Chris Cooper reviews Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Universe #15…Jumping straight in this week! Be prepared, I’m going to be talking about the art a lot.I expect gorgeous art from Campbell but she has outdone herself with some of the panels. Brittany Peer’s use of colour, or not in some cases makes them even more striking, […]
53rd Chicago International Film Festival Capsule Review – The Divine Order (2017)
In The Divine Order, Switzerland’s early 1970s struggle for women rights is represented by two families at the center of the movement, mainly Nora (Marie Leuenberger) who seeks a more meaningful purpose in life, fancying the prospect of working as a secretary upon seeing an opening in a newspaper advertisement. According to her husband Hans Maximilian Simonischek), she […]
Star Wars Rebels Season 4 Episodes 1 and 2 Review – ‘Heroes of Mandalore’
Chris Cooper reviews Star Wars Rebels’ season 4 premiere…Star Wars Rebels returns for its fourth and final season, which has left me feeling unexpectedly happy. I thought I’d be sad that it’s coming to a close; instead I’ve realised that what I really want is closure. I’m not unhappy with the show, nor am I’m […]
Comic Book Review – Dark Nights: Metal #3
Ricky Church reviews Dark Nights: Metal #3…Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo certainly upped the ante in Dark Nights: Metal #3 as Superman and the Justice League are literally on the verge of defeat right at the issue’s beginning. The pair don’t pull their punches either; make no mistake, this is a very bleak issue as all […]
Video Game Review – Don’t Knock Twice
Shaun Munro reviews Don’t Knock Twice…Don’t Knock Twice is the most dubious of prospects; a video game based on a recent indie horror film that just about nobody saw (though I did, and reviewed it earlier this year). This adaptation of the mostly-panned Katee Sackhoff-starring movie was originally released for other platforms last month, and though […]
Book Review – The Spawn of Lilith by Dana Fredsti
Michelle Herbert reviews The Spawn of Lilith by Dana Fredsti…The Spawn of Lilith feels like a slightly different take on urban fantasy, where instead of a young woman being thrown into a world she never knew existed, this world is part of her everyday existence. Set in Los Angeles and focusing on stuntmen and women, […]
Toronto After Dark Film Festival Review – The Villainess (2017)
The Villainess, 2017.Directed by Jung Byung-gil. Starring Kim Ok-bin, Shin Ha-kyun, Sung Joon, Kim Seo-hyung, Jo Eun-ji, Lee Seung-joo, Son Min-ji, Min Ye-ji and Kim Yeon-woo.SYNOPSIS:A female assassin leaves a trail of bodies behind her as she seeks revenge.Enthusiastically hailed as “the new The Raid” since its Cannes premiere this past May, the second feature from director Byung-gil Jung (Confession of Murder) […]
Star Wars: Forces of Destiny Rey of Jakku & BB-8 Adventure and Princess Leia Organa & Wicket the Ewok Endor Adventure Review
Gary Collinson reviews Hasbro’s Star Wars: Forces of Destiny Rey of Jakku & BB-8 Adventure and Princess Leia Organa & Wicket the Ewok Endor Adventure dolls…One of the major criticisms aimed at the original Star Wars movies was the lack of diversity in the galaxy far, far away, and this is something that Lucasfilm has […]
Star Trek: Discovery Season 1 Episode 5 Review – ‘Choose Your Pain’
Alex Moreland reviews the fifth episode of Star Trek: Discovery…What did you think would happen when you bumped into someone who didn’t want you in their front yard?This episode, I think – though I don’t know for certain – has the lowest screentime for Michael Burnham so far. That’s not to say she’s unimportant here; […]
Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams – Real Life Review
Villordsutch reviews Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams: Real Life…We’ve come to season one’s penultimate episode of Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams, with this week’s slice of sci-fi being titled, “Real Life”. This new story being from the pen of Ronald D. Moore (Battlestar Galactica, Star Trek, Outlander), was originally published way back in 1954 within […]
