Martin Carr reviews the sixth episode of Perry Mason… We are in the realm of court room drama at last as Perry Mason joins convention, embraces archetype and Matthew Rhys rises like a phoenix to embody this character. Stephen Root’s Maynard Barnes leads the despicable charge elsewhere as a conniving district attorney, seeking to profit […]
DVD Review – The Luminaries
Rachel Bellwoar reviews the miniseries, The Luminaries…A young man gets shot only to stand up unscathed. A young woman faints after bleeding… gold? The Luminaries is a lot more reality-based than its opening sequence suggests but if you can handle that, the rest of the series is gravy.It’s still an unusual tactic, though. Starting off […]
Comic Book Review – Transformers #21
Ricky Church reviews Transformers #21…‘Rise of the Decepticons’ in the latest issue of Transformers is certainly living up to its name as Brian Ruckley wastes little time in getting to a fight between Cybertron’s security team and several early Decepticon members. It’s another instance of Ruckley paying off on some seeds he planted in his story many […]
Movie Review – Parasite: Black-And-White Edition (2020)
Parasite: Black-And-White Edition, 2020.Directed by Bong Joon-ho. Starring Song Kang-ho, Choi Woo-shik, Jang Hyae-jin, Park So-dam, Cho Yeo-jeong, Lee Sun-kyun, Jung Ziso and Lee Jung-eun.SYNOPSIS:A poor family living in a semi-basement apartment trick their way into the lavish home of a wealthy one by posing as various household workers.It feels like a lifetime ago that […]
Movie Review – The Rifleman (2019)
The Rifleman, 2019.Directed by Dzintars Dreibergs. Starring Oto Brantevics, Raimonds Celms, Martins Vilsons, Jekabs Reinis, Gatis Gaga, Renars Zeltins and Greta Trusina.SYNOPSIS:When his mother is gunned down by German soldiers, a Latvian teenager enlists to fight on the frontline of the First World War under the command of his military veteran father.It’s always refreshing to […]
Comic Book Review – Transformers: The IDW Collection Phase Two – Vol. 11
Ricky Church reviews Transformers: The IDW Collection Phase Two – Vol. 11…In the next installment of IDW’s Transformers collection, plenty of stories come to a head as writers John Barber and James Roberts begin the climaxes of their “second seasons” of their respective Transformers series. Transformers: The IDW Collection Phase Two – Vol. 11 features exciting action, tension and emotional depth […]
Movie Review – Saint Frances (2019)
Saint Frances, 2019.Directed by Alex Thompson. Starring Kelly O’Sullivan, Charin Alvarez, Lily Mojekwu, Max Lipchitz, Jim True-Frost and Ramona Edith Williams.SYNOPSIS:In the aftermath of having an abortion, a woman becomes the nanny for a precocious six-year-old.One of the most refreshing elements of the brilliant recent BBC drama I May Destroy You was its frank depiction […]
Movie Review – Stage Mother (2020)
Stage Mother, 2020.Directed by Thom Fitzgerald. Starring Jacki Weaver, Lucy Liu, Adrian Grenier, Mya Taylor, Oscar Moreno, Allister MacDonald, Jackie Beat, Lenore Zann and Hugh Thompson.SYNOPSIS:When her drag queen son dies, a conservative Texas woman inherits the gay bar he owned with his boyfriend.The soaring popularity of RuPaul’s Drag Race – various incarnations of the […]
Movie Review – Yes, God, Yes (2019)
Yes, God, Yes, 2019.Written and directed by Karen Maine. Starring Natalia Dyer, Timothy Simons, Wolfgang Novogratz, Francesca Reale, Susan Blackwell, Parker Wierling, Alisha Boe, and Donna Lynne Champlin.SYNOPSIS:After an innocent AOL chat turns racy, a Catholic teenager in the early 2000s discovers masturbating and struggles to suppress her new urges in the face of eternal […]
Movie Review – Most Wanted (2020)
Most Wanted, 2020.Directed by Daniel Roby. Starring Josh Hartnett, Stephen McHattie, Jim Gaffigan, J. C. MacKenzie, Antoine-Olivier Pilon, Don McKellar, Rose-Marie Perreault, Frank Schorpion, and Frédéric Millaire-Zouvi.SYNOPSIS:In 1989, a Canadian journalist investigates the circumstances surrounding the suspicious arrest of a heroin addict imprisoned in a Thai jail.Originally and more tantalizingly titled Target Number One, Most […]
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