Zeb larson reviews The Wicked + The Divine #9… It’s time for a private audience with Anake, she who has protected and judged the Pantheon for thousands of years. Yes, it’s time for an interview… with an umpire. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Also: Baphomet being all goth and having a […]
Second Opinion – The Voices (2015)
The Voices, 2015. Directed by Marjane Satrapi. Starring Ryan Reynolds, Anna Kendrick, Gemma Arterton and Jacki Weaver. SYNOPSIS: Likeable factory worker, Jerry, pursues his office crush with the help of his evil talking pets, but things turn sinister when she stands him up for a date. “The voices made me do it.”. Ah, the standard alibi for the psychotic serial […]
Blu-ray Review – Rollerball (1975)
Rollerball, 1975. Directed by Norman Jewison. Starring James Caan, Maud Adams, John Houseman, John Beck, Moses Gunn, Burt Kwouk, Pamela Hensley and Ralph Richardson. SYNOPSIS: In the not-too-distant future the corporations control everything, and when they tell top sportsman James Caan he can’t play the game of rollerball anymore he decides to challenge the controlling […]
Comic Book Review – The Red Seas Book Two: Fire Across the Deep
Andrew Newton reviews The Red Seas Book Two: Fire Across the Deep… Having earned the animosity of Satan after foiling his diabolical plans, Jack Dancer and his rag-tag crew find themselves at odds with the twisted goals of the powerful mage and servant of the Devil, Professor Karel Toten. Encountering spirits, gods, and the monstrous […]
Blu-ray Review – Network (1976)
Network, 1976. Directed by Sidney Lumet. Starring Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Robert Duvall, Peter Finch, Ned Beatty, Wesley Addy, Cindy Grover, Beatrice Straight and Ken Kercheval. SYNOPSIS: When a news anchorman threatens to kill himself on air the corporate bodies find every way they can to exploit his rantings for ratings. It’s amazing to think […]
Video Game Review – White Night
Martin Burgoyne reviews White Night… White Night is an ‘Old School’ survival-horror game, shot in a very stark black & white style with heavy film noir influences. You play a mysterious individual who crashes his car late one night after he tries to avoid an apparition in the middle of the road (sound familiar?) The game is set in […]
Video Game Review – 5 Star Wrestling
Tom Jolliffe reviews 5 Star Wrestling… Wrestling has been immensely popular over the last thirty years. Once a bastion of Saturday afternoon entertainment on TV during the 2-3 three channel days, it then became less sport and more entertainment focused. A living, athletic and slightly sweaty soap opera, full of drama, twists, turns and budgie […]
Movie Review – Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967)
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, 1967. Directed by Stanley Kramer. Starring Katherine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier, Katherine Houghton, Roy Glenn and Beah Richards. SYNOPSIS: Mr and Mrs Drayton are in for a shock when their daughter brings home her new fiance – Dr. John Prentice Jr, an African-American… At one point in Guess Who’s Coming […]
The Walking Dead Season 5 Episode 14 Review – ‘Spend’
Sadé Green reviews the fourteenth episode of The Walking Dead Season 5… Season 5 of The Walking Dead has arguably been the best season in shows five year run. Heartbreak, horror and several dark twists have cemented The Walking Dead as one of the most constantly evolving shows, forever attracting larger and larger audiences. But […]
Comic Book Review – The Red Seas Book One: Under the Banner of King Death
Andrew Newton reviews The Red Seas Book One: Under the Banner of King Death… When pirate captain Jack Dancer and the crew of The Red Wench raid a Spanish Galleon they little realise that within their plunder lies the missing chapter of a feared occult tome sought after by the sinister Dr Orlando Doyle. Confronting […]