Calum Petrie reviews Assassin’s Creed: Origins #1… The success of Assassin’s Creed: Origins was a massive upswing for the video game franchise; with the game series taking a brief break from its yearly release schedule, we saw a new lease of life introduced into the franchise. Origins takes place at the beginning of the Assassin […]
Jessica Jones Season 2 Episode 5 Review – ‘AKA The Octopus’
Matt Rodgers reviews the fifth episode of Jessica Jones season 2… It’s Prisoner Cell Block J during the opening stages of ‘AKA The Octopus’, having been framed by Janet McTeer’s “power woman”, Jessica finds herself in oversized padlock and chains for the murder of Pryce Cheng’s associate. Thankfully Jessica is released relatively quickly, having been […]
Movie Review – You Were Never Really Here (2017)
You Were Never Really Here, 2017. Directed by Lynne Ramsay Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Judith Roberts, John Doman, Alex Manette, and Ekaterina Samsonov. SYNOPSIS: A traumatized veteran, unafraid of violence, tracks down missing girls for a living. When a job spins out of control, Joe’s nightmares overtake him as a conspiracy is uncovered leading to what […]
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 5 Episode 12 Review – ‘The Real Deal’
Danny Hale reviews the twelfth episode of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 5… Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. reaches its milestone 100th episode and manages to deliver some emotional confrontations and new revelations all the while harkening back to the show’s roots. This definitely worked for the most part; some pacing issues aside the heart of […]
Jessica Jones Season 2 Episode 4 Review – ‘AKA God Help the Hobo’
Matt Rodgers reviews the fourth episode of Jessica Jones season 2… Hour four of Jessica Jones, and here’s where we stand in terms of our viewing case notes. Jessica and Trish are on the trail of the building-scaling monster, Jerri is trying to fend off a hostile takeover, as well as the news she has […]
Video Game Review – Bravo Team
Shaun Munro reviews Bravo Team on PSVR… Bravo Team is the latest piece of evidence that developer Supermassive Games is probably spreading themselves a little too thinly these days, following on from last year’s middling PlayLink thriller Hidden Agenda and the woefully disappointing VR horror romp The Inpatient back in January. While just about every PSVR owner has been clamouring for […]
Jessica Jones Season 2 Episode 3 Review – ‘AKA Sole Survivor’
Matt Rodgers reviews the third episode of Jessica Jones season 2… This third episode settles into the formula that season 2 has been quick to establish. Jessica partnering up with a persistent Trish, while the supporting cast plant the seeds of their own threads for the bigger picture. ‘AKA Sole Survivor’ starts with a lighthearted […]
Movie Review – The Outsider (2018)
The Outsider, 2018. Directed by Martin Zandvliet Starring Jared Leto, Tadanobu Asano, Shiori Kutsuna, Emile Hirsch and Rory Cochrane. SYNOPSIS: An epic set in post-WWII Japan and centered on an American former G.I. who joins the yakuza. Martin Zandvliet, director of Oscar-nominated war drama Land of Mine, makes an awkward, baffling leap to something resembling Hollywood with this turgid, shockingly […]
Gotham Season 4 Episode 13 Review – ‘A Beautiful Darkness’
Martin Carr reviews the thirteenth episode of Gotham season 4… Never has gardening and the tending of scrubs seemed so alluring now there is a new Poison Ivy in town. Hallucinogenic, hypnotic and deadly with a sapling she is intent on turning everyone into human grow bags. Genetic experimentation avenged in a grotesque chest bursting […]
Jessica Jones Season 2 Episode 2 Review – ‘AKA Freak Accident’
Matt Rodgers reviews the second episode of Jessica Jones season 2… It hasn’t taken long for Jessica Jones to press the reset button, for we find her propping up a bar, experiencing flashbacks of Dr. Kozlov’s lab, and having sex with a stranger in a toilet stall. It’s essentially Jessica Jones bingo. This allows the […]
