Matt Rodgers reviews the seventh episode of The X-Files season 11… It’s date night for Mulder and Scully in this standalone episode of The X-Files swan-song series, one that attempts to do a Black Mirror with its humorous on-the-nose technological foreboding, but excels by taking an Inside No. 9 – A Quiet Night, dialogue light approach […]
Movie Review – Midnighters (2018)
Midnighters. 2018. Directed by Julius Ramsay. Starring Alex Essoe, Perla Haney-Jardine, Dylan McTee, and Ward Horton. SYNOPSIS: Midnight, New Year’s Eve: when all the hopes of new beginnings come to life – except for Lindsey and Jeff Pittman, whose strained marriage faces the ultimate test after they cover up a terrible crime and find themselves […]
Video Game Review – Moss
Shaun Munro reviews Moss on PSVR… Moss is without question PSVR’s most-anticipated game of 2018, winning the hearts of headset owners way back at its E3 debut last June, and building up a strong head of hype ever since. Thankfully, the year’s second “AAA” PSVR title is for the most part a terrifically executed, endearingly cute […]
Movie Review – Bieber Generation (2018)
Bieber Generation, 2018. Directed by Jennifer Van Gessel. SYNOPSIS: Documentarian Jennifer Van Gessel examines what it means to be a Belieber. A word created to describe Justin Bieber’s diehard fans who follow his music, social work and media activites, often citing him as a personal influence. Opinions on Justin Bieber are often unflattering, frequently divided and […]
Movie Review – They Remain (2018)
They Remain, 2018. Directed by Philip Gelatt. Starring William Jackson Harper and Rebecca Henderson. SYNOPSIS: Two scientists who share a romantic history are tasked with investigating unnatural animal behaviour on the site of a Manson Family-style cult’s compound. One of the most cliché ways to describe a film is “Lovecraftian”. Like using Empire Strikes Back […]
Movie Review – Red Sparrow (2018)
Red Sparrow, 2018. Directed by Francis Lawrence. Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton, Matthias Schoenaerts, Joely Richardson, Charlotte Rampling and Jeremy Irons. SYNOPSIS: After a career-ending injury, a budding prima ballerina finds herself unable to pay for her mother’s life saving medical treatment. Her uncle, a high-ranking government official, recruits her to Russian intelligence as a […]
The Flash Season 4 Episode 14 Review – ‘Subject 9’
Jessie Robertson reviews the fourteenth episode of The Flash season 4… I’m sorry guys; this week’s episode was a complete dumpster fire. We meet our 9th out of 12 bus metas, country singer hopeful Izzy Bowin, otherwise known as one of the goofiest villains in Flash’s Rogues Gallery, the Fiddler. Their first meeting plays off […]
Lucifer Season 3 Episode 15 Review – ‘High School Poppycock’
Tori Brazier reviews the fifteenth episode of Lucifer season three… Another episode walking on the lighter, more flippant side of Lucifer (if you couldn’t tell already from the title’s inclusion of an incredibly Lucifer-esque word – which means ‘nonsense’, for the confused non-Brits), ‘High School Poppycock’ delves into the world of teenage drama and romance […]
DC’s Legends of Tomorrow Season 3 Episode 12 Review – ‘Curse of the Earth Totem’
Jessie Robertson reviews the twelfth episode of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow season 3… With Zari being the focus last week, we move to Amaya this week. Legends this season is all about the totems and controlling them. The Legends have two themselves, and they wanted to even the score but Damien and his now under […]
Second Opinion – Annihilation (2018)
Annihilation, 2018. Directed by Alex Garland. Starring: Natalie Portman, Oscar Isaac, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tuva Novotny, Gina Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson, Benedict Wong, and David Gyasi. SYNOPSIS: A biologist signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition where the laws of nature don’t apply. Heavens bless a *hard* science fiction mind-meld starring female leads that can sell […]
