David Opie reviews Showman Killer: Heartless Hero… In the depths of space, insanity has run amok and given birth to the perfect killer. Devoid of empathy, compassion, and pathologically mercenary, the Showman Killer is the greatest assassin in the universe, until, that is, a fateful mission throws him into the path of the mysterious and […]
29th Leeds International Film Festival Review – The Assassin (2015)
The Assassin, 2015. Directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou. Starring Qi Shu, Chen Chang and Satoshi Tsumabuki. SYNOPSIS: An assassin in 7th century China accepts a mission to kill a political leader. Arthouse martial arts is a problematic concept. On the one hand, ‘arthouse’ suggests serious, high-minded fare; on the other, ‘martial arts’ conjures up thoughts of […]
Comic Book Review – Invisible Republic #7
Zeb Larson reviews Invisible Republic #7… An old enemy is their new friend. Invisible Republic picks up from last issue’s cliffhanger, with security forces moving in on Maia Reveron. This issue delves a little more deeply into the relationship between Nica and Maia, who have had a complicated relationship for a long time now. We […]
Video Game Review – Batman: Arkham Knight – A Flip of a Coin DLC
Ricky Church reviews Batman: Arkham Knight – A Flip of a Coin DLC… The other half of Gotham’s Dynamic Duo is the star of his own Batman: Arkham Knight DLC as Robin takes on Two-Face in ‘A Flip of a Coin’. Unfortunately, and unlike the just released ‘Catwoman’s Revenge’, Robin’s DLC adventure just doesn’t reach […]
Second Opinion – The Good Dinosaur (2015)
The Good Dinosaur, 2015. Directed by Peter Sohn. Featuring the voice talent of Jeffrey Wright, Frances McDormand, Marcus Scribner, Raymond Ochoa, Jack Bright, Steve Zahn, Mandy Freund, Steven Clay Hunter, Anna Paquin and Sam Elliott SYNOPSIS: An epic journey into the world of dinosaurs where an Apatosaurus named Arlo makes an unlikely human friend. “I thought […]
29th Leeds International Film Festival Review – Black Mass (2015)
Black Mass, 2015. Directed by Scott Cooper. Starring Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton, Benedict Cumberbatch, Rory Cochrane, Kevin Bacon, Jesse Plemons, Corey Stoll, Peter Sarsgaard and Dakota Johnson. SYNOPSIS: The true story of James ‘Whitey’ Bulger, the notorious gangster who used his status as a FBI informant under John Connolly to take over South Boston. In Scott Cooper’s Black Mass, there is no protagonist. […]
Video Game Review – Batman: Arkham Knight – Catwoman’s Revenge DLC
Ricky Church reviews Batman: Arkham Knight – Catwoman’s Revenge DLC… Gotham City’s resident cat burglar finally got her own piece of DLC in Batman: Arkham Knight’s ‘Catwoman’s Revenge’. In this story driven DLC taking place almost immediately after Arkham Knight’s conclusion, Catwoman seeks to pay Riddler back for holding her captive in the main game. […]
Comic Book Review – Minions Volume 2: Evil Panic
David Opie reviews Minions Volume 2: Evil Panic… While the diabolical villain Gru is busy taking over the world, his bumbling Minions have a few adventures of their own, fending off the evil Minions as they go about their work. When Universal Pictures first announced that they were developing a Despicable Me spin-off starring Gru’s lovable Minions, […]
Movie Review – Bridge of Spies (2015)
Bridge of Spies, 2015. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Starring Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance, Amy Ryan, Austin Stowell, Jesse Plemons, Sebastian Koch and Alan Alda. SYNOPSIS: During the Cold War, an American lawyer is recruited to defend an arrested Soviet spy in court, and then help the CIA facilitate an exchange of the spy for the […]
Movie Review – Victor Frankenstein (2015)
Victor Frankenstein, 2015. Directed by Paul McGuigan. Starring Daniel Radcliffe, James McAvoy, Jessica Brown Findlay, Andrew Scott, Freddie Fox, Mark Gatiss, and Charles Dance. SYNOPSIS: Told from Igor’s perspective, we see the troubled young assistant’s dark origins, his redemptive friendship with the young medical student Viktor Von Frankenstein, and become eyewitnesses to the emergence of […]
