Time Out of Mind, 2015. Directed by Oren Moverman. Starring Richard Gere, Ben Vereen, Jena Malone and Steve Buscemi. SYNOPSIS: George seeks refuge at Bellevue Hospital, a Manhattan intake center for homeless men, where his friendship with a fellow client helps him try to repair his relationship with his estranged daughter. I’ll admit before anything […]
Video Game Review – Sadame
Ben Rayner reviews Sadame… A hack’n’slash title that attempts to litter Japanese history with Demons for killing and bright colours to whet the appetite of 90’s gamers everywhere? Well, that sounds great and something that had my had ready to grip the 3DS once more. Sadly, I felt a somewhat more tepid emotion when playing […]
Comic Book Review – Green Lantern #50
David Smyth reviews Green Lantern #50… In this extra-sized issue, it’s a battle for the fate of Earth! Parallax believes Hal Jordan has failed this universe—and now, he’s prepared to wipe Hal out of existence! Hal has to get over the shock that Parallax still exists so he can unleash the power of his gauntlet […]
Comic Book Review – Heroes Vengeance #5
Tai Freligh reviews Heroes Vengeance #5… Carlos Gutierrez of the Heroes Reborn: Event Series, is not the only person to assume the alias of El Vengador. Before him came his grandfather Luis and his older brother Oscar. Here we learn the stories of the Gutierrez family… Oscar Gutierrez and Father Mauricio have been helping refugee EVOs […]
Comic Book Review – Beast Wagon #3
Kieran Fisher reviews Beast Wagon #3… ‘An intervention is staged. A memory resurfaces. Stralti tells a joke. Patrick takes a trip. An abundance of anaesthetics and prosthetics. Things get weird.’ In the medium of comic books, originality is commonplace. Every week there are brand new titles released that manage to stand out from the rest of the pack and […]
Comic Book Review – The Violent #3
Zeb Larson reviews The Violent #3… Mason spirals further out of control, pulling those around him down with him. The bodies continue to pile up. Man, Ed Brisson is really not shy about dialing up the elements of Sophoclean tragedy in The Violent. Every step Mason takes to try and hold his family together only […]
Blu-ray Review – Deathgasm (2015)
Deathgasm, 2015. Directed by Jason Lei Howden. Starring Milo Cawthorne, James Blake, Kimberley Crossman, Stephen Ure, Sam Berkley, Nick Hoskins-Smith, Delaney Tabron, Colin Moy and Daniel Cresswell. SYNOPSIS: Two teenage metalheads summon up a demon through the power of black metal. The two extremes of splatter and black/death metal come together in New Zealand horror […]
DVD Review – Lost After Dark (2015)
Lost After Dark, 2015. Directed by Ian Kessner. Starring Sarah Fisher, Mark Wiebe, Jesse Camacho, Robert Patrick, David Lipper and Kendra Leigh Timmins. SYNOPSIS: A group of partying teenagers are stalked by a cannibalistic killer after they sneak out from their high school dance. When several filmmakers tried to recreate the 1970s a few years […]
Blu-ray Review – Pray For Death (1985)
Pray For Death, 1985. Directed by Gordon Hessler. Starring Shô Kosugi, James Booth, Donna Kei Benz, Robert Ito, Norman Burton, Kane Kosugi, Shane Kosugi, Charles Greuber, Matthew Faison and Parley Baer. SYNOPSIS: A peaceful Japanese family move to the US but fall foul of a crime syndicate, forcing the father to unleash his inner ninja. […]
Video Game Review – The Flame in the Flood
Ben Rayner reviews The Flame in the Flood… Survival isn’t just a word to be banded about in order to make your next movie or game sequel sound more tense and gritty than it’s predecessor. Sure, that’s often how it’s used but it’s actually a skill to be taught, learned and mastered. It’s also an […]
