Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, 2016.Directed by Jake Szymanski. Starring Zac Efron, Adam Devine, Anna Kendrick and Aubrey Plaza.SYNOPSIS:Two brothers place an online ad to find dates for a wedding and the ad goes viral.Comedy is tricky to critique and judge, but if there is one constant, it is the ability to assess performances […]
Terminator 2 at 25: Revisiting Cinema’s Greatest Sequel
Edward Gardiner revisits Terminator 2: Judgment Day on its 25th anniversary…*Spoilers for the Terminator franchiseThere was a time, if you remember, when James Cameron wasn’t weirdly obsessed with those funny blue aliens over on Pandora. Back in the early ’90s, when Tarantino was paving his way into Hollywood and Spielberg was bringing dinosaurs back to life, Cameron was busy […]
Second Opinion – Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (2016)
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie, 2016. Directed by Mandie Fletcher. Starring Jennifer Saunders, Joanna Lumley, Julia Sawalha, Jane Horrocks, Celia Imrie and June Whitfield. SYNOPSIS: Edina and Patsy are still oozing glitz and glamor, living the high life they are accustomed to; shopping, drinking and clubbing their way around London’s trendiest hot-spots. Blamed for a major […]
Comic Book Review – Giant Days #16
Mark Allen reviews Giant Days #16… Daisy has to draw on new reserves of inner strength after she loses control of a party of prospective students on an open day, while the ‘lonely, unlovable spinster’ Susan tries dating again with disastrous results. Giant Days is a rare treat these days: a low-stakes teen comic about three […]
Movie Review – The Neon Demon (2016)
The Neon Demon, 2016.Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn. Starring Elle Fanning, Jena Malone, Bella Heathcote, Abbey Lee, Karl Glusman, Alessandro Nivola, Christina Hendricks, Desmond Harrington and Keanu Reeves.SYNOPSIS:When aspiring model Jesse moves to Los Angeles, her youth and vitality are devoured by a group of beauty-obsessed women who will take any means necessary to get […]
Video Game Review – Flame Princess Adventure Time on ZX Spectrum
Villordsutch reviews Flame Princess Adventure Time on the ZX Spectrum…In the latest Homebrew Reviews we look at a competition entry from the #bitbitjam3 which is bringing a modern day cartoon to a very classic machine.Over at #bitbitjam3 people from around the world are given one week to create a game on a piece of old […]
Ray Donovan Season 4 Episode 1 Review – ‘Girl With Guitar’
Mark Clark reviews the first episode of Ray Donovan season 4… For those not in the know, Liev Schreiber’s Ray Donovan is a problem fixer in the rarefied heights (and lows) of Hollywood, but the irony is that his personal life, and in particular his family, causes as much trouble as his clients. If you […]
Comic Book Review – Throwaways #1
Mark Allen reviews Throwaways #1… THROWAWAY (n.) 1. A disposable asset, used for a single mission; 2. A disavowed assassin, meant to die alongside their target. Abby Palmer and Dean Logan are two broken people—Abby a vet with severe PTSD and Dean a burnout trying to escape the shadow of his infamous father—when they are […]
Comic Book Review – Doctor Who: Supremacy of the Cybermen #1
Tony Black reviews Doctor Who: Supremacy of the Cybermen #1… For the Cybermen’s 50th-anniversary… YOU WILL BE DELETED! Exiled from Gallifrey at the very end of Time, Rassilon, fallen leader of the Time Lords, has been captured by the last of the Cybermen. Now the Cybermen have access to time travel. With it, every defeat […]
Comic Book Review – Black Science #22
Zeb Larson reviews Black Science #22… In a hotheaded attempt to rescue his daughter, Grant McKay threatens to unravel a peace treaty between three godlike races, putting the entire Eververse at risk! Big changes, bigger action, and a stunning climax that will shake the world of BLACK SCIENCE to its very foundations! Now that we’ve left […]
