Spy, 2015. Written and Directed by Paul Feig. Starring Melissa McCarthy, Rose Byrne, Jason Statham, Jude Law, Bobby Cannavale and Morena Baccarin. SYNOPSIS: A desk-bound CIA analyst volunteers to go undercover to infiltrate the world of a deadly arms dealer, and prevent diabolical global disaster. Martin Scorsese has Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert DeNiro, Tim Burton […]
Video Game Review – Wolfenstein: The Old Blood
Kris Wall reviews Wolfenstein: The Old Blood… Wolfenstein has long been considered ‘The Godfather’ of the first person shooter genre, the one which started it all, without which there would be no Battlefield, no Halo and no Call of Duty, a bold and lofty claim but not one without evidence and merit. 2001’s Return to […]
Movie Review – Poltergeist (2015)
Poltergeist, 2015. Directed by Gil Kenan. Starring Sam Rockwell, Rosemarie DeWitt, Saxon Sharbino, Kyle Catlett and Kennedi Clements. SYNOPSIS: A family whose suburban home is haunted by evil forces must come together to rescue their youngest daughter after the apparitions take her captive. Just a heads up, there is not much positive to say about […]
Movie Review – The Fugitive Kind (1959)
The Fugitive Kind, 1959. Directed by Sidney Lumet. Starring Marlon Brando, Anna Magnani, Maureen Stapleton and Joanne Woodward. SYNOPSIS: Val Xavier is on the run, and stumbling into a small town, he decides to change his ways. Employed as a clerk in a shop, he takes the attention of the manager, Lady Torrence… Marlon Brando […]
Blu-ray Review – The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne (1981)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne, 1981. Directed by Walerian Borowczyk. Starring Udo Kier, Marina Pierro, Patrick Magee and Howard Vernon. SYNOPSIS: A brilliant doctor’s engagement party livens up a bit when the guests start getting raped and murdered, and every time there’s a murder the doctor is nowhere to be found. […]
Video Game Review – The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Ben Rayner reviews The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt… Games can be enthralling. Since their creation and gradual evolution they’ve been a medium that could grab you by the eyes and hold on for dear life until you realise, six red bulls and two cold pizzas later that you’ve been up for hours. It’s morning in […]
Movie Review – The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (2014)
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya, 2014. Directed by Isao Takahata. Featuring the voice talents of Chloë Grace Moretz, James Caan and Mary Steenburgen (English)/Aki Asakura, Kengo Kora and Takeo Chii (Japanese). SYNOPSIS: A girl is born of the bamboo trees, and she is brought up to be a Princess … During the Studio Ghibli season at the BFI last […]
Comic Book Review – The Fade Out #6
Zeb Larson reviews The Fade Out #6… BRUBAKER and PHILLIPS’ best-selling series ever just keeps hitting! Charlie and his blacklisted friend Gil hunt Hollywood’s back alleys for answers to Valeria Sommer’s murder and cover-up, but the one man who might know something, ex-child star “Flapjack” Jones, has gone into hiding…unless he’s dead in a ditch […]
Comic Book Review – Zombies vs Robots #5
Andrew Newton reviews Zombies vs Robots #5… In “Inherit the Earth,” an attack on the Amazon island expands the war beyond zombies and robots, with two planets at stake! And in “The Orphan,” a new friendship is torn asunder… Issue 5 of Zombies vs Robots greets us with a full blast of action from the […]
The Flash Season 1 Episode 23 Review – ‘Fast Enough’
Jessie Robertson reviews the season one finale of The Flash… Let’s just start by saying this finale was awesome! I needed a change of pants after it was over. Not only did it deliver on story, gravitas, & emotion, but the special effects were of another stratosphere and the music was so damn epic, I […]
