Martin Carr reviews the twelfth episode of Gotham season 2… ‘Long is the way and hard, that out of Hell leads up to light’ (Milton ‘Paradise Lost’) I have procrastinated for too long. There is only so much pie and Oreo cookies one can eat before hitting critical mass. Therefore I find myself weighing up […]
Supergirl Season 1 Episode 15 Review – ‘Solitude’
Martin Carr reviews the fifteenth episode of Supergirl… When you are dealing with a computer virus made flesh, who is the manifestation of a species designed to control technological systems for a whole planet expect two things. Firstly lots of big words and secondly a very long sentence. Now consider yourself introduced to Indigo the […]
Comic Book Review – Green Lantern #50
David Smyth reviews Green Lantern #50… In this extra-sized issue, it’s a battle for the fate of Earth! Parallax believes Hal Jordan has failed this universe—and now, he’s prepared to wipe Hal out of existence! Hal has to get over the shock that Parallax still exists so he can unleash the power of his gauntlet […]
Comic Book Review – Avengers Standoff: Assault on Pleasant Hill Alpha #1
David Smyth reviews Avengers Standoff: Assault on Pleasant Hill Alpha #1… Pleasant Hill looks like the perfect small-town community — but underneath the surface, a deadly secret lurks. One so explosive it will draw estranged allies Steve Rogers and Sam Wilson back together to save a friend in danger and put things right. But when […]
The X-Files Season 10 Episode 6 Review – ‘My Struggle II’
Martin Carr reviews the season finale of The X-Files season 10… Now I’m no Chris Carter and can’t lay claim to his legacy. But if you’re going to have a two-part episode common sense dictates they follow each other. Sound advice under any circumstance yet completely ignored on this occasion. Leaving us with a finale […]
Supergirl Season 1 Episode 14 Review – ‘Truth, Justice and The American Way’
Martin Carr reviews the fourteenth episode of Supergirl… All the best comic book fables have a moral tale at their centre. Whether you consider adages such as ‘with great power, comes great responsibility’, ‘absolute power corrupts absolutely’ or my personal favourite ‘dead or alive you’re coming with me’. They imply when done well that super […]
Blu-ray Review – Deathgasm (2015)
Deathgasm, 2015. Directed by Jason Lei Howden. Starring Milo Cawthorne, James Blake, Kimberley Crossman, Stephen Ure, Sam Berkley, Nick Hoskins-Smith, Delaney Tabron, Colin Moy and Daniel Cresswell. SYNOPSIS: Two teenage metalheads summon up a demon through the power of black metal. The two extremes of splatter and black/death metal come together in New Zealand horror […]
Blu-ray Review – Audition (1999)
Audition, 1999. Directed by Takashi Miike. Starring Ryo Ishibashi, Eihi Shiina, Tetsu Sawaki and Jun Kunimura. SYNOPSIS: A widower holds auditions to find a new love, only the woman he chooses isn’t quite what she appears to be. If you’ve yet to see Takashi Miike’s 1999 movie Audition then you can be damn sure you’ve […]
DVD Review – Lost After Dark (2015)
Lost After Dark, 2015. Directed by Ian Kessner. Starring Sarah Fisher, Mark Wiebe, Jesse Camacho, Robert Patrick, David Lipper and Kendra Leigh Timmins. SYNOPSIS: A group of partying teenagers are stalked by a cannibalistic killer after they sneak out from their high school dance. When several filmmakers tried to recreate the 1970s a few years […]
Blu-ray Review – Pray For Death (1985)
Pray For Death, 1985. Directed by Gordon Hessler. Starring Shô Kosugi, James Booth, Donna Kei Benz, Robert Ito, Norman Burton, Kane Kosugi, Shane Kosugi, Charles Greuber, Matthew Faison and Parley Baer. SYNOPSIS: A peaceful Japanese family move to the US but fall foul of a crime syndicate, forcing the father to unleash his inner ninja. […]