The Boss Baby, 2017. Directed by Tom McGrath. Featuring the voice talents of Alec Baldwin, Miles Christopher Bakshi, Steve Buscemi, Jimmy Kimmel, Lisa Kudrow, and Tobey Maguire. SYNOPSIS: A suit-wearing briefcase-carrying baby pairs up with his seven-year-old brother to stop the dastardly plot of the CEO of Puppy Co. The Boss Baby has an overactive […]
Comic Book Review – Riverdale #1
Tai Freligh reviews Riverdale #1… From Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and the writers of the new CW series Riverdale comes the first issue of the MUST-READ, brand new, ongoing comic series. Set in the universe of the TV series, the Riverdale comic tells untold stories that take place between episodes. Riverdale offers a bold, subversive take on Archie, Betty, Veronica, Josie […]
Video Game Review – Disc Jam
Shaun Munro reviews Disc Jam… Released for “free” as part of PlayStation Plus’ Instant Game Collection, High Horse Entertainment’s Disc Jam has already been widely touted as “the new Rocket League“, a half-apt, half-reductive comparison that may both help and hinder the sci-fi sports title in the long run. For what it’s worth, Disc Jam is almost as […]
Movie Review – Personal Shopper (2016)
Personal Shopper, 2016. Directed by Olivier Assayas. Starring Kristen Stewart, Lars Eldinger, Sigrid Bouaziz, and Ty Olwin. SYNOPSIS: A fashion model’s personal shopper finds herself drawn into the mystery surrounding the ghost of a lost family member. The heaps and heaps of critical and Cannes-lead praise for Olivier Assayas’s 21st-century answer to Poltergeist for the […]
Movie Review – Road to the Well (2016)
Road to the Well, 2016. Written and directed by Jon Cvack. Starring Marshall R. Teague, Micah Parker, Rosalie McIntire, Barak Hardley, Michelle LaFrance, and Laurence Fuller. SYNOPSIS: Jack (Micah Parker), rolls into town to visit his old friend Frank (Laurence Fuller). Risk averse, free-spirited and bohemian as oppose to repressed, trapped and hemmed in. Jack’s […]
Book Review – The Hangman’s Daughter by Gavin Smith
Michelle Herbert reviews The Hangman’s Daughter by Gavin Smith… Welcome to the future, where humanity left Earth for the stars 400 years ago. In this future, we have expanded through the stars, although some things are still the same. There is still crime, as humanity hasn’t evolved into purely altruistic beings, the CIA is still […]
Movie Review – The Program (2015)
The Program, 2015. Directed by Stephen Frears. Starring Ben Foster, Chris O’Dowd, Guillaume Canet, Jesse Plemons, Lee Pace, Denis Menochet and Dustin Hoffman. SYNOPSIS: An Irish sports journalist becomes convinced that Lance Armstrong’s performances during the Tour de France victories are fueled by banned substances. With this conviction, he starts hunting for evidence that will […]
Movie Review – Viceroy’s House (2017)
Viceroy’s House, 2017. Directed by Gurinder Chadha. Starring Hugh Bonneville, Gillian Anderson, Manish Dayal, Michael Gambon, Huma Qureshi, Lily Travers, Simon Callow, and Om Puri. SYNOPSIS: Lord Mountbatten, as the last appointed Viceroy of India in 1947, is tasked with handing the country back to its people after 300 years of British imperial rule. His […]
Video Game Review – A Pixel Story
Calum Petrie reviews A Pixel Story… A Pixel Story is a bold and bouncy adventure filled with cute characters, bouncing puzzles and nostalgia filled levels. Developed by Lamplight Studios and published by Rising Star Games, this game was originally released on Steam and is now making its way to consoles. The BAFTA nominated indie title […]
Legion Season 1 Episode 4 Review – ‘Chapter 4’
Rachel Bellwoar reviews the fourth episode of Legion… ‘Chapter 4’ opens with a character we’d never met in person, Dr. Bird’s husband, Oliver (Jemaine Clement), introducing the episode as a “five act play,” like this is Masterpiece Theater. More importantly, Oliver gives us something to look for this episode, a common thread to pull all […]
