Assassin’s Creed, 2016.Directed by Justin Kurzel. Starring Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, Jeremy Irons, Michael K. Williams, Charlotte Rampling, Denis Menochet, Ariane Labed, Khalid Abdalla, Essie Davis, and Brendan Gleeson.SYNOPSIS:When Callum Lynch explores the memories of his ancestor Aguilar and gains the skills of a Master Assassin, he discovers he is a descendant of the secret Assassins […]
Movie Review – Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, 2016. Directed by Gareth Edwards. Starring Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Alan Tudyk, Donnie Yen, Jiang Wen, Ben Mendelsohn, Forest Whitaker, Riz Ahmed, Jimmy Smits, Mads Mikkelsen, and James Earl Jones. SYNOPSIS: The Rebel Alliance makes a risky move to steal the plans for the Death Star, setting up the epic saga […]
Movie Review – Passengers (2016)
Passengers, 2016. Directed by Morten Tyldum. Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Pratt, Michael Sheen, Laurence Fishburne and Andy Garcia. SYNOPSIS: A spacecraft traveling to a distant colony planet and transporting thousands of people has a malfunction in its sleep chambers. As a result, two passengers are awakened 90 years early. Warning. Spoilers follow… A high up […]
12 Days of Christmas Horror: Day 7 – Elves (1989)
Elves, 1989. Directed by Jeffrey Mandel. Starring Dan Haggerty, Deanna Lund, Julie Austin and Borah Silver. SYNOPSIS: In a botched attempt to perform an occult ritual, a group of friends accidently summon up a demonic elf. The elf soon attempts to seek out one of the girls, the virginal Kirsten, in an effort to complete […]
Movie Review – Silence (2016)
Silence, 2016. Directed by Martin Scorsese. Starring Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver, Liam Neeson, Tadanobu Asano, and Ciarán Hinds. SYNOPSIS: Martin Scorsese’s SILENCE tells the story of two Christian missionaries (Andrew Garfield and Adam Driver) who face the ultimate test of faith when they travel to Japan in search of their missing mentor (Liam Neeson) – […]
12 Days of Christmas Horror: Day 6 – Child’s Play (1988)
Child’s Play, 1988. Directed by Tom Holland. Starring Brad Dourif, Alex Vincent, Catherine Hicks and Chris Sarandon. SYNOPSIS: Widowed mother Karen is eager for her young son Andy to have the best birthday possible so she buys him a Good Guy doll named Chucky, a toy that Andy had been desperate to have. After her […]
Blu-ray Review – Hellgate (1989)
Hellgate, 1989. Directed by William A. Levey. Starring Ron Palillo, Abigail Wolcott, Carel Trichardt, Petrea Curran and Evan J. Klisser. SYNOPSIS: A beautiful young woman murdered in the 1950s by a motorcycle gang returns from the dead after her father finds a magic crystal to revive her. In the 1950s a ruthless biker gang kidnap […]
Video Game Review – Space Hulk: Deathwing
Andy O’Flaherty reviews Space Hulk: Deathwing… Ever since the original Space Hulk board-game was released by Games Workshop in 1989 there have been many computer games that have born the name, and pretty much all of them have been slow-paced strategic titles that require patience and planning to succeed. For those familiar with Space Hulk, […]
Blu-ray Review – Hell Comes to Frogtown (1988)
Hell Comes to Frogtown, 1988. Directed by Donald G. Jackson & R.J. Kizer. Starring Roddy Piper, Sandahl Bergman, Julius LeFlore, RCB, William Smith and Brian Frank. SYNOPSIS: In a post-nuclear war USA, a fertile man is sent into mutant territory to rescue the last fertile women in the country in order to replenish the human […]
Comic Book Review – Lucas Stand #6
Tony Black reviews Lucas Stand #6… Final issue! Lucas jumps into the future for the first time and discovers what the influencer demon’s plans will lead to. The final issue of this first run of Lucas Stand brings the titular character full circle for a bravura finish from Kurt Sutter & Catrin Kittridge. The penultimate […]
