Emma Withington reviews The Fix #1… From the creators of The Superior Foes of Spider-Man (Nick Spencer and Steve Lieber), comes a story of the crooked cops, scheming mobsters, and corrupt politicians that run things—and the sex toy that can bring them all down. Oh, and the hero is a drug-sniffing beagle named Pretzels. Bad people […]
Book Review – Nod by Adrian Barnes
Michelle Herbert reviews Nod by Adrian Barnes… With so many books to read, it has been a while since I have read such an intriguing idea regarding an apocalypse, Adrian Barnes’ novel Nod is ingenious in how real it feels, as it concerns itself with the breakdown of society meshed with the mental breakdown of […]
Comic Book Review – Mickey Mouse #11
Andrew Newton reviews Mickey Mouse #11… “Day of the Colossus: Part 2 of 2!” There’s a giant-size, ancient Greek robot warrior on the loose — and a modern madman at the controls! Do Mickey and Eurasia Toft have the machinepower to stop him? SEE ALSO: Check out a preview of Mickey Mouse #11 Last issue […]
Comic Book Review – The Wicked + The Divine #18
Zeb Larson reviews The Wicked + The Divine #18… An ideal jumping-on point. Persephone, live. The question is, will it be for more than one night? Don’t call it a comeback, as JAMIE McKELVIE and MATT WILSON return to THE WICKED + THE DIVINE for the most rock-androll everything-explodes arc of the hit series. The Wicked […]
Comic Book Review – Penguins: The Elitest of the Elite #2
Emma Withington reviews Penguins: The Elitest of the Elite #2… Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private get their flippers in a flap – it’s the International Undercover Elite Interspecies Task Force Awards – and they’re not invited! Something must be wrong, and something most certainly is… but it’s not what the Penguins expect! SEE ALSO: Check […]
Comic Book Review – Heroes: Godsend #2
Tai Freligh reviews Heroes: Godsend #2… 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. From Titan Comics comes a series of comic stories that serve as prequels to the Heroes Reborn television show on NBC. They plan on coming out […]
Movie Review – The Jungle Book (2016)
The Jungle Book, 2016. Directed by Jon Favreau. Starring Neel Sethi, Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley, Idris Elba, Lupita Nyong’o, Scarlett Johansson, Giancarlo Esposito and Christopher Walken. SYNOPSIS: An orphan boy is raised in the jungle with the help of a pack of wolves, a bear, and a black panther. The Jungle Book rests on the shoulders […]
Movie Review – The Man Who Knew Infinity (2015)
The Man Who Knew Infinity, 2015. Directed by Matthew Brown. Starring Dev Patel, Jeremy Irons, Toby Jones and Stephen Fry. SYNOPSIS: The true-story of famed mathematician, Srinivasa Ramanujan. With no formal-training, Ramanujan created new theorems and research that is remains vital to mathematics today. The Man Who Knew Infinity smells glorious. A mathematically meaty subject in […]
Movie Review – Dheepan (2015)
Dheepan, 2015. Directed by Jacques Audiard. Starring Faouzi Bensaidi, Jesuthasan Antonythasan, Kalieaswari Srinivasan, Vincent Rottiers, Claudine Vinasithamby and Marc Zinga. SYNOPSIS: Three Sri Lankan refugees come together to forge a fake a family to flee from the conflict and emigrate to a banlieue in France, where they begin to etch out a living against such […]
Movie Review – The Huntsman: Winter’s War (2016)
The Huntsman: Winter’s War, 2016. Directed by Cedric Nicolas-Troyan Starring Chris Hemsworth, Charlize Theron, Emily Blunt, Nick Frost, Rob Brydon, Sheridan Smith, Alexandra Roach, Sam Claflin and Jessica Chastain. SYNOPSIS: As two evil sisters prepare to conquer the land, two renegades Eric the Huntsman, who previously aided Snow White in defeating Ravenna, and his forbidden lover Sara […]
