Downsizing, 2017. Directed by Alexander Payne. Starring Matt Damon, Kristen Wiig, Christoph Waltz, Hong Chau, Jason Sudeikis, and Udo Kier. SYNOPSIS: A cash strapped couple discover a way to escape their financial problems – move to a brand new community. All they have to do is undergo an irreversible operation that will shrink them down […]
Book Review – Friendly Fire by Gavin G Smith
Michelle Herbert reviews Friendly Fire by Gavin G Smith… Friendly Fire is the second novel in Gavin G Smith’s The Bastard Legion series, this started with the novel The Bastard Legion or when I reviewed it The Hangman’s Daughter. My review of that book can be found here, spoilers for that book will be mentioned […]
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 5 Episode 8 Review – ‘The Last Day’
Danny Hale reviews the eighth episode of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 5… The opening minutes of ‘The Last Day’ gave us the full reunion we were looking for; bringing the rest of the team to the Zephyr on the Earth’s surface and face to face with May. Her expression when she saw Phil despite […]
Movie Review – The Open House (2018)
The Open House, 2018. Directed by Matt Angel and Suzanne Coote. Starring Dylan Minnette, Piercey Dalton, Sharif Atkins, and Patricia Bethune. SYNOPSIS: A teenager and his mother find themselves besieged by threatening forces when they move into a new house. Proving that January isn’t merely a dumping ground for Hollywood’s most rancid theatrical releases, Netflix’s generically-monikered The Open House […]
Video Game Review – Nightmare Boy
Scott Watson reviews Nightmare Boy… Take a strong pinch of Terry Gilliam’s unique storytelling, a healthy does of Guillermo del Toro’s at times extraordinary fantasia, and chuck it in the mixing pot with a metroidvania style old-school influenced 2D scroller come platformer and you may think you’re on to a winner with Nightmare Boy on […]
Movie Review – Curse of the Witch’s Doll (2018)
Curse of the Witch’s Doll, 2018. Written and Directed by Lawrence Fowler. Starring Helen Crevel, Philip Ridout, and Layla Watts. SYNOPSIS: After a series of inexplicable events, Adeline Gray believes a haunted doll possesses the soul of a vengeful Witch. To have any hope of being reunited with her missing daughter, she knows she must […]
Arrow Season 6 Episode 10 Review – ‘Divided’
Jessie Robertson reviews the tenth episode of Arrow season 6… It’s Gang Warfare on Arrow and Oliver came without his Greasers! If Trust is a dollar bill, I”d love to have one for every time someone talked about trust on this show; Trust is now a noun on this show. Oliver breaks it down beautifully […]
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 5 Episode 7 Review – ‘Together or Not at All’
Danny Hale reviews the seventh episode of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 5… Following the events in ‘Fun and Games’ last week Together or Not at All’ unsurprisingly barreled forward, our heroes revealed and on the run. In the episode’s opening minutes Fitz, Simmons and Daisy’s best means of escape is obliterated as their ship […]
Video Game Review – The Vanishing of Ethan Carter: Xbox One Edition
Calum Petrie reviews The Vanishing of Ethan Carter: Xbox One Edition… Upon the original release of the game in 2014, The Vanishing of Ethan Carter was both praised and ridiculed for its simplicity. The game was labelled a “walking simulator” due to the bare bones investigation and traversal around the game’s luscious and outstanding vistas. […]
Comic Book Review – Star Wars: Forces of Destiny – Hera
Ricky Church reviews Star Wars: Forces of Destiny – Hera… Since Star Wars Rebels premiered, Hera Syndulla has become a fan-favourite character and an important figure in the early days of the Rebellion. The latest in IDW’s Forces of Destiny series focuses on Hera as she continues spreading hope and resistance across the galaxy, telling a short story of […]
