Goodnight Mommy, 2015. Directed by Veronika Franz and Severine Fiala. Starring Susanne Wuest, Lukas Schwarz and Elias Schwarz. SYNOPSIS: When their mother returns home from hospital, twin brothers Lukas and Elias sense something’s not right. Her face is swathed in bandages after plastic surgery, she doesn’t behave or sound like the mother they remember and […]
Comic Book Review – Narcopolis: Continuum #3
Zeb Larson reviews Narcopolis: Continuum #3… On the run and short on time, Ben must face the ultimate evil in order to alter history – drug lord Todd Ambro (aka his boss)! Every choice made from this pivotal moment forward will not only affect his future but his past as well. Reunited with his father […]
Movie Review – Hail, Caesar! (2016)
Hail, Caesar!, 2016. Directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen. Starring Josh Brolin, George Clooney, Channing Tatum, Scarlett Johansson, Jonah Hill, Tilda Swinton, Ralph Fiennes and Alden Ehrenreich. SYNOPSIS: A studio fixer in 1950s Hollywood has his work cut out keeping his stars in line. An A list actress is pregnant but decidedly single. More […]
Movie Review – Berlin Syndrome (2017)
Berlin Syndrome, 2017. Directed by Cate Shortland. Starring Teresa Palmer, Max Riemelt, Lucie Aron, Cem Tuncay, Matthias Habich, and Emma Bading. SYNOPSIS: A passionate holiday romance leads to an obsessive relationship when an Australian photojournalist wakes one morning in a Berlin apartment and is unable to leave. First impressions are important but never tell […]
Video Game Review – Superhot VR
Shaun Munro reviews Superhot VR… Pretty much anyone who’s ever seen The Matrix has surely fantasised about pulling a Neo and bending backwards in slow-motion while performing a gravity-defying bullet dodge, right? Well, that dream has finally become a reality with Superhot VR, which mostly makes good on bringing last year’s original 2D version of the game to […]
Video Game Review – Farpoint
Shaun Munro reviews Farpoint… Impulse Gear’s much-anticipated VR shooter Farpoint has been touted as something of a killer app for the PSVR, which though swimming in dozens of titles and “experiences”, has served up few certifiable must-have AAA games so far, the most high-profile being the magnificent Resident Evil 7. Though Capcom’s terrifying VR jaunt remains […]
Book Review – Greatest Hits by Laura Barnett
Michelle Herbert reviews Greatest Hits by Laura Barnett… Some writers are good at writing about life, this was seen in Laura Barnett’s debut: Versions of Us. In which Barnett told a story with three versions of a life, each shaped by one chance encounter, being told three times with one minor change, this sent Barnett’s […]
Blu-ray Review – Aquarius (2016)
Aquarius, 2016. Directed and written by Kleber Mendonça Filho. Starring Sonia Braga, Maeve Jinkings, Irandhir Santos, Humberto Carrão, and Zoraide Coleto. SYNOPSIS: A retired journalist becomes embroiled in an intense conflict of interests with a development company intent on acquiring all the apartments in the building where she lives, the Aquarius. Aquarius is a resolutely intelligent work detailing a […]
DVD Review – Innocence of Memories (2015)
Innocence of Memories, 2015. Directed by Grant Gee. Starring Pandora Colin and Mehmet Ergen. SYNOPSIS: Ayla narrators the story of Pamuk’s novel The Museum of Innocence in fresh vivid detail, bringing the landscape of Istanbul during the 70’s to life. Based on the museum and novel that won the Nobel Prize for literature in 2006, […]
DVD Review – Future Shock! The Story of 2000AD (2015)
Future Shock! The Story of 2000AD, 2015. Directed by Paul Goodwin. Starring Pat Mills, John Wagner, Neil Gaiman, Karl Urban, Dave Gibbons, Scott Ian, Brian Bolland, Carlos Ezquerra, Kevin O’Neill. SYNOPSIS: A detailed look at the history of the 2000AD comic and its main character Judge Dredd from those involved in its creation. Documentaries are […]
