Tom Powter reviews Star Wars Battlefront… Star Wars Battlefront is both parts a stunning recreation of the much-loved original trilogy of films, and a disappointingly barebones first-person shooter. It’s interesting to see just how true to the films developer EA DICE’s vision for the game was – the world they have created is perhaps the […]
Blu-Ray Review – The Bridge: The Complete Season 3
Villordsutch reviews The Bridge: The Complete Season 3…The Bridge has just finished its third season on the BBC and with that it quickly follows onto a rather impressive boxset release from Arrow Films. This true Nordic Noir series – based in both Sweden and Denmark – returns to show the other Nordic Noir productions why this really bears the […]
The Apprentice Series 11 Episode 11 Review – ‘Interviews’
The Apprentice reaches its penultimate, and usually most exciting, episode as the final five candidates face Lord Sugar’s closest advisers in the gruelling interview task…The final five candidates on The Apprentice this week received an early call from Lord Sugar, advising them to tie up any loose ends in their business plans because they were […]
Movie Review – The Ridiculous 6 (2015)
The Ridiculous 6, 2015. Directed by Frank Coraci. Starring Adam Sandler, Will Forte, Taylor Lautner, Steve Buscemi, Danny Trejo, Terry Crews, Luke Wilson, Nick Nolte, Rob Schneider and Jorge Garcia. SYNOPSIS: When his outlaw dad is kidnapped, Tommy “White Knife” Stockburn sets off across the West on a rescue mission with five brothers he never […]
Movie Review – Daddy’s Home (2015)
Daddy’s Home, 2015. Directed by Sean Anders. Starring Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Linda Cardellini, Hannibal Buress, Owen Vaccaro, Scarlett Estevez, and Thomas Haden Church. SYNOPSIS: A mild-mannered radio executive strives to become the best stepdad to his wife’s two children, but complications ensue when their freewheeling and freeloading real father arrives, forcing him to compete […]
Second Opinion – Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens, 2015. Directed by J.J. Abrams. Starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Peter Mayhew, Tim Rose, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Gwendoline Christie, Lupita Nyong’o, Ken Leung, Miltos Yerolemou, Max von Sydow, Jessica Henwick, Christina Chong, Simon Pegg, Billie […]
Movie Review – The Lobster (2015)
The Lobster, 2015. Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. Starring Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, Lea Seydoux, Ben Whishaw, John C. Reilly, Jessica Barden, Ashley Jensen, and Angeliki Papoulla. SYNOPSIS: In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in […]
BFI Review – Nine 1/2 Weeks (1985)
Nine 1/2 Weeks, 1985.Directed by Adrian Lyne. Starring Mickey Rourke and Kim Basinger.SYNOPSIS:Two lovers begin a passionate affair that toys with sadomasochistic fantasies and dominance…Watching When Harry Met Sally during the BFI’s ‘Love’ Season, it’s always worth a chuckle when Harry confidently asserts that Sally’s problem is how she hasn’t had “great sex”. Released three […]
Movie Review – The Peanuts Movie (2015)
The Peanuts Movie, 2015Directed by Steve Martino.Featuring the voice talents of Bill Melendez, Noah Schnapp, Francesca Capaldi, Hadley Belle Miller, Alexander Garfin, Anastasia Bredikhina, Rebecca Bloom, Noah Johnston, Venus Schultheis, Mariel Sheets, A.J. Tecce, Kristin Chenoweth, and Trombone Shorty.SYNOPSIS:Snoopy embarks upon his greatest mission as he and his team take to the skies to pursue […]
Comic Book Review – The Walking Dead #149
Zeb Larson reviews The Walking Dead #149… The devil on your shoulder. Ever since the “public” discovery of the Whisperers and all of the killings in Alexandria, The Walking Dead has moved very slowly. That isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but we’re sort of at the point where something needs to happen, or I’ll be […]
