Is Inclusion Enough? What the MCU can learn from Joss Whedon’s Angel
Christian Jimenez on what Marvel can learn from Joss Whedon’s Angel… Spider-Man: Far From Home represents the official end of Phase Three of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It also coincides on a curious beginning and end. In Avengers: Endgame, Marvel finally introduced an openly gay character onscreen, and Marvel President Kevin Feige and film producer […]
Promo for Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 6 Episode 9 – ‘Collision Course – Part II’
A promo has been released for the ninth episode of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 6, entitled ‘Collision Course – ‘Part II’; watch it below… “Collision Course (Part II)” – No time for the team to play catch-up, there’s a planet to save on “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,” airing FRIDAY, JULY 12 (8:00-9:00 p.m. EDT), […]