The Duke of Burgundy, 2014. Directed by Peter Strickland. Starring Sidse Babett Knudsen, Chiara D’Anna, Fatma Mohamed, Eugenia Caruso and Monica Swinn. SYNOPSIS: Two lovers engage in a ritualistic passage of behaviour that brings one close to obsession and one looking for a way out… Peter Strickland is without a shadow of a doubt one of the […]
Movie Review – Run All Night (2015)
Run All Night, 2015. Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra. Starring Liam Neeson, Joel Kinnaman, Ed Harris, Genesis Rodriguez, Vincent D’Onofrio, Boyd Holbrook, Common and Holt McCallany. SYNOPSIS: Mobster and hit man Jimmy Conlon has one night to figure out where his loyalties lie: with his estranged son, Mike, whose life is in danger, or his longtime […]
Comic Book Review – Autumnlands: Tooth & Claw #4
Zeb Larson reviews Autumnlands: Tooth & Claw #4… With the Great Champion away, the city is vulnerable to Goodfoot’s machinations. Autumnlands has really jelled as a series, especially now that Dunstan had a regular role in each issue. It’s interesting because not a whole lot really happens in this issue in terms of action. We’re […]
Comic Book Review – Bitch Planet #3
Zeb Larson reviews Bitch Planet #3… “Too Big to Fail” reveals the specific events leading to zaftig Penny Rolle’s incarceration. ROBERT WILSON IV (Knuckleheads) joins KELLY SUE DeCONNICK (PRETTY DEADLY, Captain Marvel) on art duties for this flashback issue. Bitch Planet is becoming a steamroller of a series, and it’s picking up speed as it […]
Video Game Review – The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D
Ben Rayner reviews The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D… The Legend of Zelda series is one that may gamers hold close to their heart. Not just because the stories, characters and vast worlds are simply stunning, with so much to see and experience, but often because their mythological tales resonate with us on a […]
Movie Review – Project Almanac (2015)
Project Almanac, 2015. Directed by Dean Israelite. Starring Jonny Weston, Sofia Black-D’Elia, Sam Lerner, Allen Evangelista, Virginia Gardner and Amy Landecker. SYNOPSIS A found-footage teen-flick, whereby our college-applying scientists find a clock-rewinding contraption in the basement… The word ‘almanac’ isn’t in the vocabulary I use. Perhaps ‘annual’, but I’d assume a collection of lists isn’t what the director is […]
Comic Book Review – Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files 24
Andrew Newton reviews Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files 24… The 24th volume of the UK bestselling Case Files series sees Dredd face one of his hardest challenges yet – cleaning up Mega-City One’s worst sector known as ‘The Pit’. He also must take on a relic of the Atomic Wars – the ABC Warrior Hammerstein! […]
Video Game Review – Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate
Ben Rayner reviews Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate… Monster Hunter. I say those words with a strange mixture of fear and pride. Pride, thanks to the small, tiny fragments of success I’ve collected along the way as I’ve progressed further and further, braving bigger hunts and capturing quarry that otherwise I would have never guessed I […]
Comic Book Review – Dredd Urban Warfare
Andrew Newton reviews Dredd Urban Warfare… Based in the world of the cult hit movie DREDD, this collection continues the story of Judges Dredd and Anderson in the dark post-apocalyptic city of Mega-City One. Includes the official DREDD prequel story,Top of the World Ma-Ma! by Matt Smith and Henry Flint. Put your hands up if you […]
Second Opinion – While We’re Young (2015)
While We’re Young, 2015. Directed by Noah Baumbach. Starring Ben Stiller, Naomi Watts, Amanda Seyfried, Adam Driver, Charles Grodin and Maria Dizza.SYNOPSIS: The life, career and marriage of Cornelia and Josh is upended when they meet young and vibrant couple, Jamie and Darby who introduce them to a new way of living. Actors are regularly […]
