Invasion of the Body Snatchers, 1978. Directed by Philip Kaufman. Starring Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Leonard Nimoy, Jeff Goldblum and Veronica Cartwright. SYNOPSIS: Philip Kaufman’s 1978 remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers is a minor classic that has received a nice Collector’s Edition treatment on Blu-ray by Shout! Factory, who commissioned a new 2K […]
Comic Book Review – Mechanism #1
Mark Allen reviews Mechanism #1… In the aftermath of an alien invasion, a prototype military robot is rushed into the field before it is combat-ready. Now attached to a group of survivors, it studies them to learn what it means to be human. Will it come to understand man as a noble creature worth preserving or […]
Book Review – Smoke by Dan Vyleta
Michelle Herbert reviews Smoke by Dan Vyleta… Smoke starts in a boarding school where we as readers are thrown into the deep end with a late night school ritual, that welcomes us to some of the characters this story follows. The novel seems to be set 1800’s, but the period only matters because it is […]
Comic Book Review – The Flash #3
Tony Black reviews The Flash #3… “LIGHTNING STRIKES TWICE” Chapter Three: In issue #3, dozens of innocent people mysteriously gain super-speed! But not all are heroic, and it’ll take everything The Flash and August have to harness the lightning before Black Hole does. We get a slightly but crucial time jump this week in The […]
Comic Book Review – The X-Files Annual 2016
Tony Black reviews The X-Files Annual 2016… Mulder uncovers rumors that the Jade Helm 15 exercises were a smokescreen for a shadow-government group to rendezvous with aliens. Mulder and Scully follow the trail to Mesa Verde in southern Colorado, where they meet skeptical natives and a man who believes he’s an alien, on their way […]
Comic Book Review – Wonder Woman #3
Ricky Church reviews Wonder Woman #3… “THE LIES” Chapter Two: Wonder Woman must team up with one of her greatest enemies to solve a growing mystery about Themyscira as “The Lies” continues! Out of all of DC’s Rebirth titles so far, Greg Rucka’s Wonder Woman continues to be one of the best as its third […]
Movie Review – Creed (2016)
Creed, 2016. Directed by Ryan Coogler. Starring Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson, Phylicia Rashād and Tony Bellew. SYNOPSIS: Adonis Johnson, biological son of Apollo Creed wants to make it in the world of boxing. He seeks out Rocky Balboa to train him. Rocky movies aren’t about how hard they hit, it’s about how many times they get […]
Fantasia International Film Festival Review – Creepy (2016)
Creepy, 2016. Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. Starring Hidetoshi Nishijima, Teruyuki Kagawa, Yuko Takeuchi and Haruna Kawaguchi. SYNOPSIS: Takakura, a recently retired police detective with a specialty in serial killers, has moved to a new neighborhood with his wife Yasuko. The pair quickly learn that their neighbors are of an odd sort, particularly the off-putting Nishino. […]
DVD Review – Messi (2014)
Messi, 2014. Directed by Alex de la Iglesia. Starrng Johan Cruyff, Andres Iniesta, Diego Armando Maradona, Javier Mascherano, and Gerard Pique. SYNOPSIS: Through a series of informal conversations, archival footage, and reenactments, this film chronicles the rise and the making of the football legend Lionel Messi. Last year saw the release of the intimate documentary […]
Book Review – And I Darken by Kiersten White
Kirsty Capes reviews And I Darken by Kiersten White… Kiersten White’s first instalment in her Conquerors trilogy is full of promise for a story of epic proportions, as White carves out the powerful origins of her heroine, Lada and her companions. And I Darken follows Lada, a Wallachian princess, and her little brother Radu as they are […]
