The Shallows, 2016. Directed by Jaume Collett-Serra. Starring Blake Lively. SYNOPSIS: A mere 200 yards from shore, surfer Nancy is attacked by a great white shark, with her short journey to safety becoming the ultimate contest of wills. Whatever you do, don’t go in the water. Back in 1975, a young director by the name […]
Movie Review – Swiss Army Man (2016)
Swiss Army Man, 2016. Written and Directed by Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert. Starring Paul Dano, Daniel Radcliffe, and Mary Elizabeth Winstead. SYNOPSIS: A hopeless man stranded on a deserted island befriends a dead body and together they go on a surreal journey to get home. Just a quick disclaimer – everything described in this […]
Person of Interest Season 5 Episode 2 Review – ‘SNAFU’
Ricky Church reviews the second episode of Person of Interest season 5… Given the dire nature the POI team has found themselves in, especially after the events of the season 5 premiere ‘B.S.O.D.’, you’d expect the follow up episode to build off the suspense. Instead, ‘SNAFU’ was perhaps the lightest episode of Person of Interest […]
EGX 2015: Hands on with Homefront: The Revolution
Kris Wall reports from EGX 2015… Waiting in line to play Homefront: The Revolution, the propaganda style introduction video flooded my brain with visions of Red Dawn, I was going to take up arms and take back the good old US of A from the pesky North Korean invaders who had taken control of the […]
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 3 Episodes 21 and 22 Review – ‘Absolution and Ascension’
Danny Hale reviews the season three double bill finale of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D…. Warning: FULL spoilers for BOTH parts of the finale below… I love two-part finales; they allow for an appropriate build whilst also accommodating lengthy action sequences and getting the most out of our drama. ‘Absolution’, Part 1 of our finale dealt mostly […]
Video Game Review – OlliOlli2: Welcome to Olliwood
Kris Wall reviews OlliOlli2: Welcome to Olliwood… Just one more go. Four words that every gamer has uttered to themselves time and time again. That need to do something again, better, faster, more accurate, more skillful, a better combo, a higher score. Over time, games have begun introducing the ability to restart levels quickly with […]
Second Opinion – Bad Neighbours 2 (2016)
Bad Neighbours 2, 2016. Directed by Nicholas Stoller. Starring Seth Rogen, Zac Efron, Rose Byrne, Chloe Grace Moretz, Dave Franco, Kiersey Clemons, Ike Barinholtz, Selena Gomez, Carla Gallo and Lisa Kudrow. SYNOPSIS: After a sorority moves in next door, which is even more debaucherous than the fraternity before it, Mac and Kelly have to ask […]
Movie Review – The Angry Birds Movie (2016)
The Angry Birds Movie, 2016. Directed by Clay Kaytis and Fergal Reilly. Starring Jason Sudeikis, Josh Gad, Danny McBride, Maya Rudolph, Bill Hader, Kate McKinnon, Tony Hale and Peter Dinklage. SYNOPSIS: Find out why the birds are so angry. When an island populated by happy, flightless birds is visited by mysterious green piggies, it’s up […]
Comic Book Review – Cluster
Zeb Larson reviews Cluster… In the distant future, as mankind discovers life on other planets, it needs soldiers to defend its colonies across the stars. In order to increase the number of boots on the ground, criminals are offered the opportunity to serve in the place of incarceration. When a rag-tag group of prisoners become […]
Movie Review – Inferno (2016)
Inferno, 2016. Directed by Ron Howard. Starring Tom Hanks, Felicity Jones, Omar Sy, Irrfan Khan, Ben Foster, and Ana Ularu. SYNOPSIS: Robert Langdon must regain his memory and his problem solving skills in order to save the world’s population from a deadly new plague. Full disclosure: I read the book Inferno when it first came […]
