Shaun Munro reviews LocoRoco 2 Remastered…Cult classic PSP platformer LocoRoco was given a superbly shiny new 4K PS4 port back in May, and now its 2008 sequel has also gotten the glossy makeover treatment to similarly dazzling effect. LocoRoco 2 Remastered may not deviate much from the formula firmly established by its predecessor, largely succeeding and faltering […]
Movie Review – Playground (2016)
Playground, 2016.Written and Directed by Bartosz M. Kowalski. Starring Nicolas Przygoda, Michalina Swistun and Przemyslaw Balinski.SYNOPSIS:A provincial town in Poland. The final day of school. A seemingly normal day in life of three ordinary elementary school students. This day however eventually culminates in shocking and terrifying events.Does a movie need to be enjoyable or fun? Do you seek […]
Video Game Review – A Hat in Time
Red Stewart reviews A Hat in Time…When the Nintendo 64 launched onto the scene in 1996, it needed a unique library to compete with the strong success of the PlayStation 1, which had come out a year before. That resulted in the Nintendo team developing Super Mario 64, a video game that came packed as a […]
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 5 Episode 3 Review – ‘A Life Spent’
Danny Hale reviews the third episode of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 5…‘A Life Spent’ gave us a further peek into the different players operating on and around the remains of Earth and helped create a clearer picture of the time our team is stuck in. The previously introduced Kasius is not the only powerful […]
Movie Review – Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017)
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, 2017.Directed by Jake Kasdan. Starring Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, Karen Gillen, Bobby Cannavale, Nick Jonas, Rhys Darby, Alex Wolff, Madison Iseman, Morgan Turner, and Ser’Darius Blain.SYNOPSISWhen four very different school kids are given a detention, they happen upon an old video game console with the mysterious Jumanji cartridge. They […]
Arrow Season 6 Episode 9 Review – ‘Irreconcilable Differences’
Jessie Robertson reviews the ninth episode of Arrow season 6…The Band is Back to being split up. Trust is like the title cards to Arrow – it’s always present in this show one way or another. The reveal that a member of the team gave Oliver up comes as a shock out of nowhere because […]
Young Sheldon Season 1 Episode 7 Review – ‘A Brisket, Voodoo, and Cannonball Run’
Martin Carr reviews the seventh episode of Young Sheldon…This series continues to defy description in its construction, execution and pure optimism. Each episode hinges on minor character moments which gel together and feel so familiar it’s ridiculous. This pint-sized vignette of scenarios held in place by common elements makes everything look so easy. Plotlines are […]
Movie Review – The Funhouse Massacre (2015)
The Funhouse Massacre, 2015.Directed by Andy Palmer. Starring Robert Englund, Jere Burns, Scottie Thompson, Matt Angel, Chasty Ballesteros, Clint Howard, and Mars Crain.SYNOPSIS:Six of the world’s scariest psychopaths escape from a local Asylum and proceed to unleash terror on the unsuspecting crowd of a Halloween Funhouse, whose themed mazes are inspired by their various reigns […]
Second Opinion – Ferdinand (2017)
Ferdinand, 2017.Directed by Carlos Saldanha. Featuring the voice talents of John Cena, Kate McKinnon, Bobby Cannavale, David Tennant, Sally Phillips, Peyton Manning, and Daveed Diggs.SYNOPSIS:Raised as a fighting bull, destined for the stadiums of Spain, Ferdinand (John Cena) is a pacifistic beast that wants to do anything but square up to the country’s El Primero […]
DC’s Legends of Tomorrow Season 3 Episode 9 Review – ‘Beebo the God of War’
Jessie Robertson reviews the ninth episode of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow season 3…I’m always, always so astonished at how much Legends fits into an hour episode, when so much of it borders on the absurd. And yet it seems to work nearly every time out.If you predicted one episode in the work pool on how […]
