Tony Black reviews Doctor Who: Supremacy of the Cybermen #3… Witness the birth of the new Cybermen invasion, as the history of this aggressive Cyberiad is at last revealed! The Tenth Doctor takes a titanic machine into combat. The Twelfth Doctor finds an unlikely ally. The Ninth Doctor loses one of his own. And the […]
Comic Book Review – Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #5
Tony Black reviews Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #5… “Sinestro’s Law” part 5! Sinestro’s Fear Engine powers up as the Green Lantern Corps streaks across the universe to find Guy Gardner, but instead come face to face with a battle-ready armada standing in their way. We are now well and truly racing toward a conclusion […]
Comic Book Review – The Flash #7
Tony Black reviews The Flash #7… “LIGHTNING STRIKES TWICE” part 7! Still reeling from Godspeed’s devastating attack, the beleaguered Flash realizes that to defeat this menacing new foe he must take away the Speed Force power from Central City’s new citizen speedsters. There’s only one problem: they don’t want to give it back. Following the […]
Tessa Thompson, Zoe Kravitz and Naomi Scott test for female lead in the Han Solo Star Wars movie
With Alden Ehrenreich locked in for the title role, it looks like we can expect some imminent casting news on Lucasfilm’s Han Solo prequel, with Variety reporting that testing has been taking place this week in London for two key roles in the Star Wars spinoff. According to the site, Tessa Thompson (Creed), Zoe Kravitz […]
60th BFI London Film Festival Review – A United Kingdom (2016)
A United Kingdom, 2016. Directed by Amma Asante. Starring David Oyelowo, Rosamund Pike, Jack Davenport, Laura Carmichael, Tom Felton, Vusi Kunene and Arnold Oceng. SYNOPSIS: In the late 1940s, Prince Seretse Khama (David Oyelowo) of Bechuanaland (later to become Botswana) is studying in London when he meets and falls in love with Ruth Williams (Rosamund Pike). […]
60th BFI London Film Festival – A United Kingdom Press Conference Report
A look at the trailer for A United Kingdom, the opener at this year’s London Film Festival, might give the impression that its star, David Oyelowo, is in serious danger of being typecast. After his star-making turn as Martin Luther King in Selma, he’s delivering more inspiring speeches as future ruler of Botswana, Seretse Khama. […]
Comic Book Review – Action Comics #964
Tony Black reviews Action Comics #964… “WHO IS CLARK KENT?” part 2! Superman comes face to face with Clark Kent, and he wants answers! But first the Man of Steel must protect his former alter ego. Clark Kent tells all in this shocking issue! And don’t miss the return of a ghost from Smallville past… […]
Movie Review – The Girl on the Train (2016)
The Girl on the Train, 2016. Directed by Tate Taylor Starring Emily Blunt, Rebecca Ferguson, Haley Bennett, Luke Evans, Justin Theroux, Allison Janney. Edgar Ramirez, Laura Prepon, and Lisa Kudrow SYNOPSIS: A divorcee becomes entangled in a missing persons investigation that promises to send shockwaves throughout her life. The Girl on the Train begins quite […]
Gotham Season 3 Episode 3 Review – ‘Look Into My Eyes’
Martin Carr reviews the third episode of Gotham season 3… Once again Gotham season three is jam packed full of narrative tangents, colourful characterisations and enough kookiness to keep those sceptics at bay. With plotlines gaining traction it felt like Gotham was once again moving in the right direction. A none too subtle homage to the […]
Video Game Review – XCOM 2
Andy Naylor reviews XCOM 2… XCOM 2 is the successor to the impressive XCOM: Enemy Unknown (and XCOM: Enemy Within, which was essentially an expansion pack). Set 20 years after the original, Earth has since been conquered by the aliens, known as Elders, and the planet is run by a government of alien collaborators called […]
