Gods of Egypt hasn’t been faring well with critics [read our review here] or at the box office, where it tanked with an opening weekend of just $14 million. This seems to have triggered its director Alex Proyas to undergo a complete meltdown. Below is what he had to say on Facebook… NOTHING CONFIRMS RAMPANT STUPIDITY […]
The X-Files Season 10 Episode 6 Review – ‘My Struggle II’
Martin Carr reviews the season finale of The X-Files season 10… Now I’m no Chris Carter and can’t lay claim to his legacy. But if you’re going to have a two-part episode common sense dictates they follow each other. Sound advice under any circumstance yet completely ignored on this occasion. Leaving us with a finale […]
Supergirl Season 1 Episode 14 Review – ‘Truth, Justice and The American Way’
Martin Carr reviews the fourteenth episode of Supergirl… All the best comic book fables have a moral tale at their centre. Whether you consider adages such as ‘with great power, comes great responsibility’, ‘absolute power corrupts absolutely’ or my personal favourite ‘dead or alive you’re coming with me’. They imply when done well that super […]
Second Opinion – Far Cry Primal
Villordsutch reviews Far Cry Primal… In the break from our normal numerical Far Cry series and our beloved, ever so psychotic, very vocal person of hatred, Far Cry Primal takes us back to 10,000 BC, to a time where the only thing that matters is survival. The whole feel of this new universe has changed; […]
Blu-ray Review – Deathgasm (2015)
Deathgasm, 2015. Directed by Jason Lei Howden. Starring Milo Cawthorne, James Blake, Kimberley Crossman, Stephen Ure, Sam Berkley, Nick Hoskins-Smith, Delaney Tabron, Colin Moy and Daniel Cresswell. SYNOPSIS: Two teenage metalheads summon up a demon through the power of black metal. The two extremes of splatter and black/death metal come together in New Zealand horror […]
Blu-ray Review – Audition (1999)
Audition, 1999. Directed by Takashi Miike. Starring Ryo Ishibashi, Eihi Shiina, Tetsu Sawaki and Jun Kunimura. SYNOPSIS: A widower holds auditions to find a new love, only the woman he chooses isn’t quite what she appears to be. If you’ve yet to see Takashi Miike’s 1999 movie Audition then you can be damn sure you’ve […]
Movie Review – Last Girl Standing (2016)
Last Girl Standing, 2015 Written and directed by Benjamin R. Moody. Starring Akasha Villalobos, Danielle Evon Ploeger, Brian Villalobos, JD Carrera, Ryan Hamilton, Kelsey Pribilski, Laura Ray, Chris J. Knight. SYNOPSIS: She survived a brutal massacre, but lost her life. What happens to the final girl after the credits roll? Ever since Laurie Strode first […]
DVD Review – Lost After Dark (2015)
Lost After Dark, 2015. Directed by Ian Kessner. Starring Sarah Fisher, Mark Wiebe, Jesse Camacho, Robert Patrick, David Lipper and Kendra Leigh Timmins. SYNOPSIS: A group of partying teenagers are stalked by a cannibalistic killer after they sneak out from their high school dance. When several filmmakers tried to recreate the 1970s a few years […]
Comic Book Review – Man: Plus #2
David Opie reviews Man: Plus #2… As Olissipo’s crack police squad piece together the cause of the recent android attack, a dangerous thread of violence and corruption begins to unravel, leading from the city’s seediest ghettos, to the dizzying heights of its business district. From artist/writer André Lima Araújo (Avengers AI, Spider Verse) comes the […]
Blu-ray Review – Pray For Death (1985)
Pray For Death, 1985. Directed by Gordon Hessler. Starring Shô Kosugi, James Booth, Donna Kei Benz, Robert Ito, Norman Burton, Kane Kosugi, Shane Kosugi, Charles Greuber, Matthew Faison and Parley Baer. SYNOPSIS: A peaceful Japanese family move to the US but fall foul of a crime syndicate, forcing the father to unleash his inner ninja. […]
