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 […]
Comic Book Review – Beast Wagon #3
Kieran Fisher reviews Beast Wagon #3… ‘An intervention is staged. A memory resurfaces. Stralti tells a joke. Patrick takes a trip. An abundance of anaesthetics and prosthetics. Things get weird.’ In the medium of comic books, originality is commonplace. Every week there are brand new titles released that manage to stand out from the rest of the pack and […]
Comic Book Review – The Violent #3
Zeb Larson reviews The Violent #3… Mason spirals further out of control, pulling those around him down with him. The bodies continue to pile up. Man, Ed Brisson is really not shy about dialing up the elements of Sophoclean tragedy in The Violent. Every step Mason takes to try and hold his family together only […]
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 […]
Video Game Review – Foul Play
Kris Wall reviews Foul Play… Foul Play casts you as renowned Victorian daemonlogist, Baron Dashforth as he recounts his greatest adventure live on stage, FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY! Aided by his loyal sidekick, Mr Scampwick, the duo must battle their way across 5 acts in a series of side scrolling brawls that harken back […]
Gods of Egypt director Alex Proyas unleashes tirade against film critics
Gods of Egypt hasn’t been faring well with critics [read our review here] or at the box office, where it tanked with an opening weekend of just $14 million. This seems to have triggered its director Alex Proyas to undergo a complete meltdown. Below is what he had to say on Facebook… NOTHING CONFIRMS RAMPANT STUPIDITY […]
The X-Files Season 10 Episode 6 Review – ‘My Struggle II’
Martin Carr reviews the season finale of The X-Files season 10… Now I’m no Chris Carter and can’t lay claim to his legacy. But if you’re going to have a two-part episode common sense dictates they follow each other. Sound advice under any circumstance yet completely ignored on this occasion. Leaving us with a finale […]
Supergirl Season 1 Episode 14 Review – ‘Truth, Justice and The American Way’
Martin Carr reviews the fourteenth episode of Supergirl… All the best comic book fables have a moral tale at their centre. Whether you consider adages such as ‘with great power, comes great responsibility’, ‘absolute power corrupts absolutely’ or my personal favourite ‘dead or alive you’re coming with me’. They imply when done well that super […]
Second Opinion – Far Cry Primal
Villordsutch reviews Far Cry Primal… In the break from our normal numerical Far Cry series and our beloved, ever so psychotic, very vocal person of hatred, Far Cry Primal takes us back to 10,000 BC, to a time where the only thing that matters is survival. The whole feel of this new universe has changed; […]
