Swiss Army Man, 2016.Written and Directed by Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert. Starring Paul Dano, Daniel Radcliffe, and Mary Elizabeth Winstead.SYNOPSIS:A hopeless man stranded in the wilderness befriends a dead body and together they go on a surreal journey to get home.Not even five minutes into Swiss Army Man (the first feature film from Dan […]
Video Game Review – LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Kris Wall reviews LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens…Travellers Tales have got the LEGO games down to a fine art now, year after year they deliver hugely fun and addictive adventures through some of our favourite universes, from Batman to Indiana Jones, from Harry Potter to The Avengers and just about everything in-between with last […]
Comic Book Review – Penny Dreadful #2
Tony Black reviews Penny Dreadful #2…The horrifying truth of Mina’s disappearance is revealed to Vanessa, Sir Malcolm and Sembene, and they realize they face a foe that exists outside anything they’ve encountered. As they frantically regroup, they learn they are not the only ones with a score to settle with the monster in their midst…SEE […]
Movie Review – Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)
Independence Day: Resurgence, 2016.Directed by Roland Emmerich. Starring Liam Hemsworth, Jeff Goldblum, William Fichtner, Jessie T. Usher, Bill Pullman, Maika Monroe, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Brent Spiner, Joey King, Sela Ward, Vivica A. Fox, Angelababy, Nicolas Wright, Travis Tope, Judd Hirsch, and Deobia Opare.SYNOPSIS:Two decades after the first Independence Day invasion, Earth is faced with a new extra-Solar […]
Movie Review – The Colony (2015)
The Colony, 2015. Directed by Florian Gallenberger. Starring Daniel Brühl, Emma Watson, Richenda Carey, Vicky Krieps, Michael Nyqvist, Jeanne Werner, Martin Wuttke and August Zirner. SYNOPSIS: After the 1973 Chilean coup d’état against President Salvador Allende, a young German political activist is kidnapped, and deported to the sealed-off hamlet ‘Colonia Dignidad.’ His wife voluntarily enters the […]
TV Review – Orange Is the New Black Season 4
Kirsty Capes reviews Orange Is the New Black season 4…Where to even begin with season 4 of Orange Is the New Black?The credits rolled on that final episode, LP’s uplifting track Muddy Waters permeating the visual of Samira Wiley’s character Poussey Washington looking over the Hudson River, turning to the camera and breaking the fourth wall with […]
Video Game Review – Dino Dini’s Kick Off Revival
Scott Watson reviews Dino Dini’s Kick Off Revival… Nostalgia – a wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one’s life, to one’s home or homeland, or to one’s family and friends; a sentimental yearning for the happiness of a former place or time. When Dino Dini’s Kick Off […]
Comic Book Review – TMNT: Bebop & Rocksteady Destroy Everything! #5
Chris Cooper reviews TMNT: Bebop & Rocksteady Destroy Everything! #5…Time has been irreparably damaged and the fabric of reality is torn apart! Only a trip to visit the Time Lords in the 79th dimension holds any hope. But is time-traveller Renet still alive? Are the Turtles? Is anyone??SEE ALSO: Check out a preview of TMNT: […]
Video Game Review – Prison Architect PS4 Edition
Emma Withington reviews Prison Architect…What sort of prison will you build? Me? Oh, I decided to construct a labyrinth involving at least seven circles of hell…Prison Architect isn’t solely about building a prison and task management – it’s a highly detailed sandbox sim with moral choices. Not simple prompt based choices, mind you, the running of […]
Movie Review – Free State of Jones (2016)
Free State of Jones, 2016.Directed by Gary Ross. Starring Matthew McConaughey, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Mahershala Ali, Keri Russell, Christopher Barry, Sean Bridgers, and Jacob Lofland.SYNOPSIS:As civil war divides the nation, a poor farmer from Mississippi leads a group of rebels against the Confederate army.Free State of Jones doesn’t start out so bad; we get to see […]
