Matt Rodgers reviews the twelfth episode of Jessica Jones season 2… Revenge is the order of the day in this penultimate season 2 episode; Alisa is after an unconscious Trish for the fiery demise of Dr. Karl, while Jeri is performing detective work of her own in order to track down Inez. If you think […]
Blu-ray Review: A Pistol For Ringo & The Return of Ringo: Two Films by Duccio Tessari
A Pistol For Ringo & The Return of Ringo: Two Films by Duccio TessariDirected by Duccio Tessari. Starring Giuliano Gemma, Fernando Sancho, Lorella De Luca, Antonio Casas, Víctor Bayo, Nieves Navarro, and George Martin.SYNOPSIS:Box set containing two influential Spaghetti Westerns from director Duccio Tessari.You often hear movies described as Die Hard in a… which gives […]
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 5 Episode 13 Review – ‘Principia’
Danny Hale reviews the thirteenth episode of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 5…In the wake of the emotionally charged ‘The Real Deal’, ‘Principia’ offered a welcome return to a good old fashioned field-op. While the team attempts to trace the last known whereabouts of the missing gravitonium, General Hale expands her new team of gifted […]
Movie Review – Tomb Raider (2018)
Tomb Raider, 2018.Directed by Roar Uthaug. Starring Alicia Vikander, Dominic West, Walton Goggins, Daniel Wu, Kristin Scott Thomas, Nick Frost and Derek Jakobi.SYNOPSIS: Lara Croft, the fiercely independent daughter of a missing adventurer, must push herself beyond her limits when she finds herself on the island where her father disappeared.From a critical standpoint, the phrase ”better than most […]
Gotham Season 4 Episode 14 Review – ‘Reunion’
Martin Carr reviews the fourteenth episode of Gotham season 4…Schizophrenic split personalities, coded messages between colluding confidants and hand to hammer gangland retribution is rift in ‘Reunion’ this week. Villainy is being rendered like high class soap from upper class body fat, as story threads, double crosses and law enforcement epiphanies come home to roost. […]
Jessica Jones Season 2 Episode 11 Review – ‘AKA Three Lives and Counting’
Matt Rodgers reviews the eleventh episode of Jessica Jones season 2…In the aftermath of Jessica’s first act of murder, you might find yourself asking why she’s electing to frame what was self-defense against a serial killer, with evidence to prove it, as a suicide. It feels like a stupid move for someone who knows how […]
Black Lightning Season 1 Episode 8 Review – ‘The Book of Revelations’
Red Stewart reviews the eighth episode of Black Lightning…“The Book of Revelations” opens up with scenes of Anissa and Jefferson training juxtaposed against news interviews with everyday people criticizing Black Lightning in the aftermath of Lady Eve’s murder. This is clearly meant to be a contrasting throwback to the third episode “LaWanda: The Book of […]
Movie Review – March of the Penguins 2: The Next Step (2018)
March of the Penguins 2: The Next Step, 2018.Directed by Luc Jacquet. Narrated by Morgan Freeman.SYNOPSIS:Two penguins, a father and son, face and overcome the almost unimaginable challenges of life in the hostile land of Antarctica.It’s been over a decade since the release of Luc Jacquet’s March of the Penguins, a groundbreaking look at the lives of […]
Movie Review – The Square (2017)
The Square, 2017.Directed by Ruben Ostlund. Starring Claes Bang, Elizabeth Moss, Dominic West, Terry Notary, and Christopher Laesso.SYNOPSIS:A museum curator is preparing to launch a major art exhibition. He sees himself as having a social conscience, but when his wallet and phone are stolen, the other side of his character emerges and he badly mis-handles […]
Jessica Jones Season 2 Episode 10 – ‘AKA Pork Chop’
Matt Rodgers reviews the tenth episode of Jessica Jones season 2…It’s time to reposition some relationships with ‘AKA Pork Chop’, as Jessica orders the priorities of those circling her maelstrom of life; Trish, Jeri, Alisa, Oscar and Malcolm all take their turn being realigned.We’re into the home stretch now, with the individual threads hinting at […]
