Suite Française, 2015. Directed by Saul Dibb. Starring Kristin Scott Thomas, Michelle Williams, Matthias Schoenaerts, Margot Robbie, Sam Riley and Ruth Wilson. SYNOPSIS: During the early years of German occupation of France in World War II, romance blooms between Lucile Angellier, a French villager and Bruno von Falk, a German soldier. We’ve seen romantic movies, […]
Movie Review – Geostorm (2017)
Geostorm, 2017. Directed by Dean Devlin. Starring Gerard Butler, Katheryn Winnick, Jim Sturgess, Abbie Cornish, Andy Garcia, Zazie Beetz, and Ed Harris. SYNOPSIS: When the network of satellites designed to control the global climate start to attack Earth, it’s a race against the clock to uncover the real threat before a worldwide geostorm wipes out […]
Movie Review – Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You! (2017)
Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!, 2017. Directed by Kunihiko Yuyama. SYNOPSIS: Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You! is an origin story highlighting Ash and Pikachu’s first meeting and their adventures as they search for the Legendary Pokémon Ho-Oh. The pair encounter familiar faces along the way, new characters including Trainers Verity and Sorrel, and even a […]
Movie Review – Deliver Us (Liberami) (2016)
Deliver Us (Liberami), 2017 Directed by Federica Di Giacomo. SYNOPSIS: A documentary film exploring exorcism and the role the practise has in a contemporary society searching for a cure for various ills, be they physical, mental or spiritual. Exorcism. To most of us that spells out unlucky priests gripping onto their crosses, noisy demonic activity […]
Movie Review – School Life (2016)
School Life, 2016. Directed by Neasa Ní Chianáin and David Rane. SYNOPSIS: Feature documentary based at a stately home turned boarding school where long careers in teaching are drawing to a close for Amanda and John Leyden. Closely examining a year in the life of the Headfort School in Ireland, School Life is a charming […]
Second Opinion – Victoria and Abdul (2017)
Victoria and Abdul, 2017. Directed by Stephen Frears. Starring Judi Dench, Ali Fazal, Eddie Izzard, Adeel Akhtar, Tim Piggott-Smith, Michael Gambon, and Olivia Williams. SYNOPSIS: Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim. There’s a lewd, cheeky streak to Stephen Frears’ Victoria and Abdul, a prestige picture trying […]
Second Opinion – mother! (2017)
mother!, 2017. Directed by Darren Aronofsky. Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Ed Harris, Michelle Pfeiffer, Domhnall Gleeson, Brian Gleeson and Kate Mara. SYNOPSIS: A poet suffering from writer’s block and his young wife live in a massive, remote house. Following a fire, she has devoted herself to renovating it and has created a beautiful home for […]
Comic Book Review – Jorund: Honor-Bound
Villordsutch reviews Jorund: Honor-Bound… JORUND: HONOR BOUND follows a young norseman named JORUND who is tasked by his vile mother to regain their family’s honor by killing the viking that murdered his father. Anybody that has read an article of mine before will have noticed that the final couple of lines of all my pieces […]
Better Call Saul Season 1 Episode 6 Review – ‘Five-O’
Jackson Ball reviews the sixth episode of Better Call Saul… In my previous reviews of this series, I have expressed a concern for Better Call Saul. The main opinion I’ve taken away from the first half of season 1 is one that double-edged; the series is enjoyable, but may rely too heavily on its predecessor, […]
Comic Book Review – Tales of Telguuth: A Tribute to Steve Moore
Andrew Newton reviews Tales of Telguuth: A Tribute to Steve Moore… In March 2014, British comics lost one of its’ most creative and distinct voices in the form of Steve Moore. The father of the 2000AD Future Shock, Steve created many memorable characters including Lazer Erazer and Axel Pressbutton for Warrior, and the psychotic Dalek […]
