The Secret Life of Pets, 2016. Directed by Chris Renaud and Yarrow Cheney. Featuring the voice talents of Louis C.K., Eric Stonestreet, Kevin Hart, Jenny Slate, Lake Bell, Ellie Kemper, Bobby Moynihan, Hannibal Buress, Dana Carvey, Steve Coogan, and Albert Brooks. SYNOPSIS: A terrier named Max regularly invites his friends to hang out at his […]
Video Game Review – Vallation on the ZX Spectrum
Villordsutch reviews Vallation on the ZX Spectrum… Vallation has just arrived on the ZX Spectrum, and is originally a Commodore 64 game created by Jason Kelk aka. Cosine for the RGCD C64 Cartridge Development Competition 2013, this has now been brought over to the Sinclair machine – with love – by Tardis Remakes & Søren […]
Video Game Review – Carmageddon: Max Damage
Kris Wall reviews Carmageddon: Max Damage… Nostalgia can be a funny thing, it means we tend to look back on things from our youth through rose tinted specs, our views remaining undiminished by the endless passing of time. Unlike games like Sonic the Hedgehog or Super Mario World which remain timeless classics, many games were […]
Comic Book Review – Batman #2
Ricky Church reviews Batman #2… “I AM GOTHAM” Chapter Two: In issue #2, after a brush with disaster, Batman struggles to reconcile the fate he could be leaving behind for his city, and reaches out to the idealistic new hero, Gotham. But an evil is building that may overcome both Batman and his new ally. […]
Movie Review – Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates (2016)
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, 2016. Directed by Jake Szymanski. Starring Zac Efron, Adam Devine, Anna Kendrick and Aubrey Plaza. SYNOPSIS: Two brothers place an online ad to find dates for a wedding and the ad goes viral. Comedy is tricky to critique and judge, but if there is one constant, it is the […]
Terminator 2 at 25: Revisiting Cinema’s Greatest Sequel
Edward Gardiner revisits Terminator 2: Judgment Day on its 25th anniversary… *Spoilers for the Terminator franchise There was a time, if you remember, when James Cameron wasn’t weirdly obsessed with those funny blue aliens over on Pandora. Back in the early ’90s, when Tarantino was paving his way into Hollywood and Spielberg was bringing dinosaurs back to life, Cameron […]
Second Opinion – Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (2016)
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie, 2016. Directed by Mandie Fletcher. Starring Jennifer Saunders, Joanna Lumley, Julia Sawalha, Jane Horrocks, Celia Imrie and June Whitfield. SYNOPSIS: Edina and Patsy are still oozing glitz and glamor, living the high life they are accustomed to; shopping, drinking and clubbing their way around London’s trendiest hot-spots. Blamed for a major […]
Comic Book Review – Giant Days #16
Mark Allen reviews Giant Days #16… Daisy has to draw on new reserves of inner strength after she loses control of a party of prospective students on an open day, while the ‘lonely, unlovable spinster’ Susan tries dating again with disastrous results. Giant Days is a rare treat these days: a low-stakes teen comic about three […]
Movie Review – The Neon Demon (2016)
The Neon Demon, 2016. Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn. Starring Elle Fanning, Jena Malone, Bella Heathcote, Abbey Lee, Karl Glusman, Alessandro Nivola, Christina Hendricks, Desmond Harrington and Keanu Reeves. SYNOPSIS: When aspiring model Jesse moves to Los Angeles, her youth and vitality are devoured by a group of beauty-obsessed women who will take any means […]
Video Game Review – Flame Princess Adventure Time on ZX Spectrum
Villordsutch reviews Flame Princess Adventure Time on the ZX Spectrum… In the latest Homebrew Reviews we look at a competition entry from the #bitbitjam3 which is bringing a modern day cartoon to a very classic machine. Over at #bitbitjam3 people from around the world are given one week to create a game on a piece […]
