Ma ma, 2015. Directed by Julio Medem. Starring Penelope Cruz, Luis Tosar, Asier Etxeandia and Teo Planell. SYNOPSIS: An upbeat single mother tackles love and mortality after being diagnosed with breast cancer. Besides her appearances in Pedro Almodovar’s films, Penelope Cruz’s potential as a serious actress remains largely untapped. On paper, Ma Ma is the […]
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story character details revealed
Following their cover reveal [see here], Entertainment Weekly has now shared a selection of character portraits from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, giving us some insight into the characters inhabiting the world of Disney and Lucasfilm’s first Anthology movie. Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones) A streetwise delinquent who has been on her own since 15, […]
Person of Interest Season 5 Finale Review – ‘Return 0’
Ricky Church reviews the season 5 finale of Person of Interest… Moments make up our lives. Whether they are big moments or small moments, we can always recall one particular moment out of a memory. Final moments in particular are something we always remember and play a huge part in how we look back at […]
Comic Book Review – Cry Havoc #6
Mark Allen reviews Cry Havoc #6… A climactic battle for the folked-up future with fang-gnashing throat-ripping bulletstorm insanity. Cry Havoc is a book of willful contradictions. The final page of issue #6 – the last in its first arc – uses a caption to tell us that this is “the beginning”. Add to that Lou […]
John Boyega joins Kathryn Bigelow’s Detroit riots film
Earlier this year it was revealed that Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow and screenwriter Mark Boal are reuniting for a new film exploring the 1967 Detroit race riots, and now Star Wars: The Force Awakens star John Boyega has taken to Twitter to announce that he’s joined the cast of the project. https://twitter.com/JohnBoyega/status/745324400078106626 https://twitter.com/JohnBoyega/status/745327661971542020 The film […]
Bryan Cranston to play Zordon in the Power Rangers movie
The official Twitter account for Lionsgate and Saban’s upcoming Power Rangers movie has announced that Bryan Cranston has signed on to appear in the film, with the Breaking Bad and Trumbo star set to play Zordon, the nemesis of the evil Rita Repulsa, creator of the Power Morphers and the Dinozords, and mentor to the […]
Exclusive: IDW’s John Barber talks Revolution, Action Man, Transformers, Michael Bay and more
Luke Owen catches up with IDW’s John Barber… Today sees the release of IDW’s Action Man #1, which kickstarts a Hasbro expanded universe that brings together several of their other properties including The Transformers, G.I. Joe, Micronauts, M.A.S.K and more. Sadly, My Little Pony is not part of it. To celebrate the comic’s release, we caught […]
Comic Book Review – Bitch Planet #8
Zeb Larson reviews Bitch Planet #8… Kam is reunited with her sister. After the usual but still interminably long wait, Bitch Planet is finally back, and this is definitely a back-to-business kind of issue. Three major threads drive this particular issue. Kamau has begun to search for her sister in the prison, a daunting task […]
The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #67 – Way of the Exploding Fist
After necking a few ales in Tapper yesterday it’s only right that we take ourselves off and attempt to bring order and control to our lives – and this can only be achieved by dishing out a few roundhouse kicks into somebody’s to the face. We’ve arrived at Way of the Exploding Fist number #67 […]
Movie Review – Chasing Robert Barker (2015)
Chasing Robert Barker, 2015. Directed by Daniel Florencio. Starring Gudmundur Thorvaldsson, Patrick Baladi, Celyn Jones, Patrick Regis, Hilda Péter and Elizabeth Boag. SYNOPSIS: A photographer turned paparazzi is caught in the downward spiral of a fabricated tabloid story. Ahead of its premiere at the East End Film Festival this month, Kickstarter-funded Chasing Robert Barker has […]
