Wild Tales, 2014. Written and Directed by Damián Szifron. Starring Dario Grandinetti, Ricardo Darín, Erica Rivas, Diego Gentile, Leonardo Sbaraglia and Rita Cortese. SYNOPSIS: A six standalone story anthology film that draws together troubled lives focused by violence, obsession and revenge… Multi-story features can hold many a delight for all kinds of audiences. One draw […]
Video Game Review – Slender: The Arrival
Villordsutch reviews Slender: The Arrival… It seems strange but it was only a few years back that Slender was born. It was over at Something Awful forums back in 2009 that this malevolent faceless figure was spawned by the SA forum user Victor Surge (RL name Eric Knudsen); this went on to generate a number of […]
Arrow Season 3 Episode 17 Review – ‘Suicidal Tendencies’
Jessie Robertson reviews the seventeenth episode of Arrow Season 3… We’ve got a wedding on Arrow; never thought we’d see this. And it’s actually really nice, despite the fill in minister and strangest wedding vows you’ve ever heard. But, there’s a 3rd party in their limo waiting to wisk the Diggles off to Fiji; Deadshot. […]
Bloodline Season 1 Episode 1 Review
Gary McCurry reviews the first episode of Bloodline… Changing his mind, Danny Rayburn (Ben Mendelsohn) takes the speech in his hand and places it back in the pocket from which it came. “To the Rayburn’s!” he shouts. His audience at the annual gathering held in the picturesque family-owned getaway in Florida breathe a silent sigh […]
The Flash Season 1 Episode 16 Review – “Rogue Time”
Jessie Robertson reviews the sixteenth episode of The Flash… Only The Flash could get away with something like this; our major plot turns last week have all been reset with Barry’s time jump! So, there is no kiss, no reveal to Iris, Cisco isn’t dead, Wells hasn’t been discovered (yet) and a tidal wave is […]
DVD Review – Silicon Valley: The Complete First Season
Luke Owen reviews Silicon Valley: The Complete First Season… In the high-tech gold rush of modern Silicon Valley, the people most qualified to succeed are the least capable of handling success. A comedy partially inspired by Mike Judge’s own experiences as a Silicon Valley engineer in the late 1980s. Remember those kids in school? The […]
DVD Review – The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015)
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015) Directed by John Madden Starring Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Bill Nighy, Ronald Pickup, Diana Hardcastle, Penelope Wilton, Celia Imrie, Tina Desai, Dev Patel, Shazad Latif, Tamsin Greig and Richard Gere. SYNPOSIS: As the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel has only a single remaining vacancy – posing a rooming predicament […]
Movie Review – Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967)
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, 1967. Directed by Stanley Kramer. Starring Katherine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier, Katherine Houghton, Roy Glenn and Beah Richards. SYNOPSIS: Mr and Mrs Drayton are in for a shock when their daughter brings home her new fiance – Dr. John Prentice Jr, an African-American… At one point in Guess Who’s Coming […]
Comic Book Review – Witchblade #181
Villordsutch reviews Witchblade #181… We come to Witchblade: Darkness Falls: The Death of Jackie of Estacado (Pt.2) and as with all two-parters there is going to be that slight sense of dread creeping in as you wonder if this closing section is going to be as brilliant as the opener. As Part One certainly carried a huge punch […]
The Flash Season 1 Episode 15 Review – ‘Out of Time’
Jessie Robertson reviews the fifteenth episode of The Flash… Be Warned – There Be Spoilers Up There in Them Hills! The Flash does it again. A tepid episode with not much happening, then BAM! – walloped with massive plot reveals right at the end. Before we get to the meat and potatoes, let’s talk about […]
