Liam Hoofe reviews the fourteenth episode of Riverdale season 2… Riverdale returned to our screens after a three-week hiatus this week with a sexually charged and tense episode, which reinforced old bonds and established several new ones. Continuing this season’s trend of homage, this week’s Riverdale took its main source of inspiration from the titular […]
Jessica Jones Season 2 Episode 1 Review – ‘AKA Start at the Beginning’
Matt Rodgers reviews the first episode of Jessica Jones season 2… Easily the most perfect marriage of character and actor in the Marvel Netflix Universe, Krysten Ritter’s Jessica Jones returns for a second run of solo episodes, having firmly established her as a self-aware fan favourite amongst her po-faced Hell’s Kitchen counterparts. The first season […]
The X-Files Season 11 Episode 8 Review – ‘Familiar’
Matt Rodgers reviews the eighth episode of The X-Files season 11… Opening with a sequence that draws inevitable comparisons with Stephen King’s IT, this installment of The X-Files sets out to scare the pressed suit pants off you with a monster-of-the-week prologue that’ll haunt your dreams. A young boy is playing on a roundabout, singing […]
Second Opinion – Mom and Dad (2017)
Mom and Dad, 2017. Directed by Brian Taylor. Starring Nicolas Cage, Selma Blair, Anne Winters, and Zackary Arthur. SYNOPSIS: When the adults in a small American town start turning against the children for no apparent reason, a teenage girl and her younger brother find they have to protect themselves from the last people they would have […]
First Impressions: Jessica Jones Season 2 is an Intriguing Slow Burn
Tai Freligh reviews the first five episodes of Jessica Jones Season 2… When Netflix offered up the first five episodes of Jessica Jones Season 2 for media review, I jumped on the chance. I’m a sucker for all the Marvel shows on Netflix and have watched every single one (and yes, that includes the much […]
The Flash Season 4 Episode 15 Review – ‘Enter Flashtime’
Jessie Robertson reviews the fifteenth episode of The Flash season 4… “Flashtime” in case you’re not familiar with this vernacular, is the time in when Barry can touch another person and almost pull them into the Speed Force when time is slowing down, ala Iris at the courthouse. When an eco-terrorist (whom comic book Green […]
DC’s Legends of Tomorrow Season 3 Episode 13 Review – ‘No Country for Old Dads’
Jessie Robertson reviews the thirteenth episode of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow season 3… This was another (mostly) insulated episode that basically starred Damien Darhk, Norah and Ray basically on a hilarious side mission while the team mostly stayed ship-side. Darhk as a villain on Legends is far surpassing anything he did on Arrow and feels […]
Lucifer Season 3 Episode 16 Review – ‘Infernal Guinea Pig’
Tori Brazier reviews the sixteenth episode of Lucifer season three… This episode of Lucifer sees us getting back to the meat of the season: attempting to remove the curse on the long-suffering Cain. Lucifer (Tom Ellis) and Pierce/Cain (Tom Welling) have teamed up to break his curse because Pierce is fed up of the torture […]
Video Game Review – VRFC: Virtual Reality Football Club
Shaun Munro reviews VRFC: Virtual Reality Football Club on PSVR… It’s surprising that it’s taken almost 18 months of PSVR being on the market for a developer to release a fully-fledged, first-person VR football game. Footy fans have had to make do with the (admittedly spectacular) launch title Headmaster – which was focused solely on using your noggin […]
Movie Review – Unsane (2018)
Unsane, 2018. Directed by Steven Soderbergh. Starring Claire Foy, Joshua Leonard, Jay Pharaoh, Juno Temple, and Amy Irving. SYNOPSIS: Having relocated to the city for her new job, Sawyer (Claire Foy) visits a mental health institution in order to have someone to talk to about her feelings, but before she knows it, is voluntarily committed […]