Liam Hoofe reviews the series premiere of Marvel’s Runaways… When the Marvel logo appears on your screen, it comes with a certain weight of expectation. The Marvel Cinematic Universe is an unstoppable juggernaut on the big screen right now, with the studio churning out excellent movie after excellent movie. The company’s success on the small […]
Marvel’s The Gifted Season 1 Episode 8 Review – ‘threat of eXtinction’
Rachel Bellwoar reviews the eighth episode of Marvel’s The Gifted… If last week’s episode wasn’t the most edge-of-your-seat, ‘threat of eXtinction’ is the complete package, an episode where all the storylines work together to provide a clearer image of what the Mutant Underground are up against. On a trip to pick up refugees, Thunderbird, Blink and […]
Supergirl Season 3 Episode 7 Review – ‘Wake Up’
Martin Carr reviews the seventh episode of Supergirl season 3… As the tagline suggests there are multiple moments of revelation running throughout episode seven, which makes for another rounded entry in a solid season. Relationships are tested, families reconciled and new elements uncovered, that gives our main protagonists their moments of drama before the conclusion. […]
The Punisher Season 1 Episode 5 Review – ‘Gunner’
Liam Hoofe reviews the fifth episode Marvel’s The Punisher… Free from the shackles of an overarching storyline, The Punisher has felt like a breath of fresh air for Netflix’s Marvel Universe. The show has been able to explore many different themes and introduce loads of interesting characters, without the worry of having to build up […]
Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume XXXIX Review
Brad Cook reviews Mystery Science Theater 3000 Volume XXXIX… MST3K Volume XXXIX is a bittersweet release because it marks the end of an era. Yes, this is Shout! Factory’s final new volume of Mystery Science Theater 3000 episodes. (They’ll keep re-releasing the old Rhino sets, however.) They say on their site that it’s the “almost […]
TV Review – Netflix’s Dark
Matt Rodgers reviews the first three episodes of Dark… Dark is the first German Netflix original series, but if you read the synopsis, you might argue over the validity of the word ‘original’. There are a group of bike riding kids, who all go to the same high school in their small woodland community, at […]
Video Game Review – Star Wars Battlefront II
Shaun Munro reviews Star Wars Battlefront II… Though it was easy to be optimistic about EA and DICE’s follow-up to 2015’s enjoyable-yet-malnourished Star Wars Battlefront reboot, the end result is one of the most depressingly, dispiritingly botched sequels to a hit AAA game this generation. From its infuriating, predatory progression system to a campaign that fails […]
The Punisher Season 1 Episode 4 Review – ‘Resupply’
Liam Hoofe reviews the fourth episode of Marvel’s The Punisher… After the excellent ‘Kandahar‘, The Punisher continued to pick up the pace with its fourth episode, ‘Resupply’, an episode which saw two of the season’s key players meet for the first time and also continued to develop the show’s excellent, and intriguing characters. One of the […]
Movie Review – Hi-Lo Joe (2017)
Hi-Lo Joe, 2017. Written and Directed by James Kermack. Starring Matthew Stathers, Lizzie Philips, Tom Bateman, Gethin Anthony, and Joe Dixon. SYNOPSIS: Everyone loves Joe Ridley, except Joe. Dark, crushing depression envelops him and a childhood trauma haunts him. Elly loves him but he is pushing her away. Can he save himself before he loses everything? […]
Does Eko’s interactive comedy That Moment When represent the future of television?
Alex Moreland on the interactive comedy That Moment When… Ever since watching television on the internet became mainstream, there’s been a question of just how far you can push the format. Not so long ago I spoke to the minds behind Otis, a crime thriller where audiences can switch perspectives as the drama unfolds; meanwhile, […]
