Man Down, 2017. Directed by Dito Montiel. Starring Shia LaBeouf, Kate Mara, Gary Oldman and Jai Courtney. SYNOPSIS: A former US Marine returns home after a traumatic tour of duty in Afghanistan and finds an America that’s just as much a battlefield as the country he’s left. “America, we have a problem!” is scrawled in […]
Comic Book Review – Penny Dreadful
Calum Petrie reviews Titan’s Penny Dreadful… Featuring Vanessa Ives (Eva Green), Sir Malcom Murray (Timothy Dalton) and Sembene (Danny Sapani) the story recounts the events that led up to the explosive first season of the show. This prequel reveals the terrifying events that led Vanessa to try and find her missing childhood friend, Mina Harker, […]
Movie Review – The Eyes of My Mother (2016)
The Eyes of My Mother, 2016. Written and Directed by Nicolas Pesce. Starring Kika Magalhães, Olivia Bond, Diana Agostini, and Paul Nazak. SYNOPSIS: A young, lonely woman is consumed by her deepest and darkest desires after tragedy strikes her quiet country life. You can’t but applaud director Nicolas Pesce for lack of vision. His streamlined feature […]
Iron Fist Season 1 Episode 8 Review – ‘The Blessing of Many Fractures’
Shaun Munro reviews the eighth episode of Iron Fist… At one point in Iron Fist‘s eighth episode, Ward comically laments to Joy, “It’s cliche! It’s pathetic!”, which ironically feels like a frequently apt descriptor for the show’s writing, especially in this tremendously disappointing follow-up to two rather solid entries. “The Blessing of Many Fractures” hits the […]
TV Review – Striking Out Series One
Rachel Bellwoar reviews the first series of Striking Out… Tara (Amy Huberman) isn’t prepared to stumble on her cheating fiancé but such are the breaks that launch Striking Out when she quits her hen party early. The hit Irish series made its US premiere Friday thanks to Acorn TV and has Tara realizing her career […]
DVD Review – 50 Shades of Erotica (2015)
50 Shades of Erotica, 2015. SYNOPSIS: A collection of trailers featuring some of the best in erotic cinema from the golden age of erotica. You’ve got to hand it to those wonderful people at Nucleus Films, for not only do they want to entertain you they wish to educate you as well. Inspired by the […]
Movie Review – The Boss Baby (2017)
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 […]
