Youth, 2015. Directed by Paolo Sorrentino. Starring Michael Caine, Harvey Keitel, Rachel Weisz and Paul Dano. SYNOPSIS: Conductor Fred Ballinger (Michael Caine) spends his retirement at a luxury hotel in the Alps, when he receives an invitation from Queen Elizabeth II to perform for Prince Philip’s birthday. Meanwhile, his best friend, film director Mick Boyle […]
The Big Bang Theory Season 9 Episode 8 Review – ‘The Mystery Date Observation’
Tom Beasley reviews the latest episode of The Big Bang Theory’s ninth season, which foregrounded relationship faux pas and a pair of guest stars… After a solid episode last week, The Big Bang Theory continued to revitalise its rather slow ninth run with another stellar episode in ‘The Mystery Date Observation’. Like many of the […]
29th Leeds International Film Festival Review – Black Mass (2015)
Black Mass, 2015. Directed by Scott Cooper. Starring Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton, Benedict Cumberbatch, Rory Cochrane, Kevin Bacon, Jesse Plemons, Corey Stoll, Peter Sarsgaard and Dakota Johnson. SYNOPSIS: The true story of James ‘Whitey’ Bulger, the notorious gangster who used his status as a FBI informant under John Connolly to take over South Boston. Black Mass is a very strange film. It’s a […]
Doctor Who Series 9 Episode 9 Review – ‘Sleep No More’
Villordsutch reviews Doctor Who Series 9 Episode 9 – ‘Sleep No More’… (Guttural growling from a dark corridor) Doctor- Hold my hand. Clara- I’m OK Doctor- I’m not. It’s a line of first’s in this week’s Doctor Who – a first ever Who where we see no opening credits, a first for Who where it’s a […]
Comic Book Review – The Walking Dead #148
Zeb Larson reviews The Walking Dead #148… No Turning Back. Things are significantly heating up in the Alexandria settlement as Rick tries to prevent anybody from making a rash move. It’s obvious though that people won’t be satisfied with lying low and biding their time, especially because none of them have seen what Rick has […]
Blu-ray Review – Closely Observed Trains (1966)
Closely Observed Trains (Ostre sledované vlaky),1966. Directed by Jiří Menzel. Starring Václav Neckár, Josef Somr, Vladimír Valenta, Alois Vachek and Ferdinand Kruta. SYNOPSIS: An apprentice train dispatcher at a village station seeks his first sexual encounter and becomes despondent when he is unable to perform. Growing up sure isn’t easy. When you add World War II and Nazi occupation into the […]
DVD Review – Beck The Series: Volume 1
Beck The Series: Volume 1 Starring Peter Haber, Mikael Persbrandt, Ingvar Hirdwall, Rebecka Hemse. SYNOPSIS : Detective Martin Beck investigates a series of crimes in Stockholm, Sweden alongside his partner Gunvald Larsson. The contrast between the calm and studious internal world of celebrated Swedish detective Martin Beck and the drama of murderous crime is brought […]
Comic Book Review – Autumnlands #7
Zeb Larson reviews Autumnlands #7… NEW STORY ARC. The second arc begins. Wounded and lost, our heroes seek safety, but find…something bizarre. After a long (too long, but oh well) hiatus, Autumnlands is finally back and in fine form. After the cliffhanger that we ended on in the sixth issue, we’re now following two different […]
Heroes Reborn Episode 9 Review – ‘Sundae, Bloody Sundae’
Tai Freligh reviews episode 9 of Heroes Reborn, ‘Sundae, Bloody Sundae’… This week’s episode of Heroes Reborn picks up the threads that were missing from the two-parter. We also see how the future was changed by Noah going back in the past. We come back to Carlos and Dearing as well as see a bit more […]
Ash vs. Evil Dead Season 1 Episode 3 Review – ‘Books from Beyond’
Robert Kojder reviews the third episode of Ash vs. Evil Dead… The next question on the mind of both longtime Evil Dead fans and newcomers to the series (one week after being granted proof that the show can function properly without Sam Raimi writing or directing), was simply one regarding repetition. For the first two episodes, […]
