Zeb Larson reviews Southern Bastards #9… The Summer of the Bastards begins with a new arc, as the Runnin’ Rebs are gearing up for the big homecoming game against arch-rival Wetumptka County. Southern Bastards #9 takes a look at one of Craw County’s biggest doormats, and what it took to make him into a hopeless […]
Comic Book Review – Star Trek #46
Villordsutch reviews Star Trek #46… In “The Tholian Webs,” Part 1 of 2, The FIVE-YEAR MISSION of the Starship Enterprise continues! In this epic re-imagining of a classic Star Trek episode, the crew of the new movie timeline encounters a mysterious and deadly alien force… and not all of the crew will make it out […]
Comic Book Review – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Casey & April #1
Chris Cooper reviews Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Casey & April #1… Introducing a very unique TMNT tale starring Casey Jones and April O’Neil, by acclaimed indie writer Mariko Tamaki (Skim, This One Summer)! The couple take a road trip to the southwest to dig up more clues about the mysterious Pantheon that has seemingly been pulling the […]
Comic Book Review – Burning Fields #5
Zeb Larson reviews Burning Fields #5… When their protection goes up in flames, Dana and Aban find themselves completely on their own in search of the serial killer. They’re forced to go straight for Renfro, which means infiltrating an area controlled by terror groups and arms dealers. Little do they know, Asag’s newest ally is […]
Halt and Catch Fire – Season 2 Episode 3 Review – ‘The Way In’
Amy Richau reviews the third episode of Halt and Catch Fire season two… ‘The Way In’ is a fitting title to Halt and Catch Fire’s third episode as several characters were maneuvering to find new places in their work and personal lives. Gordon’s triumph in last episode (if you can call fixing a bug a […]
Book Review – The Long Utopia by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter
Villordsutch reviews The Long Utopia by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter… It’s with a morbid observation I begin my review and also with a rather grim link, as I’ve noticed Stephen Baxter is now associated with two of my favourite departed Knights of the Realm, Sir Arthur C. Clarke and also Sir Terry Pratchett. Stephen Baxter would […]
Halt and Catch Fire Season 2 Episode 2 Review – ‘New Coke’
Amy Richau reviews the second episode of Halt and Catch Fire season two… In the second episode of Halt and Catch Fire, ‘New Coke’ Gordon’s storyline starts to intersect with Mutiny’s (beyond his marriage to Donna) while Joe finds himself trapped in the basement in a new job. Was anyone really surprised to find out […]
DVD Review – The Loft (2015)
The Loft, 2015. Directed by Erik Van Looy. Starring Karl Urban, James Marsden, Wentworth Miller, Eric Stonestreet, Valerie Cruz, Isabel Lucas, Elaine Cassidy, Matthias Schoenaerts and Rachael Taylor. SYNOPSIS: A group of married men rent a city penthouse to indulge in extra marital affairs but it all goes disastrously wrong when a dead body is discovered. The […]
DVD Review – Wild Tales (2015)
Wild Tales, 2015. Directed by Damián Szifron. Starring Darío Grandinetti, María Marull, Mónica Villa, Ricardo Darín and Erica Rivas. SYNOPSIS: Six stories of revenge and losing your cool when everything is stacked up against you. Anthology films have been reasonably well served recently, if not always in quality then at least in number. Argentinean production Wild Tales […]
DVD Review – The Spider (2000)
The Spider (Edderkoppen), 2000. Directed by Ole Christian Madsen. Starring Jakob Cedergren, Stina Stengade, Lars Mikkelsen, Bjarne Henriksen, Trine Dyrholm and Nikolaj Lie Kaas. SYNOPSIS: Copenhagen 1949. A young and idealistic journalist attempts to uncover the source of a shadowy black market operation working its way around the city. The Spider (Edderkoppen) is another noir influenced […]
