Scott Watson reviews Wondershot… Wondershot takes me back. It takes me back to Friday nights with my mates, a PlayStation, a multi-tap, some beers and a ton of fun. The fact that it draws to mind these nights of local co-op fun brings a smile to my face. It plays on my nostalgia. It reminds […]
Comic Book Review – Bitch Planet #7
Zeb Larson reviews Bitch Planet #7… Makoto arrives on Bitch Planet. Whitney has to answer for Meiko’s death. Bitch Planet #7 is here, and for once it came relatively soon after the last issue. We’re back on track with the main plot in this issue as Kamau’s group tries to move on after Meiko’s death […]
Movie Review – Deadpool (2016)
Deadpool, 2016. Directed by Tim Miller. Starring Ryan Reynolds, Ed Skrein, Morena Baccarin, T.J. Miller, Stefan Kapicic, Brianna Hildebrand, Gina Carano, Leslie Uggams and Karan Soni. SYNOPSIS: Ex-mercenary Wade Wilson subjects himself to secret experimentation, hoping it will cure his cancer. Instead, it turns him into a wise-cracking, fourth-wall-breaking anti-superhero. Apart from the odd foray […]
Movie Review – Race (2016)
Race, 2016. Directed by Stephen Hopkins. Starring Stephan James, Jason Sudeikis, Shanice Banton, Carice van Houten, Eli Goree, David Kross, Barnaby Metschurat, Jeremy Irons, and William Hurt. SYNOPSIS: Jesse Owens’ quest to become the greatest track and field athlete in history thrusts him onto the world stage of the 1936 Olympics, where he faces off […]
Blu-ray Review – The Mutilator (1984)
The Mutilator, 1984. Written and directed by Buddy Cooper. Starring Matt Mitler, Ruth Martinez, Bill Hitchcock, Connie Rogers, Frances Raines, Morey Lampley and Jack Chatham. SYNOPSIS: A group of teenagers head off to a beach condo for the winter for a few days of alcohol fueled partying. However, before too much fun is had, they […]
Movie Review – The Road Within (2016)
The Road Within, 2016. Directed by Gren Wells. Starring Dev Patel, Zoë Kravitz, Robert Sheehan, Robert Patrick and Kyra Sedgwick. SYNOPSIS: After his mother passes away, Vincent (Robert Sheehan) is sent to an experimental treatment centre for his Tourette’s. While there, he befriends an anorexic girl called Marie (Zoë Kravitz) and together, the two steal a car […]
Arrow Season 4 Episode 14 Review – ‘Code of Silence’
Jessie Robertson reviews the fourteenth episode of Arrow season four, ‘Code of Silence’… The answer to most questions is always “Maybe less glitter.” It feels like a whole lot happened this week on Arrow. It centered around the Arrow crew trying to pin down Damien Darhk as his wife, Ruve, enters the Star City mayoral […]
Movie Review – The Finest Hours (2016)
The Finest Hours, 2016. Directed by Craig Gillespie. Starring Chris Pine, Casey Affleck, Holliday Grainger, Ben Foster, Kyle Gallner, John Magaro and Eric Bana. SYNOPSIS: The Coast Guard makes a daring rescue attempt off the coast of Cape Cod after a pair of oil tankers are destroyed during a blizzard in 1952. Disney are taking […]
Movie Review – Freeheld (2016)
Freeheld, 2016. Directed by Peter Sollett. Starring Julianne Moore, Ellen Page, Michael Shannon and Steve Carrell. SYNOPSIS: Based on a true story, Freeheld tells us of Laurel Hester, a veteran police officer who has cancer and only wishes for her state pension to be passed to her civil-partner, Stacie. Freeheld, and the gay rights it supports isn’t set in […]
Supergirl Season 1 Episode 13 Review – ‘For The Girl Who Has Everything’
Martin Carr reviews the thirteenth episode of Supergirl… Feeling like a throwback to Alien and those programmes confident enough to put two people in a room for an hour with no action. Supergirl hit her stride yet again with pitched battles, comedic elements and alien parasites. Coupled with moments of pathos in an episode which […]
