Eammon Jacobs reviews the second episode of Game of Thrones season 8… After Game of Thrones‘ premiere episode reunited a sprawling list of characters to Winterfell to prepare for war, it was always going to be interesting to see how all these different character dynamics would work in a highly stressful situation. The threat of […]
Second Opinion – Greta (2019)
Greta, 2019. Directed by Neil Jordan. Starring Chloe Grace Moretz, Isabelle Huppert, Maika Monroe, Colm Feore, and Stephen Rea. SYNOPSIS: A young woman befriends a lonely widow who’s harbouring a dark and deadly agenda toward her. Logic goes out the window when watching Greta, the latest film by Neil Jordan. Plot holes appear like vast […]
Book Review – The Possible World by Liese O’Halloran Schwarz
Michelle Herbert reviews The Possible World by Liese O’Halloran Schwarz… The Possible World is a book that is hard to pigeonhole, which is a good thing. It is a book that focuses on three protagonists, each with their own lives and stories which slowly shows how they are each connected. The Possible World, lets us […]
Gotham Season 5 Episode 11 Review – ‘They Did What?’
Martin Carr reviews the penultimate episode of Gotham season 5… Rather than being engaging this penultimate episode feels calculated. Key characters never feel in abject danger, situations however frenetic never raise collective pulses, while Gotham feels strangely unthreatening. Whether that perceived danger comes from al Ghul’s daughter, a pneumatically enhanced Bane or the conspicuously absent […]
Comic Book Review – Transformers #3
Ricky Church reviews Transformers #3… The central mystery of Brainstorm’s murder takes a backseat as Transformers #3 features a lot of exposition as other characters are introduced. There’s a lack of tension given the way the second issue ended with an apparent assassination attempt on Megatron’s life, but in place of that is more world-building from […]
Defending Hellboy… Sort Of | Flickering Myth Podcast Review
Lionsgate’s Hellboy reboot opened last weekend to scathing reviews and proved to be a dud at the box office, debuting in third place with just $12 million as the Neil Marshall-directed fantasy adventure failed to resonate with audiences. Actress Milla Jovovich – who plays the villainous Queen of Blood – has already spoken out against […]
The Orville Season 2 Episode 13 Review – ‘Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow’
Martin Carr reviews the thirteenth episode of The Orville season 2… Second chances are something we all wish for whether educational, emotional or professional. Yet rarely do people consider the repercussions of that hypothetical as self-interest and nostalgia cloud judgement calls or rose tint recollections. Physics aside The Orville thankfully focuses on just those elements […]
Second Opinion – Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich (2018)
Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich, 2018. Directed by Sonny Laguna and Tommy Wiklund. Starring Thomas Lennon, Jenny Pellicer, Nelson Franklin, Charlyne Yi, Barbara Crampton, Michael Pare and Udo Kier. SYNOPSIS: While trying to sell a morbid doll at a slightly distasteful murder anniversary convention, a comic book shop employee finds himself in the midst of […]
Doom Patrol Season 1 Episode 9 Review – ‘Jane Patrol’
Hasitha Fernando reviews the ninth episode of Doom Patrol… Our ragtag band of misfits have hit a snag; they are at a loss to explain what’s wrong with Jane. But just when they’ve all given up hope, the Negative Entity within Larry comes forth and with the assistance of Cliff, they try to save Jane […]
Movie Review – Loro (2018)
Loro, 2018. Directed by Paolo Sorrentino. Starring Toni Servillo, Elena Sofia Ricci, Riccardo Scamarcio, Kasia Smutniak, Alice Pagani and Fabrizio Bentivoglio. SYNOPSIS: The epic and unauthorised tale of Silvio Berlusconi – Italy’s most infamous politician and party boy. A lengthy legal disclaimer at the start of Paolo Sorrentino’s epic Silvio Berlusconi biopic – released in […]