Martin Carr reviews the twelfth episode of Supergirl season 3… Episode twelve might not be the most progressive but still ticks along by backtracking on numerous plot points. Old adversaries come out of the wood work, divert our attention and keep that run time packed with decent performances. Morgan Edge and a certain maternal figure […]
Movie Review – Acts of Vengeance (2017)
Acts Of Vengeance, 2017. Directed by Isaac Florentine. Starring Antonio Banderas, Karl Urban, Paz Vega, and Robert Forster. SYNOPSIS: A fast-talking lawyer transforms his body and takes a vow of silence, not to be broken until he finds out who killed his wife and daughter and has his revenge. Looking at the cast list and director […]
Star Trek: Discovery Season 1 Episode 13 Review – ‘What’s Past is Prologue’
Alex Moreland reviews the thirteenth episode of Star Trek: Discovery season one… “Your lack of vision continues to disappoint me.” In the AV Club’s review of this week’s Star Trek: Discovery, there’s some discussion about what exactly the show is actually about. Certainly, the show doesn’t quite have the same clear premise as its predecessors; […]
Video Game Review – Railway Empire
David Dodgson reviews Railway Empire… A glance at the clock. 10pm – I’ll just quickly add one more station and connect to the next town. I see there’s a quarry nearby – let’s add a freight line… Demand for cotton is increasing in Pittsburgh – I’ll see what I can do about that and… 2am! […]
DVD Review – WWE: Bayley & Sasha Banks Iconic Matches
WWE: Bayley Iconic Matches/WWE: Sasha Banks Iconic Matches Starring Bayley, Sasha Banks, Charlotte Flair, Becky Lynch, Nia Jax and Dana Brooke. SYNOPSIS: Three matches each featuring two of the biggest female stars in WWE today, charting their rise from NXT to the top of the tree on the main roster. In the era of the […]
Waco Episode 1 Review – ‘Visions and Omens’
Red Stewart reviews the first episode of Waco… I remember first learning about the Waco Siege during the Bundy Standoff in 2014. Many news outlets at the time were making comparisons between the two, leading me to look it up on Wikipedia. I don’t remember much about it, and I’ve refrained from revisiting that article […]
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 5 Episode 9 Review – ‘Best Laid Plans’
Danny Hale reviews the ninth episode of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 5… From the beginning of ‘Best Laid Plans’ it’s clear that Kasius is starting to lose his hold over his captives as Mack, Yo-Yo and Flint have rallied the humans on the Lighthouse into rebellion and while they’re mostly expendable characters that we […]
Movie Review – Flay (2017)
Flay, 2017. Directed by Eric Pham. Starring Ella Lamont, Dalton E. Gray, Johnny Walter, Violett Beane, A. Michael Baldwin, and Patricia Cane. SYNOPSIS: After the death of her mother, an estranged daughter struggles to save her brother, and those around her from a malevolent faceless spirit. Possessed objects are no stranger to the horror genre […]
Book Review – Strange Weather by Joe Hill
Michelle Herbert reviews Strange Weather by Joe Hill… Strange Weather is a collection of short stories, which not surprisingly have a connection to meteorological conditions, whether that is a growing forest fire or rain that no longer falls as expected. These stories have weather in the background, yet these are very human stories full of […]
Movie Review – Den of Thieves (2018)
Den of Thieves, 2018. Directed by Christian Gudegast. Starring Gerard Butler, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Pablo Schreiber, Evan Jones, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Dawn Olivieri, Brian Van Holt, Jordan Bridges, Eric Braeden, Maurice Compte, Sonya Balmores, Cooper Andrews, Meadow Williams, Kaiwi Lyman, Jay Dobyns, Nick Loeb, Mo McRae, and Jermaine Rivers. SYNOPSIS: As a series of […]