Rendel, 2017. Directed by Jesse Haaja. Starring Kristofer Gummerus, Rami Rusinen, Rene Korppila, and Johnny Vivash. SYNOPSIS: A pharmaceutical company introduces a new untested vaccine into a sick city. It has devastating consequences for many, including a mysterious costumed character out for revenge. Rendel is the the first superhero movie made in Finland. This is […]
Star Wars Resistance Season 1 Episode 16 Review – ‘The New Trooper’
Ricky Church reviews the sixteenth episode of Star Wars Resistance, ‘The New Trooper’… With the First Order becoming more of a presence both on the Colossus and on Star Wars Resistance overall, ‘The New Trooper’ was a good bounce back from ‘The First Order Occupation’ and a step in the right direction for the season. Several of […]
Movie Review – 2050 (2019)
2050, 2019. Directed by Princeton Holt. Starring Dean Cain, David Vaughn, Irina Abraham, Devin Fuller, Stormi Maya, and Stefanie Bloom. SYNOPSIS: 2050 tells the story of a married video game developer who is introduced to a warehouse that customizes androids for human companionship. If you have dumb questions about robots and a tenuous grasp of […]
TV Review – The Umbrella Academy
Eammon Jacobs reviews season one of The Umbrella Academy… The Umbrella Academy comics were born from the minds of Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá, putting a bizarre spin on the superhero genre. Now that the series has been made into a Netflix Original show, we get to see the absurdities in their full violent glory. […]
Comic Book Review – Batman: Rebirth Deluxe Edition Book 3
Ricky Church reviews Batman: Rebirth Deluxe Edition Book 3… With Batman’s marriage proposal to Catwoman and her subsequent acceptance, Tom King uses the stories in Batman: Rebirth Deluxe Edition Book 3 to explore their upcoming nuptials and the reactions of their family and friends. King presents some good stories filled with great chemistry between Batman and Catwoman, […]
Movie Review – The 6th Friend (2016)
The 6th Friend, 2016. Directed by Letia Clouston. Starring Jamie Bernadette, Chantelle Albers, Dominique Swain, Jessica Morris, Tania Nolan and Monique Rosario. SYNOPSIS: Five years after their graduation party turned horrid, six friends gather once again. Little do they know they will be facing even more terror and bloodshed than before. The 6th Friend suffers from “been […]
Movie Review – Never Look Away (2018)
Never Look Away, 2018. Written and Directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. Starring Tom Schilling, Sebastian Koch, Paula Beer, Saskia Rosendahl, Oliver Masucci, Lars Eidinger, Florian Bartholomäi, Hanno Koffler, Rainer Bock, Ulrike C. Tscharre, Pit Bukowski, Ben Becker, Ina Weisse, Evgeniy Sidikhin, Johanna Gastdorf, Johannes Allmayer, Jörg Schüttauf, Stefan Mehren, Mark Zak, Bastian Trost, Hans-Uwe Bauer, […]
Video Game Review – Kingdom Hearts III
Shaun Munro reviews Kingdom Hearts III… It’s probably fair to say that no video game in the position of Kingdom Hearts III could entirely live up to the hype. Finally in gamers’ hands some 13 years after the previous mainline entry landed in the tail-end of the PS2’s life cycle, this threequel wears its eccentric design philosophies […]
Movie Review – The Cannibal Club (2018)
The Cannibal Club, 2018. Directed by Guto Parente. Starring Tavinho Teixeira, Ana Luiza Rios, Pedro Domingues, Zé Maria, and Rodrigo Capistrano. SYNOPSIS: A wealthy Brazilian couple are members of a mysterious organisation devoted to the murder and consumption of those at the other end of the social hierarchy. A title as outwardly trashy as The […]
Book Review – Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse: The Official Movie Special
Eammon Jacobs reviews Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse: The Official Movie Special… By now, it’s obvious that Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is a resounding success. It’s already bagged the BAFTA for Best Animated Film, and an Oscar nomination for the same category. Whether it’s the best of all the webhead’s cinematic adventures will likely be debated by fans […]