Jessie Robertson reviews the eighth episode of The Flash… I want to go ahead and get the negative out-of-the-way upfront, because there was a lot to like about this show. First, the fight kind of stunk. We get Oliver doing his typical fight scene, but for some reason, with a CG-Flash buzzing around him, his […]
Movie Review – St. Vincent (2014)
St. Vincent, 2014. Directed by Theodore Melfi. Starring Bill Murray, Jaeden Lieberher, Melissa McCarthy, Naomi Watts, Chris O’Dowd and Terrence Howard. SYNOPSIS: A young boy living with his recently divorced mother gravitates toward his new bad-behaving neighbor and the two form an unlikely friendship. St. Vincent is the latest “little indie that could” to grab […]
Comic Book Review – 2000AD Prog #1908
Andrew Newton reviews 2000AD Prog #1908… Borag Thungg Squaxx dek Thargo. Prog 1908 greets us this week with part 9 of the excellent ‘Block Judge’ storyline by John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra with Ezquerra once again proving how effective his artwork is at bringing Dredd’s world to life. In part 9 of ‘Block Judge’, Dredd is doing his usual […]
Comic Book Review – The Last Fall #3
Zeb Larson reviews The Last Fall #3… IDW’s original sci-fi/military drama continues! Wounded and abandoned, Marcus Fall desperately struggles to survive in the care of a beautiful enemy surgeon. But terrible secrets are revealed that rock Fall’s world, proving all is not as it seems in love and war! After a long wait, we finally […]
Leeds International Film Festival 2014 Review – Catch Me Daddy (2014)
Catch Me Daddy, 2014. Directed by Daniel Wolfe. Starring Sameena Jabeen Ahmed, Conor McCarron, Gary Lewis and Barry Nunney. SYNOPSIS: Laila (Sameena Jabeen Ahmed) has run away from home, living in the Yorkshire moors with her boyfriend Aaron (Conor McCarron), but her brother, alongside his mates and some muscle for hire are in pursuit. NOTE: […]
Leeds International Film Festival 2014 Review – Wild (2014)
Wild, 2014. Directed by Jean-Marc Valle. Starring Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern, Gaby Hoffman and Kevin Rankin. SYNOPSIS: Cheryl Strayed (Reese Witherspoon) takes on the 1,100 mile Pacific Crest Trail to help focus her life after the death of her mother. There are times that Wild threatens to become the film everyone assumes it is, based […]
Movie Review – The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015)
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, 2015. Directed by Paul Tibbitt. Starring Tom Kenny, Bill Fagerbakke, Rodger Bumpass, Mr. Lawrence, Jill Talley, Dee Bradley Baker, Clancy Brown, Carolyn Lawrence, Mary Jo Catlett and Antonio Banderas. SYNOPSIS: When a diabolical pirate above the sea steals the secret Krabby Patty formula, SpongeBob and his nemesis Plankton […]
House of Cards Season 3 Episode 1 Review – ‘Chapter 27’
Jackson Ball reviews the Season 3 premiere of House of Cards… For better or for worse, the Underwoods are back! Yes, nearly a full year since the release of the last season, new episodes of House of Cards have finally found their way back on to Netflix. Whatever this season has in store for us, […]
House of Cards Season 3 Episode 2 Review – ‘Chapter 28’
Jackson Ball reviews the second episode of House of Cards season 3… After a surprisingly subdued season opener, it’s time to move straight into the next instalment of House of Cards. This episode explores the several ‘certainties’, which we as an audience have developed over the first two seasons… before they are smashed to smithereens. […]
Movie Review – Inherent Vice (2014)
Inherent Vice, 2014. Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Josh Brolin, Katherine Waterston, Owen Wilson, Benicio Del Toro, Eric Roberts, Reese Witherspoon, Michael Kenneth Williams, Jena Malone, and Martin Short. SYNOPSIS: In 1970, drug-fueled Los Angeles detective Larry “Doc” Sportello investigates the disappearance of a former girlfriend. “What is Inherent Vice?” “I don’t […]
