Martin Carr reviews the seventh episode of Better Call Saul season 2… What I like about Better Call Saul is the pace. That feeling which implies there is no rush and ultimately this programme is all about the long game. Because if you notice not a lot really happens here, although things do happen eventually. Breaking […]
Supergirl Season 1 Episode 18 Review – ‘Worlds Finest’
Martin Carr reviews the eighteenth episode of Supergirl… When something flies by at a rate of knots it tends to mean good things. What we have with ‘Worlds Finest’ is an example of exactly that. With talk of multiverses and parallel dimensions existing independently, Supergirl manages to mine rich territory this week. In a crossover […]
DVD Review – Kill Your Friends (2015)
Kill Your Friends, 2015. Directed By Owen Harris. Starring Nicholas Hoult, James Corden, Craig Roberts, Georgia King, Jim Piddock and Joseph Mawle. SYNOPSIS: An A&R executive for a big record label goes on a killing spree so he can sign the next chart-topping hit makers. Based on John Niven’s novel of the same name, Kill Your Friends is to the […]
Blu-ray Review – Firewalker (1986)
Firewalker, 1986. Directed by J. Lee Thompson. Starring Chuck Norris, Louis Gossett Jr., Melody Anderson, Sonny Landham, Will Sampson, John Rhys-Davies, Ian Abercrombie. SYNOPSIS: A pair of hapless adventurers take on a job to find priceless Aztec gold but are pursued by a vengeful spirit who will stop at nothing to protect it. Back in […]
Gotham Season 2 Episode 16 Review – ‘Prisoners’
Martin Carr reviews the sixteenth episode of Gotham season 2… Gordon behind bars is a more intriguing prospect than you might think this week. As ‘Prisoners’ splits itself evenly between Penguin and Black Gate prison, giving both actors the opportunity to shine in their own shared episode. McKenzie takes stoic to another level with his […]
DVD Review – The Secret of My Success (1987)
The Secret of My Success, 1987. Directed by Herbert Ross. Starring Michael J. Fox, Helen Slater, Richard Jordan, Margaret Whitton, John Pankow, Fred Gwynne. SYNOPSIS: A college kid from Kansas moves to New York and blags his way to the top of a multinational corporation, falling in love along the way. For a few years […]
DVD Review – Innocence of Memories (2015)
Innocence of Memories, 2015. Directed by Grant Gee. Starring Pandora Colin and Mehmet Ergen. SYNOPSIS: Ayla narrators the story of Pamuk’s novel The Museum of Innocence in fresh vivid detail, bringing the landscape of Istanbul during the 70’s to life. Based on the museum and novel that won the Nobel Prize for literature in 2006, […]
Banshee Season 4 Episode 1 Review – ‘Something Out of the Bible’
Kris Wall reviews the first episode of Banshee season 4… Warning : Full spoilers to follow. I love Banshee, I just had to get that out there immediately ! As Banshee begins its fourth and final season, lets recap the events of season three that have lead up to now. The season opened with Lucas […]
Wynonna Earp Season One Episodes 1 and 2 Review
Kieran Fisher reviews the first and second episodes of Wynonna Earp… Syfy’s brand new series Wynonna Earp is a supernatural western starring Melanie Scorfano as the titular character, and she’s a pretty bad ass action heroine. It’s also based on the comic book of the same name, which recently just launched a brand new story arc to […]
TV Review: Thirteen
Thirteen Starring Jodie Comer, Natasha Little, Richard Rankin, Tim Hobson, Valene Kane, Peter MacDonald and Stuart Graham. SYNOPSIS: After thirteen years held captive by her kidnapper, Ivy Moxam escapes. Piecing back together the version of family life that existed before is no easy task. A lot was riding on BBC Three’s new five-part drama Thirteen […]