The Reckoning, 2020.Directed by Neil Marshall. Starring Charlotte Kirk, Joe Anderson, Sean Pertwee, Steven Waddington, Rick Warden, Mark Ryan, Bill Fellows, Suzanne Magowan, Leon Ockenden, Sarah Lambie, Emma Campbell-Jones, and Ian Whyte.SYNOPSIS:Evelyn, a young widow haunted by the recent suicide of her husband Joseph, is falsely accused of being a witch by her Landlord after […]
Comic Book Review – Transformers: Beast Wars #3
Ricky Church reviews Transformers: Beast Wars #3…The Beast Wars take one step closer to formally beginning in Transformers: Beast Wars #3 as Megatron and his Predacons interrogate the captured Nyx for what she knows of her fellow Maximals while one particular Predacon now questions his stance in the faction. Erik Burnham writes a compelling issue that once […]
TV Review – The Nevers
Martin Carr reviews HBO’s The Nevers…With Oscar nominees on production design and behind the camera, this Penny Dreadful throwback comes with pedigree. Featuring steam punk invention, this turn of the century X-Men gender mash starts strong with Joss Whedon writing, directing and world building. Tangible characters created through slick dialogue and perfectly executed set pieces make The […]
Comic Book Review – Transformers #28
Ricky Church reviews Transformers #28…After a little over a month long delay, IDW’s main Transformers series returns with a focus on many of the supporting characters in both the Autobot and Decepticon factions as well as a few neutral bots, including one particular bot scheming as usual against both sides. Brian Ruckley writes a compelling issue that […]
HBO Review – Mare of Easttown
Martin Carr reviews the HBO limited series Mare of Easttown… There is an authenticity to this HBO limited series which gets under your skin. Small town mentalities are meticulously deconstructed, prejudices uncovered and long term relationships explored. Writer Brad Ingelsby has created a murder mystery which delves into deeper issues, taps into universal truths and […]
Movie Review – The Power (2021)
The Power, 2021.Directed by Corinna Faith. Starring Rose Williams, Shakira Rahman, Emma Rigby, Gbemisola Ikumelo, Theo Barklem-Biggs, Diveen Henry and Charlie Carrick.SYNOPSIS:A newbie nurse at a London hospital finds herself spending a terrifying evening on the intensive care ward amid a government-imposed blackout.In the winter of 1973/74, Britain was hit by blackouts as striking miners […]
Movie Review – Sound of Metal (2019)
Sound of Metal, 2019.Directed by Darius Marder. Starring Riz Ahmed, Olivia Cooke, Paul Raci, Lauren Ridloff and Mathieu Amalric.SYNOPSIS:A heavy metal drummer must learn how to adjust to a completely different life when he begins to suffer serious loss of hearing.It’s always a bit weird to review hotly-tipped Oscar contenders as a UK-based film critic. […]
Movie Review – Giants Being Lonely (2021)
Giants Being Lonely, 2021.Directed by Grear Patterson. Starring Jack Irving, Ben Irving, Lily Gavin, Amalia Culp, Gabe Fazio, Alejandro Castro, Larry Miller, and Stella Schnabel.SYNOPSIS:A pair of players on a successful high school baseball team, the Giants, come of age in the American South.In concept, everything about Giants Being Lonely draws me in; it’s about […]
Video Game Review – Before Your Eyes
Shaun Munro reviews Before Your Eyes…Affecting, character-driven drama is undermined by a clumsy central gameplay conceit in the well-intentioned yet only partially successful new indie “experience” Before Your Eyes. Said conceit is nothing if not daring, though – to shepherd players forward by using their own eye blinks as inputs, which the game tracks through […]
Amazon Review – Them
Martin Carr reviews the new Amazon original series Them…This is a savage piece of television. It pulls no punches, spares no horses and is relentlessly unsettling without resorting to cliché. Showrunner Little Marvin seems intent on making audiences squirm. By putting them in the shoes of marginalised minorities, such as the Emory family, this series […]
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