Rabid, 1977. Directed by David Cronenberg. Starring Marilyn Chambers, Frank Moore, Joe Silver, Susan Roman and Howard Ryshpan. SYNOPSIS: After receiving experimental plastic surgery a young woman develops a taste for human blood and begins to infect everyone around her with her bloodthirsty madness. Following on from their excellent release of David Cronenberg’s Shivers last […]
Second Opinion – The Voices (2015)
The Voices, 2015.Directed by Marjane Satrapi. Starring Ryan Reynolds, Anna Kendrick, Gemma Arterton and Jacki Weaver.SYNOPSIS: Likeable factory worker, Jerry, pursues his office crush with the help of his evil talking pets, but things turn sinister when she stands him up for a date.“The voices made me do it.”. Ah, the standard alibi for the psychotic serial killer looking to escape […]
Movie Review – Baskin (2015)
Baskin, 2015. Directed by Can Evrenol. Starring Gorkem Kasal, Mehmet Akif Budak, Fadik Bülbül, Mehmet Cerrahoglu, Serhat Mustafa Kiliç and Muharrem Bayrak. SYNOPSIS: A team of cops investigating a disturbance in an abandoned building discover more than they bargained for. Imagine, if you will, a clash between the nightmare world of Clive Barker’s imagination and […]
The Flash Season 1 Episode 14 – ‘Fallout’
Jessie Robertson reviews the fourteenth episode of The Flash… Literal fallout as the episode began. But, the experiment worked. This episode was all about the two elements fused together to make Firestorm, Ronnie Raymond and Martin Stein. Firestorm is a very difficult character to bring to screen, because it’s two distinct characters, and how do […]
Video Game Review – Life is Strange Episode 1
Alan Heath reviews Life is Strange Episode 1…For those of you out there that have played any of Telltale’s episodic adventures like The Walking Dead, have you ever thought “I wish I could go back and change that last decision”? Well, it seems developer Dontnod Entertainment were thinking just that when creating their new title […]
Ray Donovan Season 4 Episode 2 Review – ‘Marisol’
Mark Clark reviews the second episode of Ray Donovan season 4… Unlike difficult second album syndrome, a limited episode TV series should really be getting comfortable by episode 2 and for Ray Donovan season 4 things are shaping up nicely. Not necessarily for Ray of course. Or anyone else for that matter. Following on from […]
Second Opinion – Focus (2015)
Focus, 2015.Written and Directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa. Starring Will Smith, Margot Robbie, Rodrigo Santoro, Gerald McRaney, BD Wong, Robert Taylor, Dominic Fumusa, Brennan Brown and Griff Furst.SYNOPSIS:In the midst of veteran con man Nicky’s latest scheme, a woman from his past – now an accomplished femme fatale – shows up and throws […]
Movie Review – The Legend of Tarzan (2016)
The Legend of Tarzan, 2016. Directed by David Yates. Starring Alexander Skarsgard, Margot Robbie, Samuel L. Jackson, Christoph Waltz, Djimon Hounsou and Jim Broadbent. SYNOPSIS: Tarzan, having acclimated to life in London, is called back to his former home in the jungle to investigate the activities at a mining encampment. Bringing Tarzan to […]
Movie Review – All Girls Weekend (2016)
All Girls Weekend, 2016. Written and Directed by Lou Simon. Starring Jamie Bernadette, Katie Carpenter, Gema Calero, Karishma Lakhani and Sharron Calvin. SYNOPSIS: High school friends reunite after many years to spend a weekend in the mountains, but when everything goes wrong, there is no time for girl bonding. It’s impossible not to be misled by […]
Movie Review – David Brent: Life on the Road (2016)
David Brent: Life on the Road, 2016. Directed by Ricky Gervais. Starring Ricky Gervais, Jo Hartley, Doc Brown, Tom Bennett and Mandeep Dhillon. SYNOPSIS: Clueless sales representative David Brent, famed for 2000’s documentary The Office, returns as he self-funds his own rock star tour with band Foregone Conclusion… In the vein a few years […]
