Shaun Munro reviews Urban Trial Playground… With the glut of belated ports hitting the Nintendo Switch every week, it’s genuinely attention-grabbing when an exclusive indie title arrives on the eShop. However, with its clear intent to ape the illustrious, fiendishly difficult Trials racing franchise, it’s hard not to treat Urban Trial Playground as an ersatz – if moderately enjoyable […]
DC’s Legends of Tomorrow Season 3 Episode 17 – ‘Guest Starring John Noble’
Jessie Robertson reviews the seventeenth episode of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow season 3… What in the actual hell is going on here? Legends loves to bend the rules quite a bit but there’s just so much happening this episode. A young “Barry” Barack Obama guest stars? Grodd is back, again and gets stuck inside a […]
Book Review – Star Wars: The Last Jedi by Jason Fry
Ricky Church reviews Star Wars: The Last Jedi by Jason Fry… Usually when a big blockbuster movie comes out the novelization is timed to coincide with its release, but in the case of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Lucasfilm decided to release the novelization of the Rian Johnson-directed film three months after the filme. Fry writes […]
Second Opinion – A Quiet Place (2018)
A Quiet Place, 2018. Directed by John Krasinski. Starring John Krasinski, Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe, and Leon Russom. SYNOPSIS: In a near future, a family have adapted to living a life of silence in order to avoid detection from a breed of unrelenting creatures who hunt using sound alone. Annnnnnnnnd relax. You can […]
Movie Review – Death Wish (2018)
Death Wish, 2018. Directed by Eli Roth. Starring Bruce Willis, Vincent D’Onofrio, Elisabeth Shue, Camila Morrone, Dean Norris, and Kimberly Elise. SYNOPSIS: Trauma surgeon Paul Kelsey (Bruce Willis) has devoted his life to saving others. His happy family life is torn apart when his home is burgled, his wife murdered and his teenage daughter severely […]
Blu-ray Review – Father Figures (2017)
Father Figures, 2017. Directed by Lawrence Sher. Starring Ed Helms, Owen Wilson, Glenn Close, J.K. Simmons, Harry Shearer, and Ving Rhames. SYNOPSIS: Peter (Ed Helms) and Kyle (Owen Wilson) are polar opposite twin brothers; the former is a physicist who specialises in the colon, the other a lucky lay about who got rich from being […]
Blu-ray Review – Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: The Complete Series
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: The Complete Series Starring Gil Gerard, Erin Gray, Felix Silla, Henry Silva, Tim O’Connor, Mel Blanc, Pamela Hensley, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Gary Coleman, Sid Haig, Frank Gorshin, and Jamie Lee Curtis. SYNOPSIS: A 20th century astronaut is caught in a freak accident in space that sends him back to Earth… […]
Movie Review – Isle of Dogs (2018)
Isle Of Dogs, 2018. Directed By Wes Anderson. Featuring the voice talents of Bryan Cranston, Koyu Rankin, Edward Norton, Bob Balaban, Bill Murray, Jeff Goldblum, Kunichi Nomura, Akira Takayama, Frances McDormand, Greta Gerwig, Scarlett Johansson, Yoko Ono, Harvey Keitel, F. Murray Abraham, Tilda Swinton, Akira Ito, Ken Watanabe, Liev Schreiber, Courtney B. Vance, Fisher Stevens, […]
Black Lightning Season 1 Episode 10 Review – ‘Sins of the Father: The Book of Redemption’
Red Stewart reviews the tenth episode of Black Lightning… Since kicking off into overdrive with a committed storyline, Black Lightning has really started to develop its own identity. It first began as a gritty urban crime series with superheroes, much like Arrow and Daredevil, but mid-season it changed into a more mystical program with crazy costumes and people coming back […]
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 5 Episode 15 Review – ‘Rise and Shine’
Danny Hale reviews the fifteenth episode of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 5… ‘Rise and Shine’ took us 28 years into General Hale’s past, shedding light on her training and education among HYDRA’s finest while also giving us an early look at some of the big HYDRA names in the MCU. This was a […]
