Tai Freligh reviews Heroes: Godsend 5… Farah Nazan… Former soldier and tough protector of Malina… But how did she become the woman she is today? Farah’s origins are explored in Godsend. Farah is desperate to stop those who have turned to violence and vandalism to destroy her community. After they clashed with the mysterious Mr. […]
Comic Book Review – Lucas Stand #2
Zeb Larson reviews Lucas Stand #2… Lucas is sent back to 1943 Occupied France to kill a demon, but must avoid altering history in the process. Lucas Stand is back, but this issue lacks some of the power of its predecessor. Part of that is just by virtue of being the second issue; second issues […]
Movie Review – David Bowie Is (2013)
David Bowie Is, 2013. Directed by Hamish Hamilton and Katy Mullan. SYNOPSIS: A documentary tying in to London’s Victoria & Albert Museum’s David Bowie Is exhibition”. A lot of well deserved praise has been heaped on the work and life of David Bowie since his very sad death in January this year. However, in 2013, […]
Blu-ray Review – Rabid (1977)
Rabid, 1977. Directed by David Cronenberg. Starring Marilyn Chambers, Frank Moore, Joe Silver, Susan Roman and Howard Ryshpan. SYNOPSIS: After receiving experimental plastic surgery a young woman develops a taste for human blood and begins to infect everyone around her with her bloodthirsty madness. Following on from their excellent release of David Cronenberg’s Shivers last […]
Second Opinion – The Voices (2015)
The Voices, 2015. Directed by Marjane Satrapi. Starring Ryan Reynolds, Anna Kendrick, Gemma Arterton and Jacki Weaver. SYNOPSIS: Likeable factory worker, Jerry, pursues his office crush with the help of his evil talking pets, but things turn sinister when she stands him up for a date. “The voices made me do it.”. Ah, the standard alibi for the psychotic serial […]
Movie Review – Baskin (2015)
Baskin, 2015. Directed by Can Evrenol. Starring Gorkem Kasal, Mehmet Akif Budak, Fadik Bülbül, Mehmet Cerrahoglu, Serhat Mustafa Kiliç and Muharrem Bayrak. SYNOPSIS: A team of cops investigating a disturbance in an abandoned building discover more than they bargained for. Imagine, if you will, a clash between the nightmare world of Clive Barker’s imagination and […]
The Flash Season 1 Episode 14 – ‘Fallout’
Jessie Robertson reviews the fourteenth episode of The Flash… Literal fallout as the episode began. But, the experiment worked. This episode was all about the two elements fused together to make Firestorm, Ronnie Raymond and Martin Stein. Firestorm is a very difficult character to bring to screen, because it’s two distinct characters, and how do […]
Video Game Review – Life is Strange Episode 1
Alan Heath reviews Life is Strange Episode 1… For those of you out there that have played any of Telltale’s episodic adventures like The Walking Dead, have you ever thought “I wish I could go back and change that last decision”? Well, it seems developer Dontnod Entertainment were thinking just that when creating their new […]
Ray Donovan Season 4 Episode 2 Review – ‘Marisol’
Mark Clark reviews the second episode of Ray Donovan season 4… Unlike difficult second album syndrome, a limited episode TV series should really be getting comfortable by episode 2 and for Ray Donovan season 4 things are shaping up nicely. Not necessarily for Ray of course. Or anyone else for that matter. Following on from […]
Second Opinion – Focus (2015)
Focus, 2015. Written and Directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa. Starring Will Smith, Margot Robbie, Rodrigo Santoro, Gerald McRaney, BD Wong, Robert Taylor, Dominic Fumusa, Brennan Brown and Griff Furst. SYNOPSIS: In the midst of veteran con man Nicky’s latest scheme, a woman from his past – now an accomplished femme fatale – shows […]
