Martin Carr reviews the eighth episode of Young Sheldon… Reminiscent of family bonding moments when we were children and warmly nostalgic for reasons difficult to explain, Young Sheldon continues drawing in its audience. Lance Barber carries the emotional weight behind episode eight as issues of paternal relationships are put front and centre. Finding common ground […]
Movie Review – Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
Star Wars: The Last Jedi, 2017. Written and Directed by Rian Johnson. Starring Daisy Ridley, Mark Hamill, Adam Driver, Carrie Fisher, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Peter Mayhew, Anthony Daniels, Laura Dern, Kelly Marie Tran, Benicio del Toro, Billie Lourd, Gwendoline Christie, Lupita Nyong’o, Jimmy Vee, Tim Rose, Warwick Davis, Hermione Corfield […]
Riverdale Season 2 Episode 9 Review – ‘Silent Night, Deadly Night’
Liam Hoofe reviews Riverdale season 2’s midseason finale… It’s Christmas in Riverdale which means this week we were treated to the show’s Christmas special, which also doubled up as its midseason finale. Gang violence, serial killers and illegal money activities are all stapes of a traditional Christmas, and Riverdale revelled in these this week with […]
Video Game Review – Yooka-Laylee on Nintendo Switch
Sam Thorne reviews Yooka-Laylee… You’ve got to feel a little bad for Playtonic games. The studio formed from several former key players at Rare during their golden years launched an insanely successful kickstarter campaign, to fund a spiritual successor to Banjo Kazooie, but only received lukewarm praise at best. To make matters worse, they missed […]
Second Opinion – Brigsby Bear (2017)
Brigsby Bear. 2017. Directed by Dave McCary. Starring Kyle Mooney, Mark Hamill, Jane Adams, Beck Bennett, Claire Danes, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Greg Kinnear, Kate Lyn Sheil, Ryan Simpkins, Matt Walsh, Michaela Watkins, and Andy Samberg. SYNOPSIS: Brigsby Bear Adventures is a children’s TV show produced for an audience of one: James. When the show abruptly ends, James’s […]
Marvel’s Runaways Season 1 Episode 6 Review – ‘Metamorphosis’
Liam Hoofe reviews the sixth episode of Marvel’s Runaways… Marvel’s Runaways has been fairly successful so far. The opening five episodes have done an excellent job at building the characters, exploring the relationships between them, and establishing the world that they live in. The season’s sixth episode ‘Metamorphosis’ while far from a bad outing for […]
Lucifer Season 3 Episode 10 Review – ‘The Sin Bin’
Tori Brazier reviews the tenth episode of Lucifer season three… *Spoiler alert* It’s a bit of a tangled web to negotiate this episode as the writers plan to deceive over the true identity of criminal the Sinnerman (Kevin Carroll) right until the final few moments of Lucifer’s mid-season finale. In lighter relief, Dan (Kevin Alejandro) […]
Marvel’s The Gifted Season 1 Episode 10 Review – ‘eXploited’
Rachel Bellwoar reviews the tenth episode of Marvel’s The Gifted… Of the mutants in the Mutant Underground, Dreamer’s abilities have been cause for more debate than most but her intentions have always been good. While interrogating Dreamer, Jace lets her know this is personal for him, after she tampered with his memories and made him forget the […]
Movie Review – Shot Caller (2017)
Shot Caller, 2017. Directed by Ric Roman Waugh. Starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Jon Bernthal, Lake Bell, Benjamin Bratt, Omari Hardwick, and Holt McCallany. SYNOPSIS: A newly released prisoner is forced to enter a gang war upon his return to the outside world in a bid to get his life back on track. With HBO’s epic Game of Thrones […]
Thor and The Hulk join Hasbro’s Marvel Legends Series 12″ Action Figure Line
Coinciding with their showdown (and subsequent team-up) in last month’s Thor: Ragnarok, the God of Thunder and the Green Goliath are the latest additions to Hasbro’s Marvel Legends Series, with a 12″ Thor and 14.5″ Incredible Hulk available to purchase now. First up we have the Thor figure, which includes over 30 points of articulation, […]
