The Companion, 2015. Directed by Pavel Giroud. Starring Yotuel Romero, Armando Miguel Gomez, Camila Arteche, Yailene Sierra, Jazz Vila, Jorge Molina. SYNOPSIS As HIV swept the globe throughout the 1980s, Cuban officials sent patients to a military facility for supervision, allowing detainees out once a week in the presence of an official “companion” sent to accompany them. Former boxing […]
59th BFI London Film Festival Review – A Bigger Splash (2015)
A Bigger Splash, 2015 Directed by Luca Guadagnino Starring Tilda Swinton, Dakota Johnson, Matthias Schoenaerts and Ralph Fiennes SYNOPSIS: The vacation of a famous rock star and a filmmaker is disrupted by the unexpected visit of an old friend and his daughter. From the lush opening moments of A Bigger Splash, acclaimed director Luca Guadagnino’s […]
Countdown to Spectre – Diamonds Are Forever Review
Ricky Church continues his countdown to Spectre with a review of Diamonds Are Forever… After On Her Majesty’s Secret Service producers Albert Broccoli and Harry Saltzman sought Sean Connery to come back to the role he made famous one last time (officially at least) in Diamonds Are Forever, the conclusion to the SPECTRE era of […]
The Big Bang Theory Season 9 Episode 3 Review – ‘The Bachelor Party Corrosion’
Tom Beasley reviews the third episode of The Big Bang Theory’s latest season, which sees the show return to its more standard comedy formula after a dramatic opening two episodes… It’s been rather gloomy in the world of The Big Bang Theory for the last two weeks. The seismic revelations of the eighth season finale […]
Book Review – A Quantum Mythology by Gavin Smith
Michelle Herbert reviews A Quantum Mythology by Gavin Smith… This is the sequel to Gavin Smith’s The Age of Scorpio; if you haven’t yet read The Age of Scorpio [read our review here], my advice is to ignore this review, as there may be spoilers. Without reading that book, A Quantum Mythology will not make any […]
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 3 Episode 2 Review – ‘Purpose in the Machine’
Danny Hale reviews Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 3 Episode 2 – Purpose in the Machine… Carrying on from the strong premiere last week, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. delivers another thrilling hour of television that quite literally had me at the edge of my seat. Having ended last week with us seeing Fitz at his most raw […]
Movie Review – The Stranger (2014)
The Stranger, 2014. Written and directed by Guillermo Amoedo. Starring Cristobal Tapia Montt, Nicolás Durán, Luis Gnecco, Ariel Levy, Alessandra Guerzoni and Lorenza Izzo. SYNOPSIS: A drifter causes chaos for a young man and his mother when he arrives in their small town looking for an old flame, leaving a trail of blood in his […]
Countdown to Spectre – On Her Majesty’s Secret Service Review
Ricky Church continues his countdown to Spectre with a review of On Her Majesty’s Secret Service… In 1967 audiences were introduced to their first James Bond that was not Sean Connery. In George Lazenby’s one and only Bond film, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, 007 is hot on the trail of Blofeld and closing in […]
Comic Book Review – Paper Girls #1
Zeb Larson reviews Paper Girls #1… All right Paper Girls, you managed to hook me on the first issue. Set in 1988 in suburban Cleveland, it is about four paper girls who stumble upon a very weird mystery. This book has a lot going for it: strong, sassy female leads, a science-fiction premise which resists […]
59th BFI London Film Festival Review – Brand: A Second Coming (2015)
Brand: A Second Coming, 2015 Directed by Ondi Timoner Starring Russell Brand SYNOPSIS: BRAND – A SECOND COMING follows comedian Russell Brand’s spiritual journey from addict and Hollywood star to self-proclaimed revolutionary and explores our relationship to the consumerism and individualism that drives our society and distracts us at a time when it’s vital for […]
