Headshot, 2016. Directed by Kimo Stamboel and Timo Tjahjanto. Starring Iko Uwais, Chelsea Islan, Sunny Pang, Very Tri Yulisman, and Julie Estelle. SYNOPSIS: An injured amnesiac is nursed back to health and begins to piece his life back together only to discover the brutal truth about who he is and where he came from. Thanks […]
Book Review – All Our Wrongs Today by Elan Mastai
Michelle Herbert reviews All Our Wrongs Today by Elan Mastai… Tom Berren, has messed up the present, or at least his present, as he now inhabits the present we have always known. Tom grew up in what we would think of as a post-scarcity utopia. People still work in that reality, but they work to […]
DVD Review – Mine (2016)
Mine, 2016.Directed by Fabio Guaglione and Fabio Resinario. Starring Armie Hammer, Annabelle Wallis, Tom Cullen and Clint Dyer.SYNOPSIS:After aborting his mission, an army sniper is stranded in the middle of the desert. One small movement could kill him, so he has to fight against the elements and the psychological toll of the conditions simply to […]
Movie Review – After the Storm (2016)
After the Storm, 2016.Written and Directed by Hirokazu Koreeda. Starring Hiroshi Abe, Kirin Kike, Yôko Maki, Satomi Kobayashi, Lily Franky, and Taiyô Yoshizawa.SYNOPSIS:A former writer and private detective struggles to find child support money for his ex-wife in order to look after their son.After the Storm, Hirokazu Koreeda’s (Still Walking, Our Little Sister) latest work of social […]
Video Game Review – Oh…Sir!! The Insult Simulator
Shaun Munro reviews Oh…Sir!! The Insult Simulator…Amid the sea of AAA titles vying for your cash, Vile Monarch’s fiercely unique Oh…Sir!! The Insult Simulator is nothing if not a breath of fresh air. Having sold more than 250,000 copies on PC and mobile platforms since its release late last year, it now finally arrives on PS4 […]
Comic Book Review – The Walking Dead #152
Zeb Larson reviews The Walking Dead #152… There’s a reason why dictators don’t just kill their enemies, but kill their enemies’ families as well: no future reprisals to fear. It’s not exactly humane or just, but under the right circumstances it might make more sense than allowing a potential enemy to live. Rick has to […]
Second Opinion – The Other Side of the Door (2016)
The Other Side of the Door, 2016.Directed by Johannes Roberts. Starring Sarah Wayne Callies, Jeremy Sisto, Sofia Rosinsky and Suchitra Pillai-Malik.SYNOPSIS:After her young son is killed in a tragic accident, a woman learns of a ritual which will bring him back to say goodbye, but when she disobeys a sacred warning, she upsets the balance […]
Second Opinion – Berlin Syndrome (2017)
Berlin Syndrome, 2017.Directed by Cate Shortland Starring Teresa Palmer, Max Riemelt, Lucie Aron, Matthias Habich, and Cem Tuncay.SYNOPSIS :A passionate holiday romance becomes a nightmare when an Australian photo-journalist wakes up in a Berlin apartment and find herself unable to leave…A film delivering an assured yet uncomplicated look at obsession and social dysfunction, Cate Shortland’s Berlin […]
Sundance London 2017 Review – The Big Sick (2017)
The Big Sick, 2017. Directed by Michael Showalter. Starring Kumail Nanjiani, Zoe Kazan, Holly Hunter, Ray Romano, and Bo Burnham. SYNOPSIS: A couple struggling through cultural differences in their relationship hit an even bigger obstacle when one of them is suddenly hospitalised for a prolonged period of time. A failing Asian performer, a romance jilted by […]
Movie Review – Queen of the Desert (2015)
Queen of the Desert, 2015.Written and Directed by Werner Herzog. Starring Nicole Kidman, James Franco, Damian Lewis, Robert Pattinson, Christopher Fulford, Mark Lewis Jones, Assaad Bouab, Jenny Agutter, Jay Abdo, and David CalderSynopsis:A chronicle of Gertrude Bell’s life, a traveler, writer, archaeologist, explorer, cartographer, and political attaché for the British Empire at the dawn of […]
