The Intervention, 2016. Written and directed by Clea DuVall. Starring Cobie Smulders, Natasha Lyonne, Melanie Lynskey, Clea DuVall, Jason Ritter, Ben Schwartz, Vincent Piazza and Alia Shawkat. SYNOPSIS: A weekend getaway for four couples takes a sharp turn when one of the couples discovers the entire trip was orchestrated to host an intervention on their […]
Movie Review – The Intervention (2016)
The Intervention, 2016. Written and Directed by by Clea DuVall. Starring Melanie Lynskey, Clea DuVall, Natasha Lyonne, Cobie Smulders, Vincent Piazza, Ben Schwartz, Jason Ritter, and Alia Shawkat. SYNOPSIS: Concerned that her friends’ marriage is toxic, Annie (Melanie Lynskey) devises a plan to get the rest of their circle together to orchestrate an intervention. Peter (Vincent Piazza) and Ruby […]
Blu-ray Review – Moonlight (2016)
Moonlight, 2016. Written and Directed by Barry Jenkins Starring Trevante Rhodes, Andre Holland, Janelle Monae, Ashton Sanders, Jharrel Jerome, Naomie Harris, and Mahershala Ali. SYNOPSIS: Moonlight, fresh off its “Wait, what just happened?” Best Picture win at the Oscars, arrives on Blu-ray. The disc has a commentary track by director Barry Jenkins that’s worth a […]
Sundance London 2016 Review – Morris from America (2016)
Morris from America, 2016. Written and Directed by Chad Hartigan. Starring Markees Christmas, Craig Robinson, Carla Juri, Lina Keller, Levin Henning and Jakub Gierszal. SYNOPSIS: The romantic and coming-of-age misadventures of a 13-year-old American living in Germany. We’ve all been there, at that moment in life when we feel as though we are detached from everything […]
Movie Review – Broken (2016)
Broken, 2016. Directed by Shaun Robert Smith. Starring Morjana Alaoui, Mel Raido, and Craig Conway. SYNOPSIS: Evie, full-time live-in carer to crippled rock star Jonathan, finds the darkness of her past returning to haunt her as the pressures of her new job begin to take control… Following several short films and a career as a make-up […]
Video Game Review – TurnOn
Scott Watson reviews TurnOn… Have you ever wondered what life would be like without electricity and light? Simple things we take for granted such as me typing this review on a laptop persistently connected to the internet, or my son asking if wifi is available wherever we go, would be completely lost. These are some of […]
Movie Review – Love & Friendship (2016)
Love & Friendship, 2016. Directed by Whit Stillman. Starring Kate Beckinsale, Chloë Sevigny, Xavier Samuel and Stephen Fry. SYNOPSIS: Set in the 1790s, Love and Friendship centers on beautiful widow Lady Susan Vernon, who has come to the estate of her in-laws to wait out colorful rumors about her dalliances circulating through polite society. Whilst there, […]
The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #87 – Codename: MAT
Yesterday we had Wheelie, a rather brilliant piece of imagination, and today with No. #87 we drop into Codename: MAT – or as it’s also know Codename Mission: Alien Termination. Micromega, who produced a number of games which ranged from Postman Pat’s Trail Game to the ultimate Deathcase, created Codename: MAT way back in 1984. We […]
Edinburgh International Film Festival Review – Yoga Hosers (2016)
Yoga Hosers (2016) Directed By Kevin Smith Starring Johnny Depp, Lily-Rose Depp, Harley Quinn Smith, Adam Brody, Justin Long, Natasha Lyonne, Haley Joel Osment, Genesis Rodriguez, Kevin Smith, Tony Hale, Ralph Garman, Tony Hale, Harley Morenstein, Tyler Posey, Austin Butler, Jason Mewes and Vanessa Paradis. SYNOPSIS: Two teenage yoga enthusiasts team up with a legendary man-hunter to […]
Movie Review – Gridlocked (2016)
Gridlocked, 2016. Directed by Allan Ungar. Starring Dominic Purcell, Cody Hackman, Stephen Lang, Vinnie Jones, Trish Stratus, Danny Glover, Saul Rubinek and Richard Gunn. SYNOPSIS: Former SWAT leader David Hendrix and hard-partying movie star Brody Walker must cut their ride-along short when a police training facility is attacked by a team of mercenaries. They […]
