Andy Naylor reviews XCOM 2… XCOM 2 is the successor to the impressive XCOM: Enemy Unknown (and XCOM: Enemy Within, which was essentially an expansion pack). Set 20 years after the original, Earth has since been conquered by the aliens, known as Elders, and the planet is run by a government of alien collaborators called […]
Movie Review – Blood Father (2016)
Blood Father, 2016. Directed by Jean-Francois Richet. Starring Mel Gibson, Erin Moriarty, Diego Luna, Michael Parks and William H. Macy. SYNOPSIS: After her drug kingpin boyfriend frames her for stealing a fortune in cartel cash, 18 year old Lydia goes on the run, with only one ally in this whole wide world: her perennial screw-up of […]
Second Opinion – The Girl on the Train (2016)
The Girl on the Train, 2016. Directed by Tate Taylor Starring Emily Blunt, Rebecca Ferguson, Haley Bennett, Luke Evans, Justin Theroux and Allison Janney. SYNOPSIS: A divorcee becomes entangled in a missing persons investigation that promises to send shockwaves throughout her life. “A drunk, a whore and a mother walk into a bar,” seems to […]
The Strain Season 3 Episode 6 Review – ‘The Battle For Central Park’
Martin Carr reviews the sixth episode of The Strain season 3… This plays out like an extended section of the Cameron classic Aliens. Dark tunnels, pitch black caverns filled with twitching bodies and small factions of mercenaries poorly equipped for carnage. There are the occasional diversions into the daylight which primarily involve people looking concerned, […]
Blu-ray Review – The Hills Have Eyes (1977)
The Hills Have Eyes, 1977. Directed by Wes Craven. Starring Susan Lanier, Dee Wallace, Michael Berryman, Robert Houston, Russ Grieve, John Steadman, Lance Gordon, Martin Speer, James Whitworth, Virginia Vincent, Janus Blythe and Cordy Clark. SYNOPSIS: An all-American family travelling across country fall foul of a clan of cannibals that live in the desert. Quite […]
DVD Review – Gridiron UK (2016)
Gridiron UK, 2016. Directed by Gary Delaney Starring Michael Dixon, Rebecca Summers, Andrew Harwood Mills, Stephen Marcus, Paul Nicholas, Dorsey Levens, Anthony Quinlan, Giles Alderson, Annie Vanders and Mem Ferda. SYNOPSIS: It’s 1985… and in a country dominated by Soccer, Rugby, Cricket, and Fish n’ Chips, one man risks everything to play American Football. My […]
Movie Review – Phantasm: Ravager (2016)
Phantasm: Ravager, 2016. Directed by David Hartman. Starring Angus Scrimm, Reggie Bannister, A. Michael Baldwin, Bill Thornbury, Kathy Lester and Gloria Lynne Henry. SYNOPSIS: For 37 years, audiences have followed small town friends Reggie, Mike, and Jody in their quest to stop the evil, dimension-hopping schemes of The Tall Man (Angus Scrimm in his final […]
Quentin Tarantino on what he’s hoping to see from Marvel’s Luke Cage series
In 2012, Quentin Tarantino revealed that back in the early 90s, he came close to bringing Power Man to the big screen, having toyed with the idea of directing a Luke Cage movie. And now, with Marvel’s latest TV series hitting Netflix, Yahoo! took the opportunity to ask the director what he’s hoping to see from […]
Movie Review – Kickboxer: Vengeance (2016)
Kickboxer: Vengeance, 2016. Directed by John Stockwell. Starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dave Bautista, Alain Moussi, Sara Malakul Lane, T.J. Storm, Gina Carano, George St-Pierre, Matthew Ziff and Sam Medina. SYNOPSIS: A martial arts fighter seeks revenge after his brother is killed in the ring. It’s been a long time coming and now it is finally […]
Gotham Season 3 Episode 2 Review – ‘Burn the Witch’
Martin Carr reviews the second episode of Gotham season 3… Dare I say that Gotham is getting exciting? Proper plotlines, dynamic characters and a warped reality which seems to work perfectly. An off the reservation beatnik cop with a drinking problem, lunatics running the nightly entertainment and crime bosses dictating to an enthralled media. I […]
