Scott Watson reviews The Escapists… The start of 2016 hasn’t been particularly pleasant for me. Banged up for a crime I’m sure I didn’t commit, I’ve been stuck in a persistent routine of waking up for daily roll call, sharing my meals with some Grade A troublemakers, wandering around the grounds of the prison without […]
Comic Book Review – Black Science #19
Zeb Larson reviews Black Science #19… “GODWORLD,” Part Three. A meeting with the Godhead. We finally get to the bottom of the little piece of hell that Grant has been trapped in for the last couple of issues. This is an issue less about Grant confronting his mistakes than finally being able to move past […]
Comic Book Review – Heroes Vengeance #4
Tai Freligh reviews Heroes Vengeance #4… 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… From Titan Comics comes a series of comic stories […]
DVD Review – Just Jim (2015)
Just Jim, 2015. Written and Directed by Craig Roberts. Starring Emile Hirsch, Craig Roberts, Ryan Owen, Charlotte Randall, Nia Roberts and Aneirin Hughes. SYNOPSIS: A socially awkward Welsh teenager has his life altered forever when an enigmatic American moves in next door. Impressing with its range of influences and studious attention to detail, Just Jim […]
Movie Review – Le Mépris (1963)
Le Mépris, 1963. Directed by Jean-Luc Godard. Starring Brigitte Bardot, Michel Piccoli and Jack Palance. SYNOPSIS: Playwright, Paul Javal, is approached to write an adaptation for a film, directed by Fritz Lang. While he is conflicted about how he should proceed with such a commercial enterprise, his marriage to Camille is on the rocks and […]
Blu-ray Review – Sinister 2 (2015)
Sinister 2, 2015. Directed by Ciarán Foy. Starring Shannyn Sossamon, James Ransone, Tate Ellington, Nicholas King, Robert Daniel Sloan, Dartanian Sloan, Lea Coco and John Beasley. SYNOPSIS: A mother and her two sons unwittingly fall into the killing pattern of the demonic Bughuul. 2012’s Sinister was something of a commercial hit, landing in amongst a […]
Blu-Ray Review – The Bridge: The Complete Season 3
Villordsutch reviews The Bridge: The Complete Season 3… The Bridge has just finished its third season on the BBC and with that it quickly follows onto a rather impressive boxset release from Arrow Films. This true Nordic Noir series – based in both Sweden and Denmark – returns to show the other Nordic Noir productions why this really bears […]
BFI Review – Nine 1/2 Weeks (1985)
Nine 1/2 Weeks, 1985. Directed by Adrian Lyne. Starring Mickey Rourke and Kim Basinger. SYNOPSIS: Two lovers begin a passionate affair that toys with sadomasochistic fantasies and dominance… Watching When Harry Met Sally during the BFI’s ‘Love’ Season, it’s always worth a chuckle when Harry confidently asserts that Sally’s problem is how she hasn’t had […]
BFI Review – When Harry Met Sally (1989)
When Harry Met Sally, 1989. Directed by Rob Reiner. Starring Meg Ryan, Billy Crystal, Carrie Fisher and Bruno Kirby. SYNOPSIS: Harry and Sally are destined to be together but it takes ten years (and lots of laughs) together before they figure it out… There’s something quietly satisfying about Harry Burns’ sweeping statements. As he confidently […]
Second Opinion – Room (2015)
Room, 2015. Directed by Lenny Abrahamson Starring Joan Allen, Cas Anvar, Sean Bridgers, Brie Larson, William H. Macy, Tom McCamus and Jacob Trembley SYNOPSIS Spirited 5-year-old Jack and his devoted Ma escape from their squalid windowless room, and Jack, for the first time in his life, sees the outside world. Coming from the well appraised […]
