The Cured, 2018. Directed by David Freyne. Starring Ellen Page, Sam Keeley, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Stuart Graham, Hilda Fay, and Paula Malcolmson. SYNOPSIS: A disease that turns people into zombies has been cured. The once-infected zombies are discriminated against by society and their own families, which causes social issues to arise. This leads to militant government […]
Waco Episode 5 Review – ‘Stalling for Time’
Red Stewart reviews the fifth episode of Waco… “History’s not going to be on your side with this one Mitch.” “I’ll take the other side of that bet.” So ends a conversation between FBI negotiator Gary Noesner and tactical agent Mitch Decker, one of many that the two have along with Waco Siege head Tony […]
Movie Review – Mute (2018)
Mute, 2018. Directed by Duncan Jones. Starring Alexander Skarsgård, Paul Rudd, Justin Theroux, Seyneb Saleh, Noel Clarke, Robert Sheehan, Sam Rockwell and Robert Kazinsky. SYNOPSIS: A mute bartender goes up against his city’s gangsters in an effort to find out what happened to his missing partner. There’s an understandable amount of hype for Duncan Jones’ (Moon, Source […]
Star Wars Rebels Season 4 Episode 10 Review – ‘Jedi Night’
Chris Cooper reviews the tenth episode of Star Wars Rebels season 4… Note – I’d love to steer clear of it, but this review is going to contain pretty hefty spoilers. This late in the game it’s nigh-on impossible to talk about the episode without spoiling something. I’d rather give you some fully fledged thoughts […]
Movie Review – Game Night (2018)
Game Night, 2018. Directed by John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein. Starring Jason Bateman, Rachel McAdams, Kyle Chandler, Sharon Horgan, Billy Magnussen, Lamorne Morris, Kylie Bunbury, Jesse Plemons, Michael C. Hall, Danny Huston, and Chelsea Peretti. SYNOPSIS: A group of friends who meet regularly for game nights find themselves trying to solve a murder mystery. […]
Comic Book Review – Death to the Tsar
Liam Hoofe reviews Death to the Tsar… Despite the title of the novel, no Tsars were killed in the making of this story, instead, the title of the comic refers to a revolutionary cry uttered several times throughout the novel. Rather than the Tsar, it is Moscow’s Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich who is the victim […]
Movie Review – The Party (2018)
The Party, 2018. Directed by Sally Potter. Starring Kristen Scott Thomas, Timothy Spall, Patricia Clarkson, Bruno Ganz, Cherry Jones, Emily Mortimer, and Cillian Murphy. SYNOPSIS: A celebratory gathering hosted by Janet (Kristen Scott Thomas) brings together a generation of friends, lovers, and family members, for a soirée that will escalate beyond family squabbles, to guns, […]
Movie Review – The Lodgers (2018)
The Lodgers, 2018. Directed by Brian O’Malley. Starring Charlotte Vega, Bill Milner, David Bradley, Moe Dunford, Eugene Simon, Deirdre O’Kane, and Roisin Murphy. SYNOPSIS: Anglo Irish twins Rachel and Edward share a strange existence in their crumbling family estate. Each night, the property becomes the domain of a sinister presence (The Lodgers) which enforces three […]
Comic Book Review – WWE #14
Liam Hoofe reviews WWE #14… Following last month’s successful Women’s Royal Rumble, and the debut of Ronda Rousey following the match, the Women’s division in the WWE has never felt more important than it does now. With the first ever Women’s elimination chamber on the horizon, and the division likely to get a lot of […]
Comic Book Review – The Death of Stalin
Liam Hoofe reviews The Death of Stalin… When talking about Russia, Winston Churchill once said ‘Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery wrapped inside an enigma’. This quote alone demonstrates what it was that makes Russia the most fascinating country of the 20th Century. The Soviet Union and their decades-long rule over large parts of […]
