Emma Withington reviews Stories: The Path of Destinies… Ah, wouldn’t it be great if, in real life, when you simultaneously destroy the one you love and fling yourself into battle and imminent death – that you could learn from this mistake and think, ‘well, better luck next time, eh!’ Stories: The Path of Destinies is […]
Comic Book Review – Black Road #1
Zeb Larson reviews Black Road #1… Meet Magnus the Black, neither clean nor sober, neither Christian nor Pagan, but a man true to his word. When a ranking official under his care is brutally murdered, he’s prepared to hunt the killers to the frozen tip of Norway, religious war be damned. Northlanders creator BRIAN WOOD […]
Movie Review – The Sweeney: Paris (2015)
The Sweeney: Paris, 2015. Directed by Benjamin Rocher. Starring Karl Amoussou, Féodor Atkine, Jakob Cedergren,Stefi Clema, Oumar Diaw, Alban Lenoir, Jess Liaudin, Caterina Murino, Thierry Neuvic, Sabrina Ouazani, .and Jean Reno SYNOPSIS: A ragtag squad of French cops, whose old-fashioned protocol infuriates the commissioner, recognises a series of bank and jewellery heists that have the hallmarks of […]
Movie Review – Nasty Baby (2015)
Nasty Baby, 2015. Directed by Sebastián Silva. Starring Sebastián Silva, Tunde Adebimpe, Kristen Wiig and Reg E. Cathey. SYNOPSIS: Polly is looking to be the surrogate to her best friend Freddy and his partner Mo’s baby. Complications arise in both creating a life and taking one. Think of a tap consistently dripping from its mouth. Think […]
Young Sheldon Season 1 Episode 18 Review – ‘A Mother, a Child, and a Blue Man’s Backside’
Martin Carr reviews the eighteenth episode of Young Sheldon… Young Sheldon is increasingly about the little things. Comic asides, chuck away one liners between characters and risqué moments which enrich rather than diminish any Sheldon centric situation. Perry and Armitage take great pleasure in stealing many of the best lines, while the latter proves his […]
Blu-ray Review – The Sound Barrier (1952)
The Sound Barrier, 1952. Directed by David Lean. Starring Ralph Richardson, Ann Todd, Nigel Patrick, John Justin and Denholm Elliott. SYNOPSIS: Fictionalized story of British aerospace engineers solving the problem of supersonic flight. The Sound Barrier, directed by David Lean midway through one of greatest runs in film history, is the story of the bid to […]
Movie Review – Dean (2017)
Dean. 2017 Written and Directed by Demetri Martin. Starring Demetri Martin, Kevin Kline, Gillian Jacobs, Mary Steenburgen, Reid Scott, Rory Scovel, Ginger Gonzaga, Christine Woods, Briga Heelan, and Peter Scolari SYNOPSIS: A comedy about loss, grief and the redemptive power of love, Dean is an NY illustrator who falls hard for an LA woman while […]
Movie Review – King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017)
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, 2017. Directed by Guy Ritchie. Starring Charlie Hunnam, Astrid Berges-Frisbey, Jude Law, Djimon Hounsou, Aiden Gillen, Eric Bana, Freddie Fox, Neil Maskell, and Annabelle Wallis. SYNOPSIS: Robbed of his birth right, Arthur comes up the hard way in the back alleys of the city. But once he pulls the […]
Video Game Review – Dick Wilde
Shaun Munro reviews Dick Wilde… Bolverk Games’ Dick Wilde brings a distinctly Duck Hunt-esque experience to PSVR, and though it’s hardly overflowing with content, Aim controller owners in particular should be easily swayed by the no-nonsense allure of this slick arcade shooter. You are the preposterously-monikered lead character, hired to use your grand arsenal of weaponry to […]
Movie Review – The Red Turtle (2016)
The Red Turtle, 2016. Directed by Michael Dudok de Wit. Featuring the voice talents of Emmanuel Garijo, Barbara Beretta, Tom Hudson, Baptiste Goy and Axel Deville. SYNOPSIS: A man is washed up on a desert island. It looks like paradise, but he needs to escape. He builds a raft and starts to sail away when something unseen […]
