Villordsutch reviews Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency #3… The reborn Egyptians keep walking, the Copycat Killers keep killing, and the museum gala where these and other seemingly random events will converge looms large! As with last month’s Dirk Gently [review here] our action isn’t as much of a firework display this month – it’s more of […]
Comic Book Review – Doctor Who: Four Doctors #3
Villordsutch reviews Doctor Who: Four Doctors #3… I have the feeling that I’ve slowly been morphing into a small yapping dog, yelping at Paul Cornell’s heel’s, demanding that he fulfils the promise of the stated Four Doctors in the Doctor Who: Four Doctors comic book. I’ve wanted to bear witness to the escapades of the […]
Book Review – The Loney by Andrew Michael Hurley
Michelle Herbert reviews The Loney by Andrew Michael Hurley… The Loney is an intriguing novel that drifts back and forth in time focusing on our narrator’s childhood, which he recalls after seeing a news story about Coldbarrow, a place on the coast of England. The story is very atmospheric and drags you in from the […]
Comic Book Review – Roche Limit: Clandestiny #4
Zeb Larson reviews Roche Limit: Clandestiny #4… Langford presents Sasha and Elbus with a life or death ultimatum. Everything hits the fan in this issue as the crew realizes why they were sent to Dispater. Far worse than their fate though is what MoiraTech hopes to accomplish by sacrificing them. Moreci gives the reader a […]
Movie Review – A Walk in the Woods (2015)
A Walk in the Woods, 2015. Directed by Ken Kwapis. Starring Robert Redford, Nick Nolte, Emma Thompson, Kristen Schaal and Mary Steenburgen. SYNOPSIS: A semi-retired celebrated travel writer attempts the Appalachian Trail with an old travelling companion. Looking back at Ken Kwapis’ back catalogue, one gets the impression that he’s definitely well-suited in human comedy-dramas […]
Movie Review – Nil by Mouth (1997)
Nil by Mouth, 1997. Directed by Gary Oldman. Starring Ray Winstone, Kathy Burke, Laila Morse and Charlie Creed-Miles. SYNOPSIS: Depicting the lives of a dysfunctional, South London family. Aggressive Ray and junkie Billy are central roles as we see how their flaws bleed into their home lives and affect others. There is a moment, on the tube, […]
DVD Review – The Deadly Mantis (1957)
The Deadly Mantis, 1957. Directed by Nathan Juran. Starring Craig Stevens, William Hopper, Alix Talton, Donald Randolph and Pat Conway. SYNOPSIS: A prehistoric giant praying mantis is freed from the Arctic ice and goes on the rampage across the US. The Deadly Mantis is not one of the first titles to spring to mind when […]
DVD Review – The Creature Walks Among Us (1956)
The Creature Walks Among Us, 1956. Directed by John Sherwood. Starring Jeff Morrow, Rex Reason, Leigh Snowden, Gregg Palmer, Maurice Manson and David McMahon. SYNOPSIS: The Gill-Man is captured by scientists and begins to mutate so it can breathe air and walk on land. Cue lots of rampaging mutant creature madness… possibly. Back in the 1950s horror […]
DVD Review – Infernal (2015)
Infernal, 2015. Directed by Bryan Coyne. Starring Andy Ostroff, Heather Adair, Alyssa Koerner, Jose Rosete and Noelle Bruno. SYNOPSIS: A young married couple notice their daughter begin to behave strangely and weird things start to happen around the house. Infernal is the result of what happens when you own a video camera and have seen The Omen, […]
Blu-ray Review – Colors (1988)
Colors, 1988. Directed by Dennis Hopper. Starring Sean Penn, Robert Duvall, Maria Conchita Alonso, Don Cheadle, Damon Wayans, Randy Brooks, Grand L. Bush and Tony Todd. SYNOPSIS: An experienced cop and his rookie partner try to control gang violence on the streets of L.A. One was an experienced cop who had seen all there was […]
