Pink Flamingos, 1972. Directed by John Waters. Starring Divine, David Lochary, Mink Stole, Mary Vivian Pearce, Danny Mills and Edith Massey. SYNOPSIS: Gross-out comedy as Divine is defending her tabloid crown of ‘The Filthiest Person Alive’… “The best worst movie ever made” is Steven Jay Schneider’s verdict of Pink Flamingos. Roger Ebert refused to even give the film a star rating, […]
Second Opinion – Everest (2015)
Everest, 2015. Directed by Baltasar Kormákur. Starring Jason Clarke, Josh Brolin, Jake Gyllenhaal, Emily Watson, John Hawkes, Michael Kelly, Keira Knightley, Robin Wright, Sam Worthington and Naoko Mori. SYNOPSIS: A climbing expedition on Mt. Everest is devastated by a severe snow storm. The fascination with climbing Mt. Everest is one that has been marvelled at […]
Movie Review – Match (2014)
Match, 2014. Directed by Stephen Belber. Starring Patrick Stewart, Carla Gugino and Matthew Lillard. SYNOPSIS: When a married couple called Mike (Matthew Lillard) and Lisa (Carla Gugino) ask Toby (Patrick Stewart) for an interview about the heyday of 1960’s dancing in NYC, the ex-performer is initially happy to relive his glory days and escape the boredom of […]
Movie Review – How to Change the World (2015)
How to Change the World, 2015. Written and Directed by Jerry Rothwell. SYNOPSIS: A documentary concerning the formation of Greenpeace and the individuals that motivated the world’s first environmental-peace movement during the early 70’s. From British director Jerry Rothwell (Deep Water, Town of Runners), comes his latest documentary How to Change the World, a film […]
Doctor Who Series 9 Episode 1 Review – ‘The Magician’s Apprentice’
Villordsutch reviews Doctor Who Series 9 Episode 1, ‘The Magician’s Apprentice’… The Doctor: “I try never to understand, it’s called an open mind” Finally! It feels like it has been far too long since Doctor Who was last on and now it returns to our television screens. For what seems like more than the normal year away we – […]
Movie Review – The Messenger (2015)
The Messenger, 2015. Directed by David Blair. Starring Robert Sheehan, Lily Cole,Tamzin Merchant, David O’Hara and Joely Richardson. SYNOPSIS: The Messenger is the story of Jack’s last melt down: a story of frustration and guilt, love and betrayal, family and blame. There’s something inherently unpleasant about The Messenger, a half-arsed, vague reworking of The Sixth […]
Book Review – Commodore 64: A Visual Compendium
Ben Rayner reviews Commodore 64: A Visual Compendium… Bitmap Books has been working hard to keep the Giants of gaming history alive through its collection of visual compendiums, each detailing the life of a classic console, or a Titan of gaming gone by if you will. Villordsutch had the pleasure of reviewing the Amiga edition […]
Movie Review – Black Mass (2015)
Black Mass, 2015. Directed by Scott Cooper. Starring Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dakota Johnson, Peter Sarsgaard, Adam Scott, Corey Stoll and Kevin Bacon. SYNOPSIS: The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an FBI informant […]
Movie Review – Everest (2015)
Everest, 2015. Directed by Baltasar Kormakur. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Josh Brolin, Jason Clarke, John Hawkes, Keira Knightley, Robin Wright, Emily Watson, Clive Standen, Michael Kelly and Sam Worthington. SYNOPSIS: A climbing expedition on Mt. Everest is devastated by a severe snow storm. Mother Nature is a bitch – words that consistently kept coming to mind […]
Video Game Review – Mad Max
Kris Wall reviews Mad Max… There was a time when the mere mention of a licensed game or a movie tie in was enough to strike fear into the hearts of all gamers, it was once synonymous with the worst that video games had to offer. So you really have to hand it to Warner […]
