Midnight Special, 2016. Directed by Jeff Nichols Starring Michael Shannon, Joel Edgerton, Kirsten Dunst, Adam Driver and Jaeden Lieberher. SYNOPSIS: A sci-fi thriller exploring the government’s interest in the power a kidnapped boy possesses, and his journey that reconnects him with his father. Jeff Nichols’ latest film, Midnight Special, delves into territory unfamiliar to the director, […]
Movie Review – Captain America: Civil War (2016)
Captain America: Civil War, 2016. Directed by Joe Russo & Anthony Russo. Starring Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Don Cheadle, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Rudd, Jeremy Renner, William Hurt, Emily VanCamp, Tom Holland, Martin Freeman, Chadwick Boseman, Daniel Brühl, Paul Bettany, Marissa Tomei, John Kani, John Slattery, Hope Davis, Frank Grillo, […]
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 3 Episode 16 Review – ‘Paradise Lost’
Danny Hale reviews the sixteenth episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 3… Going into Paradise Lost this week after the post-credits scene in Spacetime I felt Powers Boothe’s performance as Malick coming to an end. We had his daughter Stephanie introduced a few weeks ago, ripe to take his place and another ominous vision this […]
Movie Review – Emelie (2015)
Emelie, 2015. Directed by Michael Thelin. Starring Sarah Bolger, Carly Adams, Carl Bailey, Thomas Bair, Chris Beetem, Elizabeth Jayne, Sarah Poufar, Joshua Rush. SYNOPSIS: A last minute replacement babysitter turns out not to be who she says she is when a couple leave their three children in her care. Released as part of Icon Home […]
Movie Review – Eye in the Sky (2016)
Eye in the Sky, 2016. Directed by Gavin Hood. Starring Helen Mirren, Aaron Paul, Alan Rickman, Barkhad Abdi, Aisha Takow, Phoebe Fox, Gavin Hood, Jeremy Northam, Monica Dolan, Kim Engelbrecht, and Iain Glen. SYNOPSIS: The moral implications of sending a drone to eliminate three terrorists on the British military’s top five most wanted list suddenly […]
Banshee Season 4 Episode 2 Review – ‘The Burden of Beauty’
Kris Wall reviews the second episode of Banshee season 4… Full Spoilers for The Burden of Beauty ahead… If there’s one thing that Banshee has become exceptionally good at, it’s defying viewer expectations. Just when you think you have this show figured out, it suddenly (and often violently) pulls the rug out from under you […]
Comic Book Review – The Walking Dead #153
Zeb Larson reviews The Walking Dead #153… Heavy hangs the head. This is one of those scenery issues of The Walking Dead where we’re on the way to a climax, which means that there’s not a whole lot in this issue to really delve into. Rather, there’s some fallout from the previous issue, and a […]
DVD Review – Estranged (2015)
Estranged, 2015. Directed by Adam Levins. Starring Amy Manson, Craig Conway, Simon Quarterman, James Cosmo, Bob Duff, James Lance, Eileen Nicholas, Nora-Jane Noone. SYNOPSIS: A woman with amnesia from a crash returns to her family home and tries to work out who she was before her accident and why her family are behaving so strangely […]
Blu-ray Review – Bride of Re-Animator (1989)
Bride of Re-Animator, 1989. Directed by Brian Yuzna. Starring Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott, David Gale, Claude Earl Jones, Fabiana Udenio, Kathleen Kinmont, Mel Stewart. SYNOPSIS: Herbert West and his assistant Dan Cain discover how to re-animate dead tissue from individual body parts and set about creating their own ‘perfect’ woman. Right then, now we’re talking. […]
Blu-ray Review – Trapped: Complete Season One
Trapped: Season One Created by Baltasar Kormákur. Starring Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Ilmur Kristjánsdottir, Ingvar Sigurðsson, Nina Dögg Filipusdottir, Bjarne Henriksen and Björn Hlynur Haraldsson. SYNOPSIS : In a remote town in Iceland, local police desperately try to solve a crime as a powerful storm descends upon the town. The recent success of Trapped – or if you’re feeling like brushing up […]
