Tom Beasley reviews the penultimate episode of This Is England ’90, which has now fully embraced the dark heart of its creator… Misery is arguably the staple ingredient of Shane Meadows’ sprawling This Is England universe. It’s what drives these characters into the compelling drama that has allowed them to maintain such a potent presence […]
Movie Review – Solace (2015)
Solace, 2015 Directed by Afonso Poyart. Starring Anthony Hopkins, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Abbie Cornish and Colin Farrell. SYNOPSIS: A clairvoyant physician is drawn out of retirement by the FBI in order to help investigate a serial killer who may have precognitive abilities of his own. The script that would go on to become serial killer […]
Person of Interest Season 5 Episode 5 Review – ‘ShotSeeker’
Ricky Church reviews the fifth episode of Person of Interest season 5… Person of Interest’s ‘ShotSeeker’ returned to a regular case-of-the-week story but, as with many of the series’ episodes throughout the third and fourth seasons, even this filler episode was tied to the ongoing arc of the show. And after Shaw’s semi-return in ‘6,471’ […]
Movie Review – Pay the Ghost (2015)
Pay the Ghost, 2015. Directed by Uli Edel. Starring Nicolas Cage, Sarah Wayne Callies, Jack Fulton, Lyriq Bent, Lauren Beatty, Stephen McHattie and Veronica Ferres. SYNOPSIS: A professor frantically searches for his son who was abducted during a Halloween parade. At first glance, a film starring Nicolas Cage titled Pay the Ghost screams absurdity too […]
Comic Book Review – Penguins of Madagascar #2.3
Emma Withington reviews Penguins of Madagascar #2.3… The North Wind (the super-spy animal organization) have gone missing and it’s up to the Penguins to find them. But will their search bring danger into the Penguins’ lives? In the penultimate issue of this four part miniseries, the Penguins: The Elite-est of the Elite saga continues. The Penguins are […]
Movie Review – The Diabolical (2015)
The Diabolical, 2015. Directed by Alistair Legrand. Starring Ali Larter, Max Rose, Chloe Perrin, Patrick Fischler and Arjun Gupta. SYNOPSIS: Madison, a single mother, and her children, are awoken nightly by an increasingly strange and intense presence. She seeks help from her scientist boyfriend Nikolai, who begins a hunt to destroy the violent spirit that paranormal […]
Person of Interest Season 5 Episode 3 Review – ‘Truth Be Told’
Ricky Church reviews the third episode of Person of Interest season 5… The past became present in ‘Truth Be Told’ as one of Reese’s old missions caught back up with him in an episode that once again looked at the man he was in his CIA days compared to now. You might think that Person […]
Comic Book Review – Southern Bastards #14
Zeb Larson reviews Southern Bastards #14… The big game is over. But the troubles have only just begun. The return of Roberta Tubb. Southern Bastards is finally back, and it’s bringing us Roberta Tubb. I feel like I’ve been waiting for this since the end of the first arc, as Aaron and Latour have been […]
Comic Book Review – Star Trek #57
Villordsutch reviews Star Trek #57… The special “Legacy of Spock” event continues here! As the future of New Vulcan hangs in the balance, the elder Spock finds himself a prisoner of the Romulan Empire! Don’t miss this exciting chapter the in 50th Anniversary Celebration of the STAR TREK franchise! After last month’s closing panels of […]
Banshee Season 4 Episode 6 Review – ‘Only One Way a Dogfight Ends’
Kris Wall reviews the sixth episode of Banshee season 4… It seems last week’s Banshee was the last of the heavy lifting set up for the final season, as this week was classic Banshee, lean, mean, down and dirty, and it was absolutely brilliant from start to finish. The episode roared out of the gate, […]
