Christine, 1983. Directed by John Carpenter. Starring Keith Gordon, John Stockwell, Harry Dean Stanton Alexandra Paul, Robert Prosky, Christine Belford, Roberts Blossom, William Ostrander. SYNOPSIS: An unconfident bullied teenager buys an old car that seems to have an effect on his personality. 1983 was something of a banner year for movies based on Stephen King […]
DVD Review – Burnt Offerings (1976)
Burnt Offerings, 1976. Directed by Dan Curtis. Starring Oliver Reed, Karen Black, Burgess Meredith, Bette Davis, Eileen Heckart and Lee Montgomery. SYNOPSIS: A family rent a large house for the summer, unaware that it feeds off the energy of any occupants who suffer any injuries. The 1970s was a very rich time for horror movies, […]
Class Season 1 Episode 1 Review – ‘For Tonight We Might Die’
Alex Moreland reviews the first episode of the Doctor Who spinoff Class…“You can’t seriously expect these juveniles to deal with whatever’s going to come through these tears in space and time?!”Class starts as any typical Doctor Who episode might: someone’s running from a monster in a darkened corridor. In beginning this way, there’s a clear […]
Video Game Review – Fractured Space
Josh Cui reviews Fractured Space… Are you a fan of massive spacecraft as seen in Star Trek or Battlestar Galactica? Do you also happen to be a fan of the MOBA genre (League of Legends, DOTA, Heroes of the Storm)? If so you might be in for a treat; even those who answered no to […]
Second Opinion – Shin Godzilla (2016)
Shin Godzilla, 2016. Directed by Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi Starring Hiroki Hasegawa, Yutaka Takenouchi, Satomi Ishihara, Ren Ohsugi, Akira Emoto. SYNOPSIS: A young government official is plunged into an unexpected leadership role when a giant monster makes land in Japan, plunging the country into chaos as the government scrambles to contain the situation. It’s happened […]
Comic Book Review – The Fix #6
Emma Withington reviews The Fix #6…Roy investigates a high-profile murder.‘Ever since the big testicle bust at LAX’, Mac and Pretzels are getting along just fine. For Roy, the death of Elaina set him on the path to glory – he met the Mayor and became the lead on her high-profile murder case. This was the real thing, the big […]
Video Game Review – Rise of the Tomb Raider 20 Year Celebration
Kris Wall reviews Rise of the Tomb Raider 20 Year Celebration… In the wake of its timed year long exclusivity period to Xbox One, and the aftermath of controversy it seemed to cause as Microsoft and Crystal Dynamics managed to stoke the fires of fanboy wrath, Rise of the Tomb Raider finally lands on the […]
October Horrors Day 14 – The Babadook (2014)
The Babadook, 2014 Directed by Jennifer Kent Starring Essie Davis and Noah Wiseman SYNOPSIS: Amelia is a lonely and deeply stressed widow struggling to raise her deeply troubled young son Sam, who is often finding himself in bother at school and with other children. To add to Amelia’s troubles, it seems that she and her […]
South Park Season 20 Episode 4 Review – ‘Wieners Out’
Liam Hoofe reviews the fourth episode of South Park season 20… After a brief hiatus last week South Park Season 20 was back underway with ‘Wieners Out’, an episode that as luck would have it, felt all the more important following the Trump tape leaks last weekend. Surprisingly though the show totally avoided the presidential […]
29th Leeds International Film Festival Review – Brooklyn (2015)
Brooklyn, 2015. Directed by John Crowley. Starring Saoirse Ronan, Domhnall Gleeson, Jim Broadbent and Julie Walters. SYNOPSIS: An Irish immigrant lands in 1950’s Brooklyn for a fresh start and falls in love. But when tragedy forces her to return home, she must choose between the two countries and the lives and loves within them. Being […]
