Marrowbone, 2017. Written and directed by Sergio G. Sánchez. Starring George MacKay, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Heaton, Mia Goth, Matthew Stagg, Kyle Soller and Tom Fisher. SYNOPSIS: A family who have concealed the death of their mother so they can stay together find themselves plagued by noisy spirits who seem to represent the spectre of their […]
Movie Review – Dead List (2018)
Dead List, 2018. Directed by Victor Mathieu, Ivan Asen and Holden Andrews. Starring Matt Fowler, Nick Bandera, Holden Andrews, Rob Healy, Josh Eichenbaum, Eric Pierce, and Susan Stangl. SYNOPSIS: A struggling actor conjures a dark force in order to win a coveted movie role. If you type the words “Dead List” into Google, then you will be […]
Movie Review – Ghost Stories (2017)
Ghost Stories, 2017. Directed by Andy Nyman and Jeremy Dyson. Starring Martin Freeman, Paul Whitehouse, Alex Lawther and Andy Nyman. SYNOPSIS: Professor Philip Goodman (Andy Nyman) is a sceptic, making TV documentaries on clairvoyants and mystics, exposing them as frauds. So he definitely doesn’t believe in ghosts. He’s contacted by a predecessor, another sceptic, who […]
Krypton Season 1 Episode 3 Review – ‘The Rankless Initiative’
Ricky Church reviews the third episode of Krypton… Krypton took an interesting turn this week in the latest episode, ‘The Rankless Initiative’, that saw the first glimpse of how much of a threat Brainiac is. There were some great elements here as several story points converged, from Brainiac’s sentry to Lyta-Zod taking soldiers into the Rankless […]
Movie Review – #Screamers (2018)
#Screamers, 2018. Directed by Dean Matthew Ronalds. Starring Tom Malloy, Chris Bannow, Abbi Snee, Griffin Matthews, Emanuela Galliussi, and Theodora Miranne. SYNOPSIS: When an internet company decides to investigate a series of ‘Screamer’ videos, they are confronted with havoc and hell they could never expect. #Screamers asks the seemingly impossible – “What about one of […]
Comic Book Review – Batman: Knightfall Omnibus Vol. 2 – Knightquest
Ricky Church reviews Batman: Knightfall Omnibus Vol. 2 – Knightquest… The aftermath of Batman’s confrontation with the supervillain Bane is one of Batman’s most famous eras not only for his broken back, but also because of who took up the mantle of the bat during Bruce’s recovery. Rather than handing it off to Nightwing or […]
Movie Review – Fear, Love, and Agoraphobia (2017)
Fear, Love, and Agoraphobia, 2017. Directed by Alex D’Lerma. Starring Dustin Coffey, Linda Burzynski, Lori Petty, Ed Aristone, Chanel Marriott, Vince Lozano, and Frank Garrish. SYNOPSIS: Chet, a man suffering from severe agoraphobia that stops him from venturing outside his house, and Maggie, a female marine, become enmeshed in each other’s lives. Maggie struggles to […]
Video Game Review – Urban Trial Playground
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 […]
