Night of the Living Deb, 2015.Directed by Kyle Rankin. Starring Maria Thayer, Michael Cassidy, Ray Wise, Chris Marquette, Syd Wilder, Julie Brister and Brian Sacca.SYNOPSIS:After an awkward one-night stand, Deb and Ryan wake up to find their town has become populated with flesh-eating zombies.Deb (Maria Thayer) is a quirky and charming young woman who, after […]
DVD Review – Yakuza Apocalypse (2015)
Yakuza Apocalypse, 2015. Directed by Takashi Miike. Starring Denden, Lily Franky, Hayato Ichihara, Yoshiyuki Morishita, Masanori Mimoto, Riko Narumi, Yayan Ruhian, and Raiko Takashima. SYNOPSIS: A Yakuza Vampire boss is betrayed by members of his clan, and is consequently killed; the duty befalls onto his most loyal protégé to take revenge, and to comply with […]
DVD Review – In the Heart of the Sea (2015)
In the Heart of the Sea, 2015. Directed by Ron Howard. Starring Chris Hemsworth, Benjamin Walker, Cillian Murphy, Tom Holland, Ben Whishaw and Brendan Gleeson. SYNOPSIS: Massachusetts, 1850. Young novelist Herman Melville visits ageing Thomas Nickerson, the only survivor of the Essex, a whaling ship sunk decades earlier by a great white whale. Nickerson […]
DVD Review – Mercury Plains (2016)
Mercury Plains, 2016. Directed by Charles Burmeister. Starring Scott Eastwood, Nick Chinlund and Angela Sarafyan. SYNOPSIS: Mitch, jobless and drifting, accepts an offer by an undercover FBI paramilitary officer over the Mexican border to join his crew taking out the drug trade. He soon however begins to question his motives… Scott Eastwood seems perennially like […]
DVD Review – Respectable – The Mary Millington Story (2016)
Respectable – The Mary Millington Story, 2016 Directed by Simon Sheridan. Starring Dexter Fletcher, David Sullivan, Linzi Drew, Jess Conrad, Dudley Sutton, Colin Wills and Pat Astley. SYNOPSIS: Documentary chronicling the life of ‘70s porn star Mary Millington, who died tragically young at the age of 33 in 1979. The name Mary Millington may not […]
Movie Review – Restoration (2016)
Restoration, 2016. Directed by Zack Ward. Starring Emily Roya O’Brien, Adrian Gaeta, Zack Ward, Sarah Ann Schultz and Anna Harr. SYNOPSIS: During home renovations, a young couple release a fiery spirit seeking retribution. To save themselves and set the spirit free, they must uncover the dire truth. But nothing is as simple as it seems… […]
Comic Book Review – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #57
Chris Cooper reviews Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #57…“Leatherhead” Part 2! Mysterious intruders bring death and destruction to the new inhabitants of the Technodrome! Does Leatherhead know more than he’s letting on? Who can the Turtles trust?The murder mystery continues this month as the TMNT begin to investigate who killed the recently released Utroms.You won’t find many […]
Video Game Review – Ratchet & Clank
Thomas Roach reviews Ratchet & Clank… Ratchet & Clank is a soft reboot/remake to the game of the same name that was released back in 2002 on the PlayStation 2. Whilst many will shake their head at the thought of reboots, this game certainly makes a great effort to provide something new. It is not just […]
Movie Review – Son of Saul (2015)
Son of Saul, 2015. Directed by László Nemes. Starring Géza Röhrig, Lvente Molnár, Urs Rechn, Todd Charmont, Jerzy Walczak, Sándor Zsótér, Marcin Czarnik, Uwe Lauer and Christian Harting. SYNOPSIS: Auschwitz, 1944: a Jewish Hungarian, who burns the corpses of his own people, recognises a young boy from the crematorium and seeks a Rabbi for a proper […]
Movie Review – Captain America: Civil War (2016)
Captain America: Civil War, 2016. Directed by Joe Russo & Anthony Russo. Starring Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Don Cheadle, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Rudd, Jeremy Renner, William Hurt, Emily VanCamp, Tom Holland, Martin Freeman, Chadwick Boseman, Daniel Brühl, Paul Bettany and Frank Grillo. SYNOPSIS: The Avengers become divided over the […]
