Andy O’Flaherty reviews Mercs on the Sega Mega Drive… Back in the mid 80’s the arcade scene was beginning to develop some momentum, rapidly moving on from relatively simple titles like Space Invaders, Defender and Pac-Man. As the technology improved games were beginning to develop a more cinematic and bombastic edge, obviously taking influence from […]
Blu-ray Review – The Initiation (1984)
The Initiation, 1984. Directed by Larry Stewart. Starring Daphne Zuniga, Clu Gulager, Vera Miles, James Read, Marilyn Kagan. SYNOPSIS: When a college prank goes wrong a group of teenage girls find themselves at the mercy of a killer. Originally released during the dying breaths of the first run of slasher films, The Initiation is a […]
Video Game Review – Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
Kris Wall reviews Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare… Looking beyond the sci-fi leaning of its new subtitle for a moment, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare is the 13th game in the series, a seemingly unstoppable juggernaut of a franchise that has been split between 3 different developers to keep up its annual release cycle, it’s […]
Comic Book Review – Geek-Girl #1
Tai Freligh reviews Geek-Girl #1… Trying to be a super-hero, Ruby Kaye stumbles across a mysterious and extremely dangerous new villain taking down her town’s Numero Uno heroine – and is forced to step up and use her powers for more than just accidentally knocking drinks over her friends… Geek-Girl is entering the Super-Hero Big […]
Retro Video Game Review – Pac-Man on the NES
Villordsutch reviews Pac-Man on the NES… Pac-Man is an all-time classic! Originally released upon the Japanese arcades in May 1980 from video game designer Toru Iwatani, this Namco game then went over to America and flew under the Midway flag come December 1980. As any Scott Pilgrim fan will tell you, our yellow hero went […]
Retro Video Game Review – Double Dragon II: The Revenge
Andy O’Flaherty reviews Double Dragon II: The Revenge on the Nintendo Entertainment System… There is an extremely high likelihood that the vast majority of people reading these words have at the very least heard of Double Dragon. The original arcade game, released in 1987, was a landmark title that revolutionised the way games in the […]
Movie Review – The Unspoken (2015)
The Unspoken, 2015. Directed by Sheldon Wilson Starring Jodelle Ferland, Sunny Suljic, Pascale Hutton, Anthony Konechny, Jake Croker SYNOPSIS : In 1997 the close-knit Anderson family vanished from their country home without a trace. No bodies were ever found and for 17 years the house has remained undisturbed…until now. While confusion and mystery is at […]
DVD Review – Abbey Grace (2016)
Abbey Grace, 2016. Directed by Stephen Durham. Starring Debbie Sheridan, Jacob Hobbs, Amber Gallaway, Semi Anthony, Maggie McNabb. SYNOPSIS: After her mother dies, a professional woman puts her career on hold to move back home to look after her agoraphobic brother who has not left the house for years. She soon discovers that the house holds […]
Book Review – A City Dreaming by Daniel Polansky
Michelle Herbert reviews A City Dreaming by Daniel Polansky… With A City Dreaming, Polansky has written an intriguing and at times mind boggling urban fantasy that seeps into the unconscious via a series of vignettes following the exploits of M, his friends and associates. M’s world encompasses our own, but like a VIP curtain, you only […]
Book Review – The X-Files: Secret Agendas
Tony Black reviews The X-Files: Secret Agendas… In the space of around eighteen months, IDW Publishing have neatly timed around the revival of 90’s TV hit The X-Files a series of compilation short stories about the weird & wonderful investigations of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder & Dana Scully, with ‘Secret Agendas’ the overarching title […]
