The Walk, 2015. Directed by Robert Zemeckis. Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Charlotte Le Bon, Ben Kingsley, James Badge Dale, Ben Schwartz and Clement Silbony. SYNOPSIS: In 1974, high-wire artist Philippe Petit recruits a team of people to help him realize his dream: to walk the the immense void between the World Trade Center towers. Many films […]
The Strain Season 2 Episode 10 Review – ‘The Assassin’
Martin Carr reviews the tenth episode of The Strain season 2… Does anyone remember The Day of the Jackal? Not the sub-standard, Bruce Willis pay check movie where David Addison dyed his hair blonde. I mean the Edward Fox effort which portrayed a cold blooded, calculating killer wrapped up in a web of deceit. Before […]
The Big Bang Theory Season 9 Episode 2 Review – ‘The Separation Oscillation’
Tom Beasley reviews the second episode of the new season of The Big Bang Theory, with relationship problems dominating things once again. There are spoilers ahead… After last week’s surprisingly dramatic and laugh-free episode of The Big Bang Theory, it was something of a relief to see this week’s episode open with Sheldon putting his […]
EGX 2015: Hands on with Homefront: The Revolution
Kris Wall reports from EGX 2015… Waiting in line to play Homefront: The Revolution, the propaganda style introduction video flooded my brain with visions of Red Dawn, I was going to take up arms and take back the good old US of A from the pesky North Korean invaders who had taken control of the […]
Countdown to Spectre – Dr. No Review
Ricky Church counts down to the release of Spectre with a retro review of James Bond’s first adventure, Dr. No… In October of 1962, the world was introduced to its most famous international spy, James Bond 007 as played by Sean Connery in the film Dr. No. Based off the bestselling series of novels by […]
EGX 2015: Hands On with Tom Clancy’s The Division
Kris Wall reports from EGX 2015… By far and away the game with the most impressive wait time of the whole event was Tom Clancy’s The Division with Ubisoft reps speaking of queues up to 5 hours long within mere minutes of the doors to the event opening. Thankfully we managed to avoid the herculean […]
EXG 2015: Hands on with Cuphead
Kris Wall reports from EGX 2015… Without doubt in my top 3 games on show at EGX 2015 and the one I couldn’t help but return to for ‘just one more go’, Cuphead was an utter delight from the moment I picked up the controller and made me instantly jealous that I don’t own an […]
Comic Book Review – Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency #4
Villordsutch reviews Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency #4… The penultimate chapter in Dirk Gently’s first big comic-book storyline! It’s time for the museum gala and all the otherworldly mayhem that ensues… After last month’s chapter of Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency [review here], you’d be concerned that Dirk may be in a bit of a pickle. […]
The Strain Season 2 Episode 9 Review – ‘The Battle for Red Hook’
Martin Carr reviews the ninth episode of The Strain season 2… In the words of legendary singer songwriter Tom Waits I am a day late and a dollar short. Right now more than a week late and well past due on this review. It could said, and you wouldn’t be the first to say that […]
Video Game Review – Batman: Arkham Knight – GCPD Lockdown DLC
Ricky Church reviews Batman: Arkham Knight – GCPD Lockdown DLC… Though Batman: Arkham Knight was released three months ago, DLC for the game continues to trickle out through short campaign missions and challenge maps. The latest story DLC is GCPD Lockdown and, unlike Batgirl’s A Matter of Family in July, the events of Lockdown take […]