Villordsutch reviews Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency #1… An all-new comic series based on Douglas Adams’ beloved holistic detective! Dirk arrives in San Diego to face a new country, new cases and new threats: reincarnation, for starters…! If like me – and I’m sure there is more than one Douglas Adams fan out there – […]
Movie Review – Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
Mad Max: Fury Road, 2015. Directed by George Miller. Starring Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Rosie Huntington-Whitely, Nathan Jones, Megan Gale, Zoe Kravitz, Riley Keough, Josh Helman, Jennifer Hagan, Abbey Lee Kershaw and Courtney Easton. SYNOPSIS: In a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, two rebels just might be able to […]
Movie Review – The Supreme Price (2014)
The Supreme Price, 2014. Directed by Joanna Lipper SYNOPSIS: Documentary about the struggle for democracy and women’s rights in Nigeria. It’s easy to reduce a country into the one thing you have heard about it on the news. Ethiopia – famine. Somalia – pirates. Liberia – Ebola. Nigeria – kidnapped school girls. Joanna Lipper’s documentary The […]
DVD 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, Gérard Zalcberg, Howard Vernon and Clément Harari SYNOPSIS: An engagement party for the brilliant young Dr. Jekyll and Miss Fanny Osbourne descends into terror when dinner guests start turning up brutally murdered inside and outside the house… […]
Comic Book Review – Miami Vice: Remix #3
Andrew Newton reviews Miami Vice: Remix #3… The new street drug that’s zombified the citizens of Miami is pushing the Miami PD to its limits! Crockett and Tubbs may be the city’s only hope, but the past come back to haunt them and demand payment in blood… Last issue, Miami Vice: Remix provided us with […]
DVD Review – A Most Violent Year (2015)
A Most Violent Year, 2015 Directed by J.C. Chandor. Starring Oscar Isaac, Jessica Chastain, David Oyelowo, Albert Brooks, Christopher Abbott, Jerry Adler and Matthew Maher. SYNOPSIS: An immigrant New York businessman tries to expand his company’s fortunes despite setbacks from rival firms, criminal gangs and an investigation from the District Attorney. Set in New York […]
Blu-ray Review – A.W.O.L. (1990)
A.W.O.L., 1990. Directed by Sheldon Lettich. Starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Harrison Page, Deborah Rennard, Brian Thompson, Lisa Pelikan, Ashley Johnson, Abdel Qissi and Eric Karson. SYNOPSIS: A French Foreign Legion deserter takes to street fighting to help pay his murdered brother’s wife’s debts whilst trying to avoid capture. Sandwiched between the classic Kickboxer and the largely under-appreciated […]
Comic Book Review – Reyn #5
Andrew Newton reviews Reyn #5… On the run from Venn, Reyn and Seph delve deeper into the enemy stronghold and make a shocking discovery. It’s that time again, time for me to get all excited as I drool my way through every wonderfully drawn page of the latest issue of Reyn. I can’t believe we […]
Comic Book Review – New Praetorians Volume One
Zeb Larson reviews New Praetorians volume one… New Praetorians is an interesting new series by RK Syrus and Satine Phoenix about a female soldier, an alien artifact, and a woman looking for vengeance. There are a few intriguing thematic ideas at work here, beyond the cool action scenes, particularly in regard to gender and sex […]
Second Opinion – Pitch Perfect 2 (2015)
Pitch Perfect 2, 2015. Directed by Elizabeth Banks. Starring Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Hailee Steinfeld, Brittany Snow, Skylar Astin, Adam Devine, Elizabeth Banks and Katey Sagal. SYNOPSIS: After a humiliating command performance at Lincoln Center, the Barden Bellas enter an international competition that no American group has ever won in order to regain their status […]
