Martin Carr reviews the third episode of Supergirl…It’s so much easier to write a bad review. For anyone who reads but never writes them they are often fun, scathing and without mercy. Reason being that the reviewer has something to get their collective teeth into. Issues arise when you actually like the show but need […]
Gotham Season 2 Episode 8 Review – ‘Tonight’s The Night’
Martin Carr reviews the eighth episode of Gotham season 2…Barbara Gordon has been ill served of late. Her particular brand of crazy has been side lined by the whip wielding, bodice filling Tabitha Galavan. All sass and sado-masochism wrapped up in a brothel madam demeanour. In other words Jessica Lucas has been a distraction. In […]
29th Leeds International Film Festival Review – Son of Saul (2015)
Son of Saul, 2015. Directed by Lazlo Nemes. Starring Geza Rohrig, Urs Rechn and Uwe Lauer. SYNOPSIS: A prisoner forced to help exterminate his people finds a body that he believes is his son and will stop at nothing to give him a proper burial. Son of Saul opens with a scene that would be […]
Comic Book Review – Heroes Vengeance #2
Tai Freligh reviews Heroes Vengeance #2…Welcome to the world of Heroes, where a new group of EVOs is emerging… In this series, we explore the origin of various characters, starting with El Vengador… From Titan Comics comes a series of comic stories that serve as prequels to the Heroes Reborn television show on NBC. They […]
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 3 Episode 7 Review – Chaos Theory
Danny Hale reviews the seventh episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 3… This week our team finally took on Lash while Coulson and Rosalind grew closer. Opening the episode with May and Andrew 6 months previously in Maui at a sweeter time was a great way to begin this story. A lot has gone down […]
Arrow Season 4 Episode 6 Review – ‘Lost Souls’
Jessie Robertson reviews the sixth episode of Arrow season four… #singletearemoji We Found Ray – So Ray Palmer was trapped in a “polymer” holding cell by Damien Dahrk for a few months, let’s say, that housed tiny cameras to keep an eye on him. He…you know what, I just can’t do it. I can’t try to […]
Supergirl Season 1 Episode 2 Review – ‘Stronger Together’
Martin Carr reviews the second episode of Supergirl…There are so many clever little touches in this second episode that people will be spoilt for choice. Taking the route of a superhero in training, Supergirl’s new throw of the dice shows progression without complacency. Testing speed, control and initiative in the field, Kara displays all too […]
Gotham Season 2 Episode 7 Review – ‘Mommy’s Little Monster’
Martin Carr reviews the seventh episode of Gotham season 2…Minutes in and Penguin cradles his dead mother as she takes her final breathe. Double crossed and lead into a steel sprung trap, Lord Taylor does a Daredevil and plunges through plate glass. So it is that episode seven of Gotham throws down a gauntlet to all […]
Star Wars Rebels Season 2 Episode 5 Review – ‘Wings of the Master’
Chris Cooper reviews the fifth episode of Star Wars Rebels season 2…Heads up, I’m going to get a little spoilery in this review. So much of the detail is integral to my feelings on it that I can’t avoid it all that well.FINALLY! A Hera episode. Wasn’t sure I was going to get an answer […]
Movie Review – Trumbo (2015)
Trumbo, 2015. Directed by Jay Roach. Starring Bryan Cranston, Diane Lane, Elle Fanning, Michael Stuhlbarg, John Goodman, Louis C.K, Alan Tudyk, David James Elliott, Dean O’Gorman, Christian Berkel, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Sean Bridgers, and Helen Mirren. SYNOPSIS: In 1947, Dalton Trumbo was Hollywood’s top screenwriter until he and other artists were jailed and blacklisted for their […]