Kris Wall reports from EGX 2015… By far and away the game with the most impressive wait time of the whole event was Tom Clancy’s The Division with Ubisoft reps speaking of queues up to 5 hours long within mere minutes of the doors to the event opening. Thankfully we managed to avoid the herculean […]
EXG 2015: Hands on with Cuphead
Kris Wall reports from EGX 2015… Without doubt in my top 3 games on show at EGX 2015 and the one I couldn’t help but return to for ‘just one more go’, Cuphead was an utter delight from the moment I picked up the controller and made me instantly jealous that I don’t own an […]
Video Game Review – Batman: Arkham Knight – GCPD Lockdown DLC
Ricky Church reviews Batman: Arkham Knight – GCPD Lockdown DLC… Though Batman: Arkham Knight was released three months ago, DLC for the game continues to trickle out through short campaign missions and challenge maps. The latest story DLC is GCPD Lockdown and, unlike Batgirl’s A Matter of Family in July, the events of Lockdown take […]
DVD Review – Fog and Crimes Season 3
Fog and Crimes (Nebbie e Delitti) Season 3 Directed by Gianpaolo Tescari. Starring Luca Barbareschi, Anna Valle. Celese Cuppone, Emanuele Arrigazzi, Rosa Pianeta and Natasha Stefanenko. SYNOPSIS: Police investigator Franco Soneri leaves behind the mists of Ferrara and re-locates to the city of Turin; a move that opens up new professional and personal challenges… […]
Heroes Reborn Season Premiere Review – ‘Brave New World’ / ‘Odessa’
Tai Freligh reviews the season premiere of Heroes Reborn… Heroes Reborn premiered last Thursday night with an ambitious and intricate double-header of “Brave New World” and “Odessa”. It was amazing and frustrating and messy and hopeful. There was a lot that I liked, some interesting seeds planted and some elements that just didn’t work. New […]
Movie Review – Mississippi Grind (2015)
Mississippi Grind, 2015. Written and Directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck. Starring Ben Mendelsohn, Ryan Reynolds and Sienna Miller. SYNOPSIS: Down on his luck and facing financial hardship, Gerry teams up with younger charismatic poker player, Curtis, in an attempt to change his luck. The two set off on a road trip through the […]
Movie Review – Sicario (2015)
Sicario, 2015. Directed by Denis Villeneuve. Starring Emily Blunt, Benicio Del Toro, Josh Brolin, Jon Bernthal, Maximillano Hernandez and Daniel Kaluuya. SYNOPSIS: An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by an elected government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico. Do the ends justify […]
Comic Book Review – Burning Fields #8
Zeb Larson reviews Burning Fields #8… Final issue! Dana, Aban, Decker, and Asag battle as the oilfields of Kirkuk burn. Burning Fields comes to its end as Dana and Aban confront Asag in all its horror. The final confrontation and the conclusion is not a surprising twist on the series (at least if you’ve paid […]
Movie Review – Rampage (2018)
Rampage, 2018. Directed by Brad Peyton. Starring Dwayne Johnson, Naomie Harris, Malin Akerman, Jake Lacy, Joe Manganiello, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, P.J. Byrne, Marley Shelton, Breanne Hill, Jack Quaid, Matt Gerald, Jason Liles, Demetrius Grosse, and Will Yun Lee. SYNOPSIS: When an experiment in genetic editing goes disastrously wrong, an albino gorilla is artificially enlarged to […]
Second Opinion – Everest (2015)
Everest, 2015. Directed by Baltasar Kormákur. Starring Jason Clarke, Josh Brolin, Jake Gyllenhaal, Emily Watson, John Hawkes, Michael Kelly, Keira Knightley, Robin Wright, Sam Worthington and Naoko Mori. SYNOPSIS: A climbing expedition on Mt. Everest is devastated by a severe snow storm. The fascination with climbing Mt. Everest is one that has been marvelled at […]
