Red Stewart reviews the fifth episode of Black Lightning season 3… For some time now, I’ve been wanting to say that Black Lightning has turned over a new leaf- that it has managed to subvert the mistakes of the past and pave a new roadway towards a theoretically better future. That the writers somehow had […]
His Dark Materials Series 1 Episode 3 Review – ‘The Spies’
Martin Carr reviews the third episode of His Dark Materials… There is a time to cast aside childish things, embrace our potential and acknowledge that in order to gain experience we must lose something precious. Innocence nurtured by those who bore us, those who raised us and ultimately the ones who protect us. Rarely is […]
Blu-ray Review – Hitch Hike to Hell (1977)
Hitch Hike to Hell, 1977. Directed by Irvin Berwick. Starring Robert Gribbin, Russell Johnson, John Harmon, Dorothy Bennett, Sheryl Lynn, Randy Echols. SYNOPSIS: A mentally disturbed delivery driver kidnaps, rapes and murders hitch hikers, especially those with mommy issues. The most remarkable thing about Hitch Hike to Hell lies in its persistent ordinariness. That is […]
Batwoman Season 1 Episode 7 Review – ‘Tell Me the Truth’
Jessie Robertson reviews the seventh episode of Batwoman… Tonight’s episode is focused on the relationship, or the fragments of what’s left between Kate and Sophie. On paper, this is an important storyline as it shows where both women are in their lives, as both professional and personal interests play into them. They seem to be […]
Blu-ray Review – Upgrade (2018)
Upgrade, 2018. Directed by Leigh Whannell. Starring Logan Marshall-Green, Melanie Vallejo, Steve Danielsen, Betty Gabriel, Christopher Kirby, and Harrison Gilbertson. SYNOPSIS: In the future a technophobic mechanic is left for dead after a brutal mugging, only to receive an experimental medical upgrade that enables him to seek revenge. Good sci-fi is designed to make you […]
Leeds International Film Festival 2019 – Night of the Dead Horror Marathon Review
A much-loved institution of the Leeds International Film Festival is its annual Night of the Dead sidebar, an overnight horror movie marathon which lures some 300-ish genre fans to Leeds’ legendary Hyde Park Picture House for 10 hours of cult horror mayhem. Beginning in the late hours of November 15th and lurching into the early […]
55th Chicago International Film Festival Review – Waves (2019)
Waves, 2019. Written and Directed by Trey Edward Shults. Starring Kelvin Harrison Jr., Lucas Hedges, Taylor Russell, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Sterling K. Brown, Alexa Demie, Neal Huff, Clifton Collins Jr., Krisha Fairchild, and Harmony Korine. SYNOPSIS: Traces the journey of a suburban African-American family – led by a well-intentioned but domineering father – as they […]
Movie Review – Frozen 2 (2019)
Frozen 2, 2019. Directed by Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee. Starring Idina Menzel, Kristen Bell, Jonathan Groff, Josh Gad, Sterling K. Brown, Evan Rachel Wood, Alfred Molina, Martha Plimpton and Alan Tudyk. SYNOPSIS: When elemental forces threaten the future of Arendelle, Elsa and Anna take their friends on a dangerous quest to a long-hidden enchanted […]
The Mandalorian Season 1 Episode 2 Review – ‘The Child’
Ricky Church reviews the second episode of The Mandalorian… Just two episodes in and The Mandalorian continues to impress on nearly every front. From the visuals to the acting and especially the music, ‘The Child’ was firing on all cylinders with Dope’s Rick Famuyiwa in the director’s chair. Whereas the premiere was a dive into the […]
Comic Book Review – Blade Runner 2019 – Welcome to Los Angeles
Hasitha Fernando reviews Blade Runner 2019 – Welcome to Los Angeles… The 1982 sci-fi classic Blade Runner envisioned its world as a vastly dystopian one. From up on high the city of Los Angeles, where the story is set, is wondrous to behold. Canary-yellow flying taxis zip through starless night skies bathed in the neon-haze […]