Mechanic: Resurrection, 2016. Directed by Dennis Gansel. Starring Jason Statham, Jessica Alba, Michelle Yeoh, Tommy Lee Jones and Sam Hazeldine. SYNOPSIS: Arthur Bishop thought he had put his murderous past behind him when his most formidable foe kidnaps the love of his life. Now he is forced to travel the globe to complete three impossible […]
Horror Channel FrightFest 2016 Review – Train to Busan (2016)
Train to Busan, 2016 Written and directed by Sang-ho Yeon Starring Yoo Gong, Dong-seok Ma, Yu-mi Jeong, Eui-sung Kim, Soo-an Kim, Sohee SYNOPSIS: While a zombie-virus breaks out in South Korea, a couple of passengers struggle to survive on the train from Seoul to Busan. George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead was released in 1968, […]
Movie Review – The Closer We Get (2015)
The Closer We Get, 2015. Directed by Karen Guthrie. Starring Karen Guthrie, Ann Guthrie and Ian Guthrie. SYNOPSIS: This bittersweet film goes under the skin of an astonishing story of broken dreams, loyalty and – perhaps – redemption, told by reluctantly dutiful daughter Karen. Steadily driving through the urban wilderness. Seemingly in control behind the trusty […]
The Strain Season 3 Episode 1 Review – ‘New York Strong’
Martin Carr reviews the first episode of The Strain season 3… This opener for season three is a solid balance of action beats, character development and reintroduction for the uninitiated. For those who managed to make it through the non-event of season one and massively improved middle chapter, there feels like a change in the […]
Video Game Review – Strike Vector EX
Scott Watson reviews Strike Vector EX… Oh this is glorious… this is war, this is balls to the wall air combat dog-fighting, this is a first person shooter strapped into mech-inspired craft. This is the free-flying combat joy of Strike Vector EX and I love it! For a long time I’ve been crying out for a dog-fighting game […]
Liam Garrigan cast in Transformers: The Last Knight
The past few weeks have seen several Autobots and Decepticons revealed in Michael Bay’s Tranformers: The Last Knight, the latest in his Transformers film franchise. Not much has really been revealed on the human side though, but now comes news of the newest addition. Liam Garrigan, who played King Arthur in the television series Once Upon A Time, has […]
Movie Review – Daylight’s End (2016)
Daylight’s End, 2016. Directed by William Kaufman. Starring Johnny Strong, Lance Henriksen, Louis Mandylor and Chelsea Edmundson. SYNOPSIS: Years after a mysterious plague has devastated the planet and turned most of humanity into blood-hungry creatures, a rogue drifter on a vengeful hunt stumbles across a band of survivors in an abandoned police station and reluctantly agrees […]
Pretty Little Liars to end with season seven
Fans of Pretty Little Liars will be saying goodbye to Rosewood next year, with showrunner Marlene King announcing that the show will come to an end next year as season seven wraps up with a final batch of ten episodes. “It’s been an honor to work with such a talented cast and crew over the last […]
Horror Channel FrightFest 2016 Review – Found Footage 3D (2016)
Found Footage 3D, 2016 Written and directed by Steven DeGennaro Starring Carter Roy, Alena von Stroheim, Chris O’Brien, Tom Saporito, Scott Allen Perry, Jessica Perrin, Scott Weinberg SYNOPSIS: A group of filmmakers sets out to make the first 3D found footage horror movie, but find themselves IN a found footage horror movie when the evil entity from […]
R.I.P. Gene Wilder (1933 – 2016)
Some sad news this evening, as it has been announced that the legendary American actor Gene Wilder has passed away aged 83 due to complications from Alzheimer’s disease. Born Jerome Silberman in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1933, Wilder began his career in the theatre and made his big screen debut with a minor role in 1967’s […]
