Calum Petrie gets hands on with Quantum Break… During the week I was lucky enough to get hands on with the latest creation from the great development team at Remedy Games. Quantum Break is a third person shooter with an extremely interesting twist on the cover based shooter model, thrown in with impressive motion capture […]
Comic Book Review – Giant Days #16
Mark Allen reviews Giant Days #16… Daisy has to draw on new reserves of inner strength after she loses control of a party of prospective students on an open day, while the ‘lonely, unlovable spinster’ Susan tries dating again with disastrous results. Giant Days is a rare treat these days: a low-stakes teen comic about three […]
Countdown to Spectre – Licence to Kill Review
Ricky Church continues his countdown to Spectre with a review of Licence to Kill… Timothy Dalton’s time as James Bond is short-lived as he makes his final appearance in his second film. Though his run was brief, Dalton cements his characterization as Bond in Licence to Kill, one of the best and darkest films in […]
Comic Book Review – The Walking Dead #156
Zeb Larson reviews The Walking Dead #156… Warning: This is going to be a review full of spoilers. If you haven’t read this issue or care about reading what happens first, stop now. As a reviewer, I feel compelled to gloat that some of earlier predictions re: The Walking Dead have come to pass. This […]
Comic Book Review – East of West #27
Mark Allen reviews East of West #27… “FINDING BABYLON” Death gets closer to finally reuniting with his son. East of West has had pacing issues for a while now, and issue #27 exemplifies them perfectly. Many of the lead characters are missing (contrary to the synopsis above, Death doesn’t actually feature in this issue whatsoever) and […]
Video Game Review – Fragments of Him
Calum Petrie reviews Fragment of Him… When playing Fragments of Him, I found this to be less of a conventional computer game and more a lesson of storytelling. The game is based around the character of Will and the events that lead to the tragic accident that claims his life. The events mainly affect 3 people […]
Video Game Review – Carmageddon: Max Damage
Kris Wall reviews Carmageddon: Max Damage… Nostalgia can be a funny thing, it means we tend to look back on things from our youth through rose tinted specs, our views remaining undiminished by the endless passing of time. Unlike games like Sonic the Hedgehog or Super Mario World which remain timeless classics, many games were […]
Movie Review – Now You See Me 2 (2016)
Now You See Me 2, 2016. Directed by Jon M. Chu. Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson, Dave Franco, Daniel Radcliffe, Lizzy Caplan, Jay Chou, Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman. SYNOPSIS: The Four Horsemen, now with a new recruit, are taken hostage by a tech wizard who forces them to carry out a seemingly impossible […]
DVD Review – The Wicked Lady (1983)
The Wicked Lady, 1983. Directed by Michael Winner. Starring Faye Dunaway, Denholm Elliott, Alan Bates, John Gielgud, Glynis Barber, Oliver Tobias, Joan Hickson and Prunella Scales. SYNOPSIS: A woman marries into high society after stealing her sister’s fiancé but becomes bored with country life so she turns to highway robbery to get her kicks. If […]
Blu-ray Review – The Swinging Cheerleaders (1974)
The Swinging Cheerleaders, 1974. Directed by Jack Hill. Starring Jo Johnston, Rainbeaux Smith, Colleen Camp, Ron Hajak, Ric Carrott, Bob Minor, Rosanne Katon and John Quade. SYNOPSIS: A college newspaper reporter goes undercover in a cheerleader squad in order to expose the supposed demeaning nature of cheerleading but ends up uncovering a lot more. On […]
