Andrew Newton reviews Reyn #4… Reyn and Seph infiltrate the Venn stronghold hidden in the Rift. Last issue saw Reyn and his small party stumble across a Venn stronghold hidden deep within the Rift. This issue sees the group venture inside the stronghold and come across some very unexpected things. The adventure is getting more […]
Comic Book Review – Empire: Uprising #1
Zeb Larson reviews Empire: Uprising #1… It’s been a year since the events of the original Empire, and much has changed for Golgoth, the first super-villain to conquer the world. Can he hold onto his reign-and does he even want to? The first issue of Empire: Uprising grabbed me, despite the fact that I hadn’t […]
Movie Review – Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
Avengers: Age of Ultron, 2015 Written and directed by Joss Whedon Starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Mark Ruffalo, Samuel L. Jackson, Paul Bettany, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, James Spader, Thomas Kretschmann, Cobie Smulders, Claudia Kim, Andy Serkis, Don Cheadle, Stellan Skarsgård, Idris Elba, Hayley Atwell and Linda Cardellini SYNOPSIS: […]
Video Game Review – We Are Doomed
Andrew Newton reviews We Are Doomed… WE ARE DOOMED is a twin-stick shooter where you zap polygon baddies with an absurdly overpowered laserbeam. Dive head-first into the action with reckless ambition, charge the SUPERBEAM, and zap everything out of existence in an instant. Chase high scores or just enjoy the beautiful explosion of geometry, colour […]
Movie Review – Child 44 (2015)
Child 44, 2015. Directed by Daniel Espinosa. Starring Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, Gary Oldman, Joel Kinnaman, Jason Clarke, Paddy Considine and Vincent Cassel. SYNOPSIS: A disgraced member of the military police investigates a series of nasty child murders during the Stalin-era Soviet Union. Based on Tom Rob Smith’s 2008 novel; Child 44 proves how […]
Blu-ray Review – Coffy (1973)
Coffy, 1973. Directed by Jack Hill. Starring Pam Grier, Booker Bradshaw, Robert DoQui, Sid Haig, William Elliot, Allan Arbus, Linda Haynes and Carol Lawson. SYNOPSIS: A nurse takes matters into her own hands after her sister is given some bad junk by local drug dealers. Having released Jack Hill’s 1974 blaxploitation classic Foxy Brown on Blu-ray […]
Blu-ray Review – Midnight Run (1988)
Midnight Run, 1988. Directed by Martin Brest. Starring Robert De Niro, Charles Grodin, Dennis Farina, Joe Pantoliano, Yaphet Kotto, John Ashton, Wendy Phillips and Philip Baker Hall. SYNOPSIS: Ex-cop-turned-bounty-hunter Robert De Niro has to escort a bail-jumpig Charles Grodin across the country with the FBI, a rival bounty hunter and the mob on their trail. […]
DVD Review – Beneath (2013)
Beneath, 2013. Directed by Ben Ketai. Starring Kelly Noonan, Jeff Fahey, Brent Briscoe, Kurt Caceres, Eric Etebari, Molly Hagan, Larry Moran and Joey Kern. SYNOPSIS: A team of miners get trapped 600 feet underground after the mine collapses, and as the air runs out so does their sanity. In Beneath, Jeff Fahey (Machete) stars as […]
Movie Review – True Story (2015)
True Story, 2015. Directed by Rupert Goold. Starring James Franco, Jonah Hill, Felicity Jones, and Ethan Suplee. SYNOPSIS: When disgraced New York Times reporter Michael Finkel meets accused killer Christian Longo – who has taken on Finkel’s identity – his investigation morphs into a game of cat-and-mouse. For better or worse True Story is a subversive […]
Mad Men Season 7 Episode 9 Review – ‘New Business’
Martin Burgoyne reviews the ninth episode of Mad Men season 7… ‘New business’ is the very apt title for this latest episode of Mad Men. Whereas the previous episode was trying very hard to cover all bases on the goings on at Madison Avenue, this episode seems to focus primarily on three main storylines… Firstly we have Don and his […]
