Villordsutch reviews Ring of Roses… The X-Files Meets The Da-Vinci Code! London, 1991. But not the London you may be familiar with. Imagine an England under Catholic rule – a rule so iron-fisted that science and technology has been set back decades. Lawyer Samuel Waterhouse investigates a ghoulish murder mystery set in alternate history London […]
Movie Review – The Death of Superman Lives: What Happened? (2015)
The Death of Superman Lives: What Happened?, 2015. Directed by Jon Schnepp. Featuring Tim Burton, Jon Peters, Kevin Smith, Dan Gilroy, Wesley Strick, Colleen Atwood, Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Grant Morrison. SYNOPSIS: A documentary about the proposed 1998 Superman Lives feature film that would have starred Nicolas Cage. Despite never making it to the screen, Superman […]
Wayward Pines Season 1 Episode 10 Review – ‘Cycle’
Martin Carr reviews the season finale of Wayward Pines… This review has been started over three times now. I keep going back and deleting huge chunks of text because nothing feels right. Whether I am preoccupied or not it’s hard to say, but one thing is certain Wayward Pines deserves better. For a ‘mini drama’ […]
The Strain Season 2 Episode 2 Review – ‘By Any Means Necessary’
Martin Carr reviews the second episode of The Strain season 2… For the longest time I had issues with the emotional content of The Strain. Numerous reviews spanning several months did nothing but bitch about how remote this series felt. Others of course disagreed, pouring love and adulation upon it oblivious to my concerns. Whilst […]
Scream: The TV Series Season 1 Episode 4 Review – ‘Aftermath’
Martin Carr reviews the fourth episode of Scream: The TV Series… It would be presumptuous of me to think that I have influence on the course of any programme, much less one like Scream: The TV Series. That strangest of all hybrids. An ironic genre mash-up, which itself was a deconstruction and revitalisation of the […]
BoJack Horseman Season 2 Episode 5 Review – ‘Chickens’
Jackson Ball reviews the fifth episode of Netflix’s BoJack Horseman season 2… Episode 5 tackles a fairly meta subject for BoJack Horseman: in a world populated by intelligent, humanoid animals, who gets eaten as food? Spoiler Ahead – You Have Been Warned! ‘Chickens’ is yet another example of the BoJack Horseman writing team throwing around […]
Movie Review – Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser (2015)
Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser, 2015. Directed by Fred Wolf. Starring David Spade, Brittany Daniel, Patrick Warburton, Mark McGrath, Christopher Walken and Dennis Miller. SYNOPSIS: When happy family man Joe Dirt finds himself transported to the recent past, he begins an epic journey to get back to his loved ones in the present. It’s been fourteen […]
DVD Review – Here Come the Munsters (1995)
Here Come the Munsters, 1995. Directed by Robert Ginty. Starring Edward Herrmann, Veronica Hamel, Robert Morse, Christine Taylor, Mathew Botuchis, Amanda Bearse, Max Grodénchik, Judy Gold. SYNOPSIS: The ghoulish Munster family move from Transylvania to America to search for Herman’s missing brother-in-law Norman, only to discover that the mad scientist has transformed himself into congress […]
DVD Review – Munster, Go Home! (1966)
Munster, Go Home!, 1966. Directed by Earl Bellamy. Starring Fred Gwynne, Yvonne De Carlo, Al Lewis, Butch Patrick, Debbie Watson, John Carradine, Richard Dawson, Terry-Thomas, Jeanne Arnold and Hermione Gingold. SYNOPSIS: Herman Munster inherits the title of Lord Munster and the estate of his English uncle so the family visit England but their presence isn’t […]
Second Opinion – Southpaw (2015)
Southpaw, 2015. Directed by Antoine Fuqua. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Forest Whitaker, Rachel McAdams, 50 Cent, Oona Laurence, Miguel Gomez, Victor Ortiz and Skylan Brooks. SYNOPSIS: Boxer Billy Hope turns to trainer Tick Willis to help him get his life back on track after losing his wife in a tragic accident and his daughter to child […]
