The Devil’s Candy, 2015 Directed by Sean Byrne Starring Ethan Embry, Shiri Appleby, Kiara Glasco, Pruitt Taylor Vince SYNOPSIS: A metalhead painter and his young family find themselves stalked by satanic forces after moving into a derelict house in the countryside. You only have to look as far as last year’s Deathgasm, Brutal Legend or […]
53rd Chicago International Film Festival Capsule Review – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
Mark Twain once wrote that “Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured”, which is true and a lesson the residents of the titular town of Ebbing, Missouri will come to realize. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri isn’t like the […]
53rd Chicago International Film Festival Capsule Review – Mudbound (2017)
It is undeniably perplexing that a person, regardless of any race, gender, or sexual orientation, can willingly enlist and fight in a war only to come home treated like mud. There are a lot of intertwining stories going on in Mudbound (a film directed by Dee Rees and adapted from the novel by Hillary Jordan that is […]
Video Game Review – Atomic Ghost Fleet
Shaun Munro reviews Atomic Ghost Fleet… Alchemy’s Atomic Ghost Fleet meanwhile shifts the action to Bikini Atoll to examine the remnants of the 1946 Operation Crossroads nuclear tests performed there, which in turn transformed it into a World War II warship graveyard of sorts. This 18-minute documentary gets up close and personal with three warships, including the USS Saratoga, the […]
Sci-Fi London 2017 Review – Domain (2016)
Domain, 2016 Directed by Nathaniel Atcheson Starring Britt Lower, Ryan Merriman, William Gregory Lee, Kevin Sizemore, Nick Gomez, Sonja Sohn, Cedric Sanders, Beth Grant SYNOPSIS: In the years following a deadly flu epidemic, seven survivors communicate with each other from their individual underground bunkers, scattered throughout the United States. Low-rent sci-fi can usually go one […]
Fargo Season 3 Episode 1 Review – ‘The Law of Vacant Places’
Shaun Munro reviews the first episode of Fargo season 3… The painful 16-month wait since Fargo‘s second season concluded is finally over, and while not returning to screens with quite the same surging electricity of the two prior premieres, “The Law of Vacant Places” is nevertheless a rock solid introduction to Minnesota’s latest batch of loveable low-lives. The season […]
Fargo Season 3 Episode 2 Review – ‘The Principle of Restricted Choice’
Shaun Munro reviews the second episode of Fargo season 3… If Fargo‘s season premiere left a prevailing feeling of deja vu, the follow-up moves a little further away from the familiar, even if the key beats are still distinctly Fargo, and this is very much the lethargic second episode the show has essentially made its signature […]
Prison Break Season 5 Episode 4 Review – ‘The Prisoner’s Dilemma’
Shaun Munro reviews the fourth episode of Prison Break season 5… The second act of the Prison Break revival kicks off with ISIL’s reach expanding in Yemen, causing Ogygia’s prisoner contingent, led by Cross (TJ Ramini), to panic and plan to take terrorist leader Abu Ramal hostage as a bargaining chip, much to Michael’s chagrin. […]
Video Game Review – Late Shift
Shaun Munro reviews Late Shift… Late Shift is an ambitious attempt to revitalise the oft-ridiculed FMV game genre, an interactive movie of sorts that brings with it an impressive production quality and unexpected degree of Hollywood pedigree, with Michael Robert Johnson (co-writer of Guy Ritchie’s 2009 Sherlock Holmes reboot) penning the branching heist thriller narrative. London-based Maths student Matt […]
Prison Break Season 5 Episode 3 Review – ‘The Liar’
Shaun Munro reviews the third episode of Prison Break season 5… “The Liar” signals the end of the Prison Break revival’s first act, as Michael and co. stage an escape attempt from Ogygia, and if you don’t know where all this is heading by episode’s end, you probably haven’t watched enough Prison Break. This week, tension ratchets […]
