Hounds Of Love, 2016. Directed by Ben Young. Starring Emma Booth, Ashleigh Cummings, Stephen Curry and Susie Porter. SYNOPSIS: In a quiet suburb of Perth in Australia, a teenage girl has gone missing and posters are pinned to every tree. Vicki Maloney (Ashleigh Cummings) has yet another row with her mother, defies her about going […]
Comic Book Review – Absolute Wonder Woman by Brian Azzarello and Cliff Chang Vol. 1
Ricky Church reviews Absolute Wonder Woman by Brian Azzarello and Cliff Chang Vol. 1… In these tales from the start of DC—The New 52, Wonder Woman learns that Queen Hippolyta has kept a secret from her daughter all her life—and when Diana learns who her father is, her life will shatter like brittle clay. The […]
A Centaur’s Life Episode 1 Review
Jordan Wharton reviews the first episode of A Centaur’s Life… Centaur no Nayami (also known as A Centaur’s Life and Centaur’s Worries) is a brand new anime featuring the character Himeno, a Centaur. This slice of life anime focuses on Himeno, and her two best friends Nozomi and Kyouko, as they live their every day […]
Short Film Reviews – Guerrilla, Paper Kids and American Virus
Tom Jolliffe reviews Shane Ryan’s Guerrilla, Paper Kids and American Virus… Independent American film-maker Shane Ryan, has tended to court a degree of controversy throughout his career. He’s directed a number of features, and shorts. A common strand running through them is a recurring theme of isolation, of being an outsider, and the dark corners […]
Movie Review – They’re Watching (2016)
They’re Watching, 2016. Directed by Jay Lander and Micah Wright. Starring David Alpay, Cristian Balint, Brigid Brannagh, Dimitri Diatchenko, Mia Faith, Carrie Genzel and Kris Lemche. SYNOPSIS: An American TV crew are sent to a small Moldovan village to record a reality home improvement show, but they soon come into conflict with the locals, and […]
Movie Review – Baskin (2015)
Baskin, 2015. Directed By Can Evrenol. Starring Gorkem Kasal, Muharrem Bayrak, Mehmet Akif Budak, Fadik Bülbül, Mehmet Cerrahoglu and Serhat Mustafa Kiliç. SYNOPSIS: ‘A squad of unsuspecting cops goes through a trapdoor to Hell when they stumble upon a Black Mass in an abandoned building.’ Baskin is exactly the type of movie horror fans have […]
Nashville Season 5 Episode 1 Review – ‘The Wayfaring Stranger’
Rachel Bellwoar reviews the first episode of Nashville season 5… Thursday night CMT treated viewers to an early look at the first half of Nashville’s two hour fifth season premiere. ‘The Wayfaring Stranger’ marks the first episode of Nashville on its new network, CMT, and the first under new showrunners, Ed Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz (Thirtysomething). Resurrected after ABC cancelled […]
Blu-ray Review – Audition (1999)
Audition, 1999. Directed by Takashi Miike. Starring Ryo Ishibashi, Eihi Shiina, Tetsu Sawaki and Jun Kunimura. SYNOPSIS: A widower holds auditions to find a new love, only the woman he chooses isn’t quite what she appears to be. If you’ve yet to see Takashi Miike’s 1999 movie Audition then you can be damn sure you’ve […]
Movie Review – Last Girl Standing (2016)
Last Girl Standing, 2015 Written and directed by Benjamin R. Moody. Starring Akasha Villalobos, Danielle Evon Ploeger, Brian Villalobos, JD Carrera, Ryan Hamilton, Kelsey Pribilski, Laura Ray, Chris J. Knight. SYNOPSIS: She survived a brutal massacre, but lost her life. What happens to the final girl after the credits roll? Ever since Laurie Strode first […]
Comic Book Review – Man: Plus #2
David Opie reviews Man: Plus #2… As Olissipo’s crack police squad piece together the cause of the recent android attack, a dangerous thread of violence and corruption begins to unravel, leading from the city’s seediest ghettos, to the dizzying heights of its business district. From artist/writer André Lima Araújo (Avengers AI, Spider Verse) comes the […]
