Lucy in the Sky, 2019. Directed by Noah Hawley. Starring Natalie Portman, Jon Hamm, Dan Stevens, Zazie Beetz, Pearl Amanda Dickson, Ellen Burstyn, Jeffrey Donovan, Tig Notaro, and Colman Domingo. SYNOPSIS: Upon returning to Earth following a life-changing experience above the atmosphere, astronaut Lucy Cola (Natalie Portman) struggles to adjust to life back on terra […]
Video Game Review – AVICII Invector
Shaun Munro reviews AVICII Invector… Invector, Avicii’s rhythm game collaboration with developer Hello There Games, was originally released on PS4 back in December 2017, several months before the legendary DJ – real name Tim Bergling – tragically died. In co-operation with Bergling’s estate, the game is now being re-released as AVICII Invector for PC, Xbox […]
Movie Review – Honey Boy (2019)
Honey Boy, 2019. Directed by Alma Har’el. Starring Lucas Hedges, Noah Jupe, Shia LaBeouf, FKA Twigs, Maika Monroe and Natasha Lyonne. SYNOPSIS: A former child star in rehab looks back on his youthful fame, as well as his abusive, alcoholic father. There is a lot of talk this year about auto-fiction, in which filmmakers give […]
Movie Review – Motherless Brooklyn (2019)
Motherless Brooklyn, 2019. Written and Directed by Edward Norton. Starring Edward Norton, Bruce Willis, Willem Dafoe, Leslie Mann, Ethan Suplee, Alec Baldwin, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Josh Pais, Michael K. Williams, Cherry Jones, Fisher Stevens, Bobby Cannavale, and Dallas Roberts. SYNOPSIS: Set against the backdrop of 1950s New York, Motherless Brooklyn follows Lionel Essrog, a lonely private […]
Movie Review – In Fabric (2018)
In Fabric, 2018. Directed by Peter Strickland. Starring Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Hayley Squires, Leo Bill, Gwendoline Christie and Julian Barratt SYNOPSIS: Somewhere in the North of England, during the height of the Winter shopping sales, lonely divorcee Sheila (Marianne Jean-Baptiste) is sold a dress by a mysterious shop clerk (Fatma Mohamed), in preparation for her dating agency dinner […]
Supergirl Season 5 Episode 8 Review – ‘The Wrath of Rama Khan’
Martin Carr reviews the eighth episode of Supergirl season 5… This might be the warm up episode prior to cross over shenanigans but it still comes across as copy book stuff. Numerous stand offs happening simultaneously make things entertaining but ultimately predictable. Inadequate gods fail spectacularly to raise the ocean floor or destroy our resident […]
Watchmen Season 1 Episode 7 Review – ‘An Almost Religious Awe’
Martin Carr reviews the seventh episode of Watchmen… From Blaxploitation homage to Balboa boxing soundtrack via the Godfather of Soul, Watchmen has it all. Intricately detailed infomercials give way to multiple protagonists who merge, meld and exchange timelines without leaving the room. Past and present are revealed simultaneously whilst the conundrum of Doctor Manhattan overshadows […]
Comic Book Review – Transformers IDW Collection Phase Two – Volume 9
Ricky Church reviews Transformers IDW Collection Phase Two – Volume 9… IDW’s deluxe collections of their previous Transformers continuity have now reached a ninth volume, combining stories from Transformers, More Than Meets The Eye and Windblade into one book. The titles mostly have a different tone and feel to each other, particularly More Than Meets The Eye‘s crazy and meta-filled narrative, but each […]
His Dark Materials Series 1 Episode 5 Review – ‘The Lost Boy’
Martin Carr reviews the fifth episode of His Dark Materials… There is something fundamentally sacrilegious under discussion between the lines in The Lost Boy which has little to do with burgeoning relationships. By separating mind and body from other more theological elements Pullman raises one of life’s great questions. If we exist inside a body […]
Arrow Season 8 Episode 7 Review – ‘Purgatory’
Jessie Robertson reviews the seventh episode of Arrow season 8… At this point, Lian Yu, the island itself, is a character and a integral one to the fabric of Arrow. It’s revisited here, and rightfully so, in a mostly un-Arrow like episode. There’s some very good acting by Stephen Amell in this episode. He’s basically, […]