No One Written by David Benioff & D.B. Weiss Directed by Mark Mylod Arya With a title like ‘No One’, you’d be forgiven this week’s Game of Thrones might throw quite the focus on Arya Stark (Maisie Williams), a girl who just can’t live up to the episode title, try as she might. I almost […]
Movie Score Review – The BFG
Tony Black reviews The BFG score… Make the most of John Williams scoring Steven Spielberg movies as chances are we won’t get all that many more, given the great man’s advanced age. The BFG, remarkably for a composer well into his 80’s, could well end up among some of his best work once we look […]
Comic Book Review – Suicide Squad #1
Tony Black reviews Suicide Squad #1… “The Black Vault” part one! When a mysterious and definitely super-important cosmic item falls out of the heavens and into enemy hands, America has only one option: Task Force X, Amanda Waller’s strike team of incarcerated super-criminals. A one-stop-shop for plausibly deniable espionage and ultra- violence, this “Suicide Squad” […]
Comic Book Review – Kong of Skull Island #2
Tony Black reviews Kong of Skull Island #2… Two rival civilizations and their Kongs must make a home of the horrors that inhabit life on Skull Island. There is no escape! The second part of Boom! Studios’ prequel to the original King Kong novel gets off to a thumping start, as Kong of Skull Island […]
Comic Book Review – Suicide Squad #2
Tony Black reviews Suicide Squad #2… “THE BLACK VAULT” part 2! What was meant to be a routine mission to retrieve a “cosmic item” from an undersea fortress has become a nightmare beyond anything the Suicide Squad ever expected. And with half the team down, it’s up to Harley Quinn, Katana, and a demon-possessed graphic […]
Comic Book Review – Superman #6
Tony Black reviews Superman #6… The epic conclusion to “Son of Superman”: Will Krypto be avenged? Following a rousing start, the ‘Son of Superman’ story drives all the way to a slam dunk of a finale for this first arc in Superman, as writers Peter J. Tomasi & Patrick Gleason bring home the farm… and […]
Westworld Season 1 Episode 2 Review – ‘Chestnut’
Tony Black reviews the second episode of Westworld… What you begin to realise while pulling back the curtain on ‘Chestnut’, the second episode of HBO’s new phenomenon Westworld, is that the whole concept brought to new life by Jonathan Nolan & Lisa Joy is a ‘meta’ commentary on not just reality, but the very meaning […]
Event Review – Destination Star Trek: Europe 2016
Tony Black reports from Destination Star Trek: Europe 2016… Star Trek @ 50. Why hasn’t more of a fuss been made? That’s been on many Trekkie thoughts over the course of this year. Sure, Star Trek Beyond hit cinemas and Star Trek: Discovery is about to start filming, but celebrations of the landmark birthday for, […]
Horror Channel FrightFest Review – The Villainess (2017)
The Villainess, 2017. Directed by Jung Byung-gil. Starring Kim Ok-bin, Shin Ha-kyun, and Kim Seo-hyung. SYNOPSIS: Trained killer Sook-hee (Kim Ok-bin) is the architect of an unforgettable opening sequence, breathtakingly shot from a first person point-of-view, as she breaks into a warehouse and lays waste to the multitude of thugs contained within. When the pregnant young woman […]
Comic Book Review – The X-Files #17
Tony Black reviews The X-Files #17… “Resistance,” Part 4 (of 4): The final piece of the puzzle falls into place, threatening to send Mulder over the line, just as shadowy forces are revealed to have compromised the upper echelons of government. SEE ALSO: Check out a preview of the issue here Unlike the main series […]
