Only the Brave, 2017. Directed by Joseph Koskinski. Starring Josh Brolin, Miles Teller, Jeff Bridges, Jennifer Connelly, James Badge Dale, Andie MacDowell and Taylor Kitsch. SYNOPSIS: The firefighters in Prescott, Arizona are determined to become a front line crew tackling forest fires. After taking on new recruits and going through rigorous training, they win the […]
Comic Book Review – Justice League: Rebirth Deluxe Edition Book 1
Ricky Church reviews Justice League: Rebirth Deluxe Edition Book 1… At the end of DC’s New 52, the Justice League was left shaken after the death of their Superman, though the pre-New 52 Superman was out there and ready to help the League and the world in their time of need. DC Rebirth made for […]
Comic Book Review – Little Nightmares Vol. 1
Matt Rodgers reviews Little Nightmares Vol. 1… We’re told that “The following tales are faint memories, recollections of the children’s life outside the Maw, told to the best of their ability”, and that’s what we get, a beautifully macabre set of dreamscape shards, which hang loosely from the story of a small girl in a […]
Star Wars Rebels Season 4 Episode 6 Review – ‘Flight of the Defender’
Chris Cooper reviews the sixth episode of Star Wars Rebels season 4… Before we go any further, this episode review will have spoilers in it. I can’t keep this quiet! If you’re stopping here, I’ll be back to spoiler free next episode. Just know that Flight of the Defender is one of my favourite episodes […]
Marvel’s The Gifted Season 1 Episode 6 Review – ‘got your siX’
Rachel Bellwoar reviews the sixth episode of Marvel’s The Gifted… There hasn’t been much time to reconcile everything that’s happened on The Gifted so far. “got your siX” feels like the show’s most comprehensive attempt to assess how the Strucker’s are dealing with their new situation. In many ways, having their lives be upended has brought the […]
Star Wars Rebels Season 4 Episode 5 Review – ‘The Occupation’
Chris Cooper reviews the fifth episode of Star Wars Rebels season 4… I thought we’d been through all this. We’d come to an understanding! But no, here we are again. I thought Star Wars Rebels and I had moved past the term ‘filler’. But just having seen ‘The Occupation’, that’s really all I can think […]
Star Trek: Discovery Season 1 Episode 8 Review – ‘Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum’
Alex Moreland reviews the eighth episode of Star Trek: Discovery… Is this what harmony and balance look like? Where is the peace you say you found here? There’s something pretty classically Star Trek about this episode of Discovery. An in medias res opening gives us a good look at the Discovery in action, with some […]
Comic Book Review – Penny Dreadful: The Awaking
Tai Freligh reviews Penny Dreadful: The Awaking… Penny Dreadful: The Ongoing Series Volume 1 – The Awakening’ continues the story directly after the shocking events of the season three TV finale! Six months after Vanessa’s death, Ethan and Sir Malcolm still struggle to move on. As an ill wind blows over London, it soon seems that […]
Book Review – The Roanoke Girls by Amy Engel
Michelle Herbert reviews The Roanoke Girls by Amy Engel… The Roanoke Girls is a deeply insidious story told from the perspective of Lane Roanoke, a girl who had grown up with an emotionally abusive mother. When Lane’s mother kills herself Lane is sent to live with her grandparents at Roanoke (the house is named after the […]
Gotham Season 4 Episode 7 Review – ‘A Day in the Narrows’
Martin Carr reviews the seventh episode of Gotham season 4… That Bruce Wayne finally turns into a socialite bad ass this episode is to be celebrated. Combine that with the turning of the tide within Gotham’s GCPD and episode seven is definitely down and dirty. Bloodletting, police brutality and dream sequence beatings all feed into […]
