Zeb Larson reviews Trista and Holt #1-4… Trista and Holt is Andrez Bergen’s retelling of the Tristan and Iseult legend from the Middle Ages set sometime in the 1970s. After reading Bullet Gal, the style of the comic feels very familiar, and I’m digging Andrez’s use of noir tropes for the book. This is a […]
Second Opinion – Far from the Madding Crowd (2015)
Far from the Madding Crowd, 2015. Directed by Thomas Vinterberg. Starring Carey Mulligan, Matthias Schoenaerts, Michael Sheen, Tom Sturridge, Juno Temple and Jessica Barden. SYNOPSIS: In Victorian England, the independent and headstrong Bathsheba Everdene attracts three very different suitors: Gabriel Oak, a sheep farmer; Frank Troy, a reckless Sergeant; and William Boldwood, a prosperous and […]
DVD Review – World War Dead: Rise of the Fallen (2015)
World War Dead: Rise of the Fallen, 2015. Directed by Freddie Hutton-Mills & Bart Ruspoli. Starring Philip Barantini, Ray Panthaki, Kacey Barnfield, Robert Bladen, Wendy Glenn and Kyle Frank. SYNOPSIS: A documentary crew travel to the scene of a famous WWI battle to try and uncover what happened there only to discover that most of […]
Blu-ray Review – The Long Good Friday (1980)
The Long Good Friday, 1980. Directed by John Mackenzie. Starring Bob Hoskins, Helen Mirren, Dave King, Pierce Brosnan, Eddie Constantine, Paul Barber, Derek Thompson, Brian Hall, Alan Ford, Kevin McNally, P.H. Moriarty, Karl Howman, Bryan Marshall. SYNOPSIS: A ruthless English gangster’s empire starts to fall after a series of bombings over the Easter weekend. Britain […]
DVD Review – Discopath (2013)
Discopath, 2013. Directed by Renaud Gauthier. Starring Jérémie Earp-Lavergne, Sandrine Bisson, Ivan Freud, Katherine Cleland and Ingrid Falaise. SYNOPSIS: A psychopath whose murderous rage is triggered by disco music escapes to Canada and hides out in a girl’s school. There have been slashers and giallos that have covered every sensible base when it comes to […]
Movie Review – Far from the Madding Crowd (2015)
Far from the Madding Crowd, 2015. Directed by Thomas Vinterberg. Starring Carey Mulligan, Matthias Schoenaerts, Michael Sheen, Tom Sturridge, Juno Temple and Jessica Barden. SYNOPSIS: In Victorian England, the independent and headstrong Bathsheba Everdene attracts three very different suitors: Gabriel Oak, a sheep farmer; Frank Troy, a reckless Sergeant; and William Boldwood, a prosperous and […]
Arrow Season 3 Episode 22 Review – ‘This Is Your Sword’
Jessie Robertson reviews the twenty-second episode of Arrow season 3… We’re one week away from the finale of Arrow this season; let’s take stock. For one, I know I’m not nearly as hyped up as I was at the end of last season, when Starling City was being invaded by juiced up thugs and Slade […]
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 2 Episode 19 Review – ‘The Dirty Half Dozen’
Danny Hale reviews Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 2 Episode 19… First off, that single-shot fight scene with Skye was awesome! As a big fan of one-shot takes I feel very spoiled this month what with Daredevil and now this! It became clear that Skye had become quite the formidable agent under May’s tutelage but it’s […]
Comic Book Review – Judge Dredd Classics: The Dark Judges #4
Andrew Newton reviews Judge Dredd Classics: The Dark Judges #4… Classics tales of Judge Death—and his brothers Fear, Fire, and Mortis—come to life in this remastered and colourised series! Out of all the enemies Judge Dredd has, Judge Death and his comrades are the most fearsome and the most troublesome to the citizens of Mega […]
Movie Review – Monsters: Dark Continent (2015)
Monsters: Dark Continent, 2015. Directed by Tom Green. Starring Johnny Harris, Sam Keeley, Joe Dempsie, Kyle Soller, Nicholas Pinnock and Parker Sawyers. SYNOPSIS: Ten years on from the events of Monsters, and the ‘Infected Zones’ have now spread worldwide. In the Middle East a new insurgency has begun. At the same time there has also been a […]
