Tony Black reviews the Star Trek Beyond score… If there is one composer who in the last decade has truly risen to be one of the greats in cinema, it’s Michael Giacchino, and his scores for the J.J. Abrams spearheaded Star Trek reboot series have been among his glittering achievements. He managed to blend for […]
Blu-ray Review – Suture (1993)
Suture, 1993. Directed by David Siegel and Scott McGehee. Starring Dennis Haysbert, Mel Harris, Sab Shimono, David Graf and Michael Harris. SYNOPSIS: Two brothers meet up following the death of their father. The wealthier of the two plans to fake his own death by using his brother to escape suspicion. However, the brother survives and a […]
Second Opinion – Nerve (2016)
Nerve. 2016. Directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman. Starring Dave Franco, Emma Roberts, Machine Gun Kelly, Brian ‘Sene’ Marc, Emily Meade, Miles Helzer, Kimiko Glenn, Marc John Jeffries, and Juliette Lewis. SYNOPSIS: A high school senior finds herself immersed in an online game of truth or dare, where her every move starts to become […]
DVD Review – Reckless (2015)
Reckless, 2015. Directed by Mora Stephens. Starring Patrick Wilson, Ray Winstone, Lena Headey, Richard Dreyfuss, John Cho, Alexandra Breckenridge, Christopher McDonald and Dianna Agron. SYNOPSIS: A successful family man with a blossoming political career loses all sense of morality when he becomes addicted to using an escort agency. Thankfully changed from its original title of […]
Movie Review – Pete’s Dragon (2016)
Pete’s Dragon, 2016. Directed by David Lowery. Starring Bryce Dallas Howard, Oakes Fegley, Oona Laurence, Karl Urban, Wes Bentley and Robert Redford. SYNOPSIS: The adventures of an orphaned boy named Pete and his best friend Elliot, who just so happens to be a dragon. When the original Pete’s Dragon was released in 1977 it was […]
Comic Book Review – Plutona #5
Mark Allen reviews Plutona #5… MINI-SERIES CONCLUSION With the kids torn apart and lost in the woods, nothing can prepare them for what happens next. The startling conclusion to PLUTONA, with an ending that no one will see coming! Trust Jeff Lemire to tell a superhero story that ends with teenagers knifing each other. The […]
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 and Frank Grillo. SYNOPSIS: The Avengers become divided over the […]
Video Game Review – Rocketbirds 2: Evolution
Scott Watson reviews Rocketbirds 2: Evolution… Putzki is dead. Or is he? Hardboiled thought he had nailed the evil megalomaniacal despot at the end of the first Rocketbirds. It seems though that psychotic killer owls from outer space had other plans and look to have brought Putzki back from the dead to once again take over […]
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 3 Episode 18 Review – ‘The Singularity’
Danny Hale reviews the eighteenth episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 3… This week’s episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. really got things building for the impending finale; Hive gained more Inhumans to his side and we started to see the full extent of his unique brand of corruption. Our team has been pushed and they’ve […]
Second Opinion – Captain Fantastic (2016)
Captain Fantastic, 2016. Directed by Matt Ross. Starring Viggo Mortensen, Frank Langella, George MacKay, Samantha Isler, Annalise Basso, Nicholas Hamilton, Shree Crooks, Charlie Shotwell, Kathryn Hahn and Steve Zahn. SYNOPSIS: In the forests of the Pacific Northwest, a father devoted to raising his six kids with a rigorous physical and intellectual education is forced to […]
