Jessie Robertson reviews the twenty-second episode of Arrow season 4…Yay, Curtis is back!Last week with the reveal of what Genesis is (Darhks’ own personal Noah’s Ark) I literally felt my dinner in my mouth. It was appalling. When this episode started, I said to myself “Please let this just be a crapton of mindless action […]
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 3 Episodes 21 and 22 Review – ‘Absolution and Ascension’
Danny Hale reviews the season three double bill finale of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D…. Warning: FULL spoilers for BOTH parts of the finale below… I love two-part finales; they allow for an appropriate build whilst also accommodating lengthy action sequences and getting the most out of our drama. ‘Absolution’, Part 1 of our finale dealt mostly […]
Movie Review – Sing Street (2016)
Sing Street, 2016. Directed by John Carney. Starring Lucy Boynton, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Aidan Gillen, Jack Reynor, Kelly Thornton and Ferdia Walsh-Peelo. SYNOPSIS: A group of teenage boys form a band in Dublin, in the 1980’s, to get away from the trials and tribulations of their young lives… The 1980’s is the current craze. Both Eddie the Eagle and Sing Street […]
The Flash Season 2 Episode 22 Review – ‘Invincible’
Jessie Robertson reviews the twenty-second episode of The Flash season 2…Coming this holiday season: Beats by WellsSo, I’ve sat with this episode longer than usual and that’s because the ending really messed me up; I didn’t like it at all! Earlier this year, on Arrow, we lost Laurel aka Black Canary; a significant character blow […]
Video Game Review – Superhot
Martin Carr reviews Superhot…Superhot is a starkly minimalistic excursion into the realms of first person shooters, which is both slickly stylish and instantly addictive. Set in a world where time moves only when you do, Superhot uses silhouetted enemies cloaked in red to test your mettle. Contrasted against the combination of white and grey backgrounds, […]
Person of Interest Season 5 Episode 5 Review – ‘ShotSeeker’
Ricky Church reviews the fifth episode of Person of Interest season 5…Person of Interest’s ‘ShotSeeker’ returned to a regular case-of-the-week story but, as with many of the series’ episodes throughout the third and fourth seasons, even this filler episode was tied to the ongoing arc of the show. And after Shaw’s semi-return in ‘6,471’ we […]
Movie Review – K-Shop (2016)
K-Shop, 2016. Directed by Dan Pringle. Starring: Ziad Abaza, Reece Noi, Scot Williams and Ewen MacIntosh. SYNOPSIS: Student Salah loses his father after an altercation with a gang of drunken customers. Overcome with grief, the pressure of his studies and his father’s failing business, Salah, in a modern Sweeney Todd tale, wages war against the […]
Movie Review – Departure (2016)
Departure, 2016.Directed by Andrew Steggall. Starring Juliet Stevenson, Alex Lowther, Phénix Brossard, Niamh Cusack, Patrice Juiff and Finbar Lynch.SYNOPSIS:Beatrice (Stevenson) is in the middle of a separation from her husband and is trying to work out how to live life on her own terms. Together with her son, Elliot (Lawther) they have come to their holiday […]
Gotham Season 2 Episode 21 Review – ‘A Legion of Horribles’
Martin Carr reviews the twenty-first episode of Gotham season 2…Back in the saddle and circling the wagons is how I can best describe my position right now. With the re-emergence of a person we thought ourselves well rid of Gotham throws another spanner in the works. To reveal is to spoil but suffice to say […]
69th Cannes Film Festival Review – The BFG (2016)
The BFG. 2016Directed by Steven Spielberg Starring Ruby Barnhill, Mark Rylance, Bill Hader, Jemaine Clement, Penelope Wilton, Rebecca Hall and Rafe SpallSYNOPSIS:Sophie, a young orphan, encounters the Big Friendly Giant who takes her to his magical homeland. But as the duo bond, Sophie’s life – and the fate of other children – come under threat […]
