Chris Cooper reviews Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #61… “Chasing Phantoms” Part 1! While the Turtles and Splinter are still reeling from the events of TMNT #60, they come under attack by the Street Phantoms! Will Splinter let this challenge to his rule stand? I have an announcement! I’ve made a decision and I wanted to […]
Movie Review – Creature Designers – The Frankenstein Complex (2015)
Creature Designers – The Frankenstein Complex, 2015. Directed by Gilles Penso and Alexandre Poncet. Starring Rick Baker, Joe Dante, Guillermo Del Toro, Phil Tippett and Tim Woodruff Jr. SYNOPSIS: Documentarians Gilles Penso and Alexandre Poncet interview Hollywood special effects and make up artists to explore the ‘Frankenstein Complex’ of creature design in filmmaking. “Now […]
LEGO Marvel Super Heroes – Doctor Strange’s Sanctum Sanctorum (76060) Review
Gary Collinson reviews LEGO Marvel Super Heroes – Doctor Strange’s Sanctum Sanctorum… 2016 has been a rather solid year for LEGO’s Marvel Super Heroes line; we’ve had some excellent Captain America: Civil War tie-ins and Spider-Man sets (including Spider-Man: Ghost Rider Team-Up, which I absolutely loved), and now the folks at LEGO have one other treat […]
Movie Review – Gary Numan: Android in La La Land (2016)
Gary Numan: Android in La La Land, 2016 Directed by Steve Read and Rob Alexander. SYNOPSIS : Feature documentary charting a year in the life of electronic pop star Gary Numan as he moves from England to LA to record a new album. A sense of mystery is key to promoting star appeal. Back in […]
Comic Book Review – The Black Monday Murders #1
Mark Allen reviews The Black Monday Murders #1… “MAMMON” ALL HAIL GOD MONEY! From JONATHAN HICKMAN (EAST OF WEST, Secret Wars, Avengers) and TOMM COKER (UNDYING LOVE) comes a new crypto-noir series about the power of dirty, filthy money… and exactly what kind of people you can buy with it. THE BLACK MONDAY MURDERS is […]
The Big Bang Theory Season 9 Episode 6 Review – ‘The Helium Insufficiency’
Tom Beasley reviews the latest episode of The Big Bang Theory’s middling ninth season, in which the boys contemplate criminal activity… This season of The Big Bang Theory has been variable to say the least. The narrative lifting of the show’s ongoing relationship dramas has meshed awkwardly with the “issue of the week” comedy that […]
DVD Review – Rabid Dogs (2015)
Rabid Dogs, 2015. Directed by Éric Hannezo. Starring Lambert Wilson, Virginie Ledoyen, Guillaume Gouix, François Arnaud, Franck Gastambide and Laurent Lucas. SYNOPSIS: After a botched robbery attempt, the criminal gang kidnap three hostages and take to the road. It’s a brave move to try and remake a movie by a cinematic master such as Mario […]
Blu-ray Review – The Bloodstained Butterfly (1971)
The Bloodstained Butterfly, 1971. Directed by Duccio Tessari. Starring Helmut Berger, Evelyn Stewart, Wendy D’Olive, Günther Stoll, Giancarlo Sbragia and Wolfgang Preiss. SYNOPSIS: A TV sports presenter is arrested for the murder of his lover but while he is in custody the killer apparently strikes again. The Bloodstained Butterfly is essentially a giallo picture in […]
Comic Book Review – Lucas Stand #3
Tony Black reviews Lucas Stand #3… Lucas heads to Deadwood circa 1879 and begins to question Gadriel’s motives. One of the most exciting new comic ventures this year, from Sons of Anarchy creator Kurt Sutter (and Catrin Kittridge), Lucas Stand in its first two issues has very much been in a phase of establishment and […]
Movie Review – Rubble Kings (2015)
Rubble Kings, 2015. Directed by Shan Nicholson. Narrated by John Leguziamo. SYNOPSIS: Using archival footage and interviews, this film tells the stories of the real life Warriors style gangs that walked the streets of New York City from ’68 to ’75… Stretching out far beyond its lean 71 minutes running time in terms of imagination […]
