The Violators, 2015. Directed by Helen Walsh. Starring Lauren McQueen, Brogan Ellis and Stephen Lord. SYNOPSIS: A dysfunctional girl becomes tangled in a series of events after becoming involved with a local womanising hard-man in the poverty-stricken suburbs of Birkenhead. Helen Walsh is no stranger to the urban dystopia in and around the areas of […]
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2016 Review – Finding Dory (2016)
Finding Dory, 2016. Directed by Andrew Stanton and Angus MacLane. Featuring the voice talents of Ellen DeGeneres, Albert Brooks, Ed O’Neill, Eugene Levy, Diane Keaton, Kaitlin Olson, Ty Burrell, Bill Hader, Kate McKinnon, Dominic West and Idris Elba. SYNOPSIS: The friendly-but-forgetful blue tang fish reunites with her loved ones, and everyone learns a few things about […]
Comic Book Review – Detective Comics #934
Ricky Church reviews Detective Comics #934… “RISE OF THE BATMEN” Chapter One An unknown predator begins outdoing Batman, taking down dangerous threats with military precision. It’s up to the Dark Knight and series costar Batwoman to rally and train the young heroes of Gotham City to end this mysterious threat! WHAT NOW: Batman and Batwoman […]
Comic Book Review – Tank Girl: Two Girls One Tank #2
Kirsty Capes reviews Tank Girl: Two Girls One Tank #2… Perhaps it’s too much booze that’s got our swill-swigging hero seeing double, or maybe there really is a doppelganger on the scene? Whatever the case, it’s time for Tank Girl to solve the case of her pilfered Panzer! SEE ALSO: Check out a preview of Tank […]
Comic Book Review – TMNT: Bebop & Rocksteady Destroy Everything! #3
Chris Cooper reviews TMNT: Bebop & Rocksteady Destroy Everything! #3… Chaos spreads and the next stop in Bebop and Rocksteady’s itinerary is Stockgen when the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles where just regular baby Turtles! SEE ALSO: Preview of TMNT: Bebop & Rocksteady Destroy Everything! #3 My initial feeling upon seeing the artists for #3 this weekly series was […]
Movie Review – Where You’re Meant To Be (2016)
Where You’re Meant To Be, 2016. Directed by Paul Fegan. Starring Aidan Moffat and Sheila Stewart. SYNOPSIS: Documentary charting the progress of a Scottish artist as he attempts to rewrite his country’s oldest songs. “Folk music needs a good editor” Aidan Moffat says at one point during this heartfelt and incisive documentary. It’s just one […]
Comic Book Review – Heroes: Godsend #4
Tai Freligh reviews Heroes: Godsend #4… Farah Nazan… Former soldier and tough protector of Malina… But how did she become the woman she is today? Farah’s origins are explored in Godsend. Now working for Primatech, Farah used her powers to spring Daniel Linderman from prison so he could heal Malina, the world’s future savior. But another man escaped […]
Comic Book Review – Descender #12
Zeb Larson reviews Descender #12… Critically-acclaimed, bestselling DESCENDER is back with “SINGULARITIES,” its next exciting arc. Learn the terrible secret origin of the vicious doppelgänger Tim-22 and what secrets shaped him into a monster. Descender is back with its twelfth issue and it feels…brief. It’s not that the issue is necessarily bad, but there really […]
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2016 Review – Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)
Hunt for the Wilderpeople, 2016. Written and Directed by Taika Waititi. Starring Sam Neill, Julian Dennison, Rima Te Wiata, Rachel House and Rhys Darby. SYNOPSIS: A national manhunt is ordered for a rebellious kid and his foster uncle who go missing in the wild New Zealand bush. There is a definite temptation to begin this […]
Comic Book Review – Action Comics #957
Tony Black reviews Action Comics #957… “PATH TO DOOM” Chapter One Superman returns to Metropolis just in time to meet the city of tomorrow’s newest protector: Lex Luthor. But it’s not long before these dueling titans meet someone unexpected — the new Clark Kent! DON’T MISS: ACTION COMICS returns to its original numbering with this […]
