Gods of Egypt, 2016 Directed by Alex Proyas. Starring Brenton Thwaites, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Gerard Butler, Courtney Eaton, Chadwick Boseman, Elodie Yung, Rachel Blake, Bryan Brown, Emma Booth, Alexander England, Rufus Sewell, and Geoffrey Rush. SYNOPSIS: Mortal hero Bek teams with the god Horus in an alliance against Set, the merciless god of darkness who has […]
Movie Review – James White (2015)
James White, 2015 Directed and written by Josh Mond Starring Christopher Abbott, Cynthia Nixon, Scott Mescudi, Ron Livingston, Makenzie Leigh, David Call SYNOPSIS: A hedonistic twenty-something must come to terms with personal responsibility in the face of his mother’s battle with serious illness. Painting a painful and believable account of modern city life, this impressive […]
Movie Review – How to Be Single (2016)
How to be Single, 2016. Directed by Christian Ditter. Starring Dakota Johnson, Rebel Wilson, Alison Brie, Leslie Mann, Anders Holm, Damon Wayans Jr., Jake Lacy, Nicholas Braun, and Colin Jost. SYNOPSIS: New York City is full of lonely hearts seeking the right match, and what Alice, Robin, Lucy, Meg, Tom and David all have in […]
Star Wars Rebels Season 2 Episode 15 Review – ‘The Honorable Ones’
Chris Cooper reviews the fifteenth episode of Star Wars Rebels season 2… Well well well. Who would have thought that since coming back after Christmas, the strongest and most interesting episodes of Rebels would both centre on Zeb, who up to this point has really only been muscle and occasional comic relief. ‘The Honorable Ones’, […]
Video Game Review – Rocket League
Martin Carr reviews Rocket League… You’re in a huge stadium. Floodlights blaze down from atop vast scaffolding constructs encompassing an arena decked out in full regalia. People rev their engines in anticipation of that klaxon kicking off another adrenaline fuelled foot to the floor fiasco. Rocket League is foolishly simple yet savagely addictive from almost […]
Comic Book Review – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #55
Chris Cooper reviews Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #55… “Recent events have strained many relationships amongst the TMNT and their allies. Many must decide whether to trust or to betray, to separate or to stay, and to love or to hate. Time takes its toll, but where do the Turtles go from here?” This month brings […]
Movie Review – Grimsby (2016)
Grimsby (aka The Brothers Grimsby), 2016. Directed by Louis Leterrier. Starring Sacha Baron Cohen, Mark Strong, Rebel Wilson, Penélope Cruz, Isla Fisher and Ian McShane. SYNOPSIS: A football hooligan tracks down his long-lost brother, a spy for MI6, and they end up on the run from a terrorist organisation. Sacha Baron Cohen is a brave […]
Video Game Review – Homefront: The Revolution Closed Beta
Martin Carr reviews Homefront: The Revolution closed beta… Deep Silver Dambuster Studios have created something which I have played more than a few times. I appreciate that this was a closed beta of Homefront: The Revolution, but somehow my expectations were higher. As this beta was only available for three days my time on it […]
Video Game Review – Far Cry Primal
Thomas Roach reviews Far Cry Primal… Whilst most franchises are moving forward in time and taking a futuristic approach in their setting, it is refreshing to see a game take a step back from that and go the opposite way. Far Cry Primal is the latest addition to the Far Cry franchise, and was announced […]
The Flash Season 2 Episode 15 Review – King Shark’
Jessie Robertson reviews the fifteenth episode of The Flash season 2… “We’re going to need a bigger Flash” I was personally looking forward to this episode all week: Jaws is my favorite movie of all time, so any episode riffing off of that is right in my wheelhouse; but, not so much. First I have […]