Zeb Larson reviews Invisible Republic #6… NEW STORY ARC. This war just got asymmetrical. Invisible Republic is a book that has steadily built up steam in the last few issues, and that building really pays off here. The book has just begun its second arc, and it introduces a few new plot elements that will […]
Hardware Review – ZX Spectrum Vega
Villordsutch reviews the ZX Spectrum Vega… I’ve been interested in getting my hands on the ZX Spectrum Vega since its conception a year or so ago. I’ve been a ZX Spectrum user since the early 1980’s, my first Sinclair product was the ZX81, then I went straight to the hard-shelled 48K and moved to the […]
The Big Bang Theory Season 9 Episode 1 Review – ‘The Matrimonial Momentum’
Tom Beasley reviews the first episode of the new season of US smash hit sitcom The Big Bang Theory. There are spoilers ahead… The season finale of the eighth season of The Big Bang Theory came with a doozy of a cliffhanger. Leonard revealed to Penny that he had kissed another woman whilst they were […]
Movie Review – Sicario (2015)
Sicario, 2015. Directed by Denis Villeneuve. Starring Emily Blunt, Benicio Del Toro, Josh Brolin, Jon Bernthal, Maximillano Hernandez and Daniel Kaluuya. SYNOPSIS: An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by an elected government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico. Do the ends justify […]
Movie Review – Mia Madre (2015)
Mia Madre, 2015. Directed by Nanni Moretti. Starring Margherita Buy, John Turturro, Giulia Lazzarini, Nanni Moretti, Beatrice Mancini and Stefano Abbati. SYNOPSIS : Margherita, a director in the middle of an existential crisis, has to deal with the inevitable and still unacceptable loss of her mother. Nanni Moretti, an Italian master at fusing emotionally engaging […]
BFI Review – Cecil B. Demented (2000)
Cecil B. Demented, 2000. Directed by John Waters. Starring Melanie Griffith, Stephen Dorff, Alicia Witt, Adrian Grenier, Mink Stole, Ricki Lake, Lawrence Gilliard Jr., Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jack Noseworthy and Michael Shannon. SYNOPSIS: A crazed cult kidnap an A-list film star, determined to make a new shocking, underground film… Fed up of the relentless onslaught of Hollywood junk? Watch Cecil B. Demented. Are you sick […]
Comic Book Review – Burning Fields #8
Zeb Larson reviews Burning Fields #8… Final issue! Dana, Aban, Decker, and Asag battle as the oilfields of Kirkuk burn. Burning Fields comes to its end as Dana and Aban confront Asag in all its horror. The final confrontation and the conclusion is not a surprising twist on the series (at least if you’ve paid […]
Comic Book Review – Doctor Who: Four Doctors #5
Villordsutch reviews Doctor Who: Four Doctors #5… We finally arrive at the last chapter of Doctor Who: Four Doctors, and with the cruel amount of time Titan Comics have made us wait for the last slice of the series in this weekly event, Paul Cornell and Neil Edwards better have delivered us something rather impressive […]
Movie Review – Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015)
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, 2015. Directed by Wes Ball. Starring Dylan O’Brien, Ki Hong Lee, Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Dexter Darden, Alexander Flores, Jacob Lofland, Rosa Salazar, Giancarlo Esposito, Patricia Clarkson and Aidan Gillen. SYNOPSIS: After narrowly escaping the maze, Thomas (O’Brien) and the others are whisked off to a facility full of medical equipment, […]
This Is England ’90 Episode 2 Review – ‘Summer’
Tom Beasley reviews the second episode of This Is England ’90, in which the hazy delirium of a party in a field mingles with the oncoming storm of a figure from the gang’s past… As entertaining as last week’s premiere episode of This Is England ’90 was, it was tough to get away from the […]