Ray Willmott reviews Monster Hunter World… As I write this review I’m coming back to camp to lick my wounds. This is the second time I’ve failed to defeat my target so it’s safe to say I’ve found a nemesis. The first time was unfortunate. The T-Rex looking Anjanath was hobbling away from me, yelping […]
Second Opinion – The Misguided (2017)
The Misguided, 2017. Written and directed by Shannon Alexander. Starring Steven J. Mihaljevich, Jasmine Nibali, Caleb Galati, and Katherine Langford. SYNOPSIS: After planning to leave the city with his girlfriend, a young man must first betray her in order to save his brother from a deadly situation. The last thing I expected to think about while watching The […]
Comic Book Review – Gears of War: The Rise of RAAM #1
Calum Petrie reviews Gears of War: The Rise of RAAM #1… In this spin off series from the hugely popular Gears of War franchise, we see the series’ most iconic villain before he became the boogeyman to humanity. The events in issue one bring the Locust Horde into a new light – it strangely humanises the […]
Movie Review – A Futile and Stupid Gesture (2018)
A Futile and Stupid Gesture, 2018. Directed by David Wain. Starring Will Forte, Domhnall Gleeson, Martin Mull, Joel McHale, Thomas Lennon, Josh Gemberling, Matt Walsh, Rick Glassman, Jon Daly, and Seth Green. SYNOPSIS: In the 1970s and ’80s, National Lampoon’s success and influence creates a new media empire overseen in part by the brilliant and […]
Movie Review – Hostiles (2018)
Hostiles. 2018. Directed by Scott Cooper. Starring Christian Bale, Rosamund Pike, Jonathan Majors, Rory Cochrane, Scott Shepherd, David Midthunder, Stephen Lang, Wes Studi, Ben Foster, Jesse Plemons, Timothée Chalamet, Adam Beach, Scott Wilson, Q’orianka Kilcher, Tanaya Beatty, Ryan Bingham. SYNOPSIS: In 1892, a legendary Army captain reluctantly agrees to escort a Cheyenne chief and his […]
Movie Review – Kickboxer: Retaliation (2018)
Kickboxer: Retaliation, 2018. Directed by Dimitri Logothetis. Starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Alain Moussi, Christopher Lambert, Mike Tyson, Sara Malakul Lane, Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, and Ronaldinho Gaúcho. SYNOPSIS After the events of Kickboxer: Vengeance, Kurt Sloane is captured and imprisoned by Thomas Moore (Lambert). Now back in Thailand, Sloane must fight Moore’s champion, a 6ft 8, 400 […]
Riverdale Season 2 Episode 11 Review – ‘The Wrestler’
Liam Hoofe reviews the eleventh episode of Riverdale season 2… Pickens Day, the annual Riverdale holiday, is upon us this week and the show continues to spin its many plates during the events, with varying degrees of success. Archie, the show’s lovable and unintentional doofus eats up a considerable amount of the show’s runtime once […]
Video Game Review – The Inpatient
Shaun Munro reviews The Inpatient… The Inpatient is Supermassive Games’ much-anticipated follow-up to their acclaimed VR rail-shooter Until Dawn: Rush of Blood, and with promises of a rich, cinematic story that takes full, terrifying advantage of Sony’s headset, it truly seemed like the game might be the first big AAA VR hit of 2018. There’s no joy at […]
The X-Files Season 11 Episode 4 Review – ‘The Lost Art of Forehead Sweat’
Matt Rodgers reviews the fourth episode of The X-Files season 11… At the heart of Darin Morgan’s X-Files episode ‘The Lost Art of Forehead Sweat’ is the theory of Mandela effect; fondly remembering something from the past that was just a little off. It’s a notion that could be easily attributed to not only the […]
Video Game Review – Monster Hunter: World
Sam Thorne reviews Monster Hunter: World… Capcom have been in a state of flux these past few years, not really knowing what to do with their key franchises, despite the fact their games are generally good. Dead Rising 4 flopped horrifically after abandoning many of the main features that made the predecessors so appealing. Street […]
