Finding Dory, 2016. Directed by Andrew Stanton and Angus MacLane. Featuring the voice talents of Ellen DeGeneres, Albert Brooks, Ed O’Neill, Kaitlin Olsen, Ty Burrell, Hayden Rolence, Diane Keaton, Eugene Levy, Idris Elba, Dominic West, Bob Peterson, Kate McKinnon, Sloane Murray, Bill Hader, Sigourney Weaver, Brad Garrett, Allison Janney, Vicki Lewis, Austin Pendleton, Stephen Root, and […]
LEGO Marvel Super Heroes – Spider-Man: Ghost Rider Team-Up (76058) Review
Gary Collinson reviews LEGO Marvel Super Heroes – Spider-Man: Ghost Rider Team-Up… Having been absent from this year’s Captain America: Civil War range, the friendly neighbourhood wall-crawler is back with a bang this summer as LEGO releases three Spider-Man themed sets, including one which is likely to have fans salivating – Spider-Man: Ghost Rider Team-Up (76058). Yes, […]
Edinburgh International Film Festival Review – The Fundamentals of Caring (2016)
The Fundamentals of Caring, 2016. Directed by Rob Burnett. Starring Paul Rudd, Craig Roberts, Selena Gomez, Jennifer Ehle, Julia Denton and Bobby Cannavale. SYNOPSIS: A man suffering an incredible amount of loss enrolls in a class about care-giving that changes his perspective on life. The Netflix juggernaut is soon going to devour us given the […]
Movie Review – The Violators (2015)
The Violators, 2015. Directed by Helen Walsh. Starring Lauren McQueen, Brogan Ellis and Stephen Lord. SYNOPSIS: A dysfunctional girl becomes tangled in a series of events after becoming involved with a local womanising hard-man in the poverty-stricken suburbs of Birkenhead. Helen Walsh is no stranger to the urban dystopia in and around the areas of […]
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2016 Review – Finding Dory (2016)
Finding Dory, 2016. Directed by Andrew Stanton and Angus MacLane. Featuring the voice talents of Ellen DeGeneres, Albert Brooks, Ed O’Neill, Eugene Levy, Diane Keaton, Kaitlin Olson, Ty Burrell, Bill Hader, Kate McKinnon, Dominic West and Idris Elba. SYNOPSIS: The friendly-but-forgetful blue tang fish reunites with her loved ones, and everyone learns a few things about […]
29th Leeds International Film Festival Review – Black Mass (2015)
Black Mass, 2015. Directed by Scott Cooper. Starring Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton, Benedict Cumberbatch, Rory Cochrane, Kevin Bacon, Jesse Plemons, Corey Stoll, Peter Sarsgaard and Dakota Johnson. SYNOPSIS: The true story of James ‘Whitey’ Bulger, the notorious gangster who used his status as a FBI informant under John Connolly to take over South Boston. Black Mass is a very strange film. It’s a […]
59th BFI London Film Festival Review – Black Mass (2015)
Black Mass, 2015 Directed by Scott Cooper Starring Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton, Benedict Cumberbatch, Rory Cochrane, Kevin Bacon, Jesse Plemons, Corey Stoll, Peter Sarsgaard and Dakota Johnson. SYNOPSIS: Based on a true story, Black Mass charts the rise in power of James ‘Whitey’ Bulger, beginning in Boston in 1975. His relationship with his Mother and Brother, his murderous Winter Hill gang and his connection to […]
Comic Book Review – Invisible Republic #10
Zeb Larson reviews Invisible Republic #10… A betrayal from within has deadly consequences. This might be the weakest issue of this series, in the way that it frames the conflict between Maia and Nica as well as Croger’s “decision” between the various factions. For a while, I’ve been hoping that there would be twist to […]
Comic Book Review – Green Arrow: Rebirth #1
Ricky Church reviews Green Arrow: Rebirth #1… Together again for the first time, the Emerald Archer meets Black Canary. Questioning everything Green Arrow believes in, Dinah Lance throws the hero’s world upside down, forcing him to question what he cares about more: his morals or his money? If you’re like me and are fed up […]
Comic Book Review – Star Trek #58
Villordsutch reviews Star Trek #58… The stunning conclusion of “Legacy of Spock”! The fate of the Vulcan people hangs in the balance as Spock tries to prevent all-out war with the Romulan Empire! Will the Vulcans find a new homeworld on which to rebuild their civilization… or does this spell the end of their species? […]
