Tony Black reviews The X-Files #6… “Came Back Haunted,” Part 1 of 4: A thwarted attack puts a community of refugees at risk, but when a connection to a recent mall shooting is found, Mulder and Scully must determine the cause of the violent outbreaks, why the government is covering it up, and just what […]
Movie Review – Little Men (2016)
Little Men, 2016. Directed by Ira Sachs. Starring Greg Kinnear, Paulina García, Jennifer Ehle, Theo Taplitz, Michael Barbieri, Talia Balsam and Alfred Molina. SYNOPSIS: A new pair of best friends have their bond tested by their parents’ battle over a dress shop lease. Ira Sachs has an astute awareness that his films aren’t earth shattering, […]
Comic Book Review – The Wicked + The Divine 1831
Mark Allen reviews The Wicked + The Divine 1831… “MODERN ROMANCE” Critically-acclaimed THE WICKED + THE DIVINE goes back to the nineteenth century, to see what became of the Romantic poets one infamous night on Lake Geneva… Showcasing STEPHANIE HANS (Journey Into Mystery, Angela), this special is NOT included in the forthcoming THE WICKED + THE […]
Movie Review – De Palma (2016)
De Palma, 2016 Directed by Noah Baumbach and Jake Paltrow. SYNOPSIS: A documentary exploring the life, work and influences behind the films of Brian De Palma Brian De Palma may be popular among cineliterate enthusiasts but he’s never had the same popularity elsewhere. When you list his movies, it’s easy to imagine audiences being taken aback […]
Comic Book Review – 2000 AD Prog #1999
Mark Allen reviews 2000 AD Prog #1999… The penultimate issue of 2000 AD’s second millennium rockets along, concluding many of the comic’s current storylines and offering a gloopy, cautionary Judge Dredd one-off. Most of the prog’s content is full of none-more-goth pessimism, from Jaegir: Warchild’s rabid child-monsters to both Scarlet Traces and Outlier’s world-shattering endings. […]
Comic Book Review – Kill Or Be Killed #2
Mark Allen reviews Kill Or Be Killed #2… The second chapter in Brubaker, Phillips and Breitweiser’s new hit book! Every killer has to have his first kill, and they’re never easy. Never ones to shy away from the grim practicalities of committing violence, the Kill Or Be Killed dedicate most of their second issue to the protagonist’s […]
DVD Review – The Out-Laws
Henry Bevan reviews the hit Belgian TV series The Out-Laws… SYNOPSIS: “All ten episodes from the Belgian comedy drama which follows five sisters brought together by the death of their parents. After vowing to stick together, the bond between the Goethals sisters is tested following the marriage of Goedele (Inge Paulussen) to troublemaker Jean-Claude (Dirk […]
Comic Book Review – Eisenhorn: XENOS #0
Tai Freligh reviews Eisenhorn: XENOS #0… Based in the UK and founded in 2011, Pixel Hero Games is a video game development studio that specializes in action adventure games. They recently teamed up with Games Workshop to create a game adaption of one of the Warhammer 40,000 sagas, the Eisenhorn trilogy, written by Black Library legend, […]
Video Game Review – Dead Rising HD
Kris Wall reviews Dead Rising HD… It’s been 10 years since the first Dead Rising was released as an Xbox 360 exclusive. It played as the crazier and funnier cousin to Capcom’s own Resident Evil series as players took on an overwhelming amount of onscreen zombies with whatever they could lay their hands on. At […]
Movie Review – Morgan (2016)
Morgan, 2016. Directed by Luke Scott. Starring Kate Mara, Anya Taylor-Joy, Rose Leslie, Toby Jones, Paul Giamatti, Boyd Holbrook and Jennifer Jason Leigh. SYNOPSIS: A corporate risk-management consultant must decide whether or not to terminate an artificially created humanoid being. Silver screen representations of artificial intelligence are hardly unfamiliar; in fact they are as frequent […]
