Logan, 2017. Directed by James Mangold Starring Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Dafne Keen, Boyd Holbrook, Stephen Merchant, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Richard E. Grant, and Eriq La Salle. SYNOPSIS: Logan arrives on home video in a Blu-ray + DVD + Digital HD release that also offers Logan Noir, a black-and-white version of this grim ‘n’ gritty film. […]
Video Game Review – The Surge (Second Opinion)
Calum Petrie reviews The Surge… Having already been reviewed by Dean Abdou I am going to be taking a second look at The Surge on PS4 and going over some finer details. If you have read the previous review of the game you will understand The Surge is an action RPG set in a dystopian future. […]
Blu-ray Review – Evil Ed (1995)
Evil Ed, 1995. Directed by Anders Jacobsson. Starring Johan Rudebeck, Per Löfberg, Olof Rhodin, Camela Leierth, Anders Ek, and Bill Moseley. SYNOPSIS: A mild-mannered video editor is given the job of editing a series of brutal slasher movies for his unscrupulous boss, with disastrous results. Sometimes it can be a bit tricky being a horror […]
DVD Review – The Salesman (2016)
The Salesman, 2016. Directed by Asghar Farhadi. Starring Taraneh Alidoost, Shahab Hosseini, Farid Sajjadi Hosseini, and Babak Karimi. SYNOPSIS: In modern-day Iran, a teacher and his wife are preparing for the opening night of their amateur production of Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman. But work on an adjacent building makes their own apartment block […]
Blake Lively to star in The Husband’s Secret from Big Little Lies author
Following the success of Big Little Lies, CBS FIlms has snapped up the rights to author Liane Moriarty’s bestselling novel The Husband’s Secret, setting Blake Lively to star and executive produce a feature film adaptation. Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz, and Andrew Miano will produce the film through their Depth of Field banner. Published in 2013, […]
Aaron Jeffery to play Chopper Read in new TV miniseries
Dark Horizons is reporting that Aaron Jeffery (Wentworth, McLeod’s Daughters) is set to play the famed Australian criminal and author Mark ‘Chopper’ Read in the new TV miniseries Underbelly Files: Chopper. He will be joined in the cast by Michael Caton (Homicide, The Castle) as Chopper’s father Keith. “Chopper” Reid was one of Australia’s most notorious […]
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 outgrosses Guardians of the Galaxy at the box office
As has been expected for the past couple of weeks, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 officially surpassed the worldwide total of its series predecessor, Guardians of the Galaxy, at the box office this weekend. Vol. 2 is still bringing in box office dollars at a fairly rapid pace, as the film is only in its fourth week […]
LEGO Star Wars – Jakku Quadjumper (75178) Review
Gary Collinson reviews LEGO Star Wars’ Jakku Quadjumper set… Summer is here, which means a brand new wave of LEGO Star Wars sets! And, with the Star Wars: The Last Jedi tie-in sets not arriving until later in the year, The LEGO Group has taken the opportunity to revisit Star Wars: The Force Awakens for a couple of brand […]
Movie Review – Butterfly Kisses (2017)
Butterfly Kisses, 2017. Directed by Rafael Kapelinski. Starring Rosie Day, Elliot Cowan, Charlotte Beaumont, Thomas Turgoose, and Theo Stevenson. SYNOPSIS: We follow Jake and his two best friends, Kyle and Jarred through a world distorted by sex and porn. The leader is Kyle – he talks about girls’ non-stop, Jarred can’t stop cheating on his […]
Another 4 Great War Films (That Still Aren’t Saving Private Ryan)
Graeme Robertson with another four great war films (that still aren’t Saving Private Ryan)… Given that I’ve written two features previously on the genre (read them here and here) I think you can probably guess dear readers that I’m a fan of the war film. And as many will probably point out, I still haven’t […]
