Andrew Newton reviews The Red Seas Book One: Under the Banner of King Death… When pirate captain Jack Dancer and the crew of The Red Wench raid a Spanish Galleon they little realise that within their plunder lies the missing chapter of a feared occult tome sought after by the sinister Dr Orlando Doyle. Confronting […]
DVD Review – Amour Fou (2014)
Amour Fou, 2014. Written and Directed by Jessica Hausner. Starring Christian Friedel, Birte Schnoeink, Stephan Grossmann and Katharina Schuttler. SYNOPSIS: Berlin, the Romantic Era. Young poet Heinrich wishes to conquer the inevitability of death through love. After initially being refused to form a suicide pact with his cousin, he meets the young and impressionable romantic […]
Better Call Saul Season 1 Episode 7 Review – ‘Bingo’
Jackson Ball reviews the seventh episode of Better Call Saul … After the unprecedented highs of episode 6, this week’s instalment of Better Call Saul brings everything down to a slightly calmer level. With Mike’s (Jonathan Banks) back-story now firmly established, pushing the series’ main narrative is the ultimate goal of ‘Bingo’, and it does […]
The Walking Dead Season 5 Episode 13 Review – ‘Forget’
Sadé Green reviews the thirteenth episode of The Walking Dead Season 5… As the gang get acquainted with their brand new surroundings in Alexandria, they try to ensure their safety by blending in as much as possible and of course stealing themselves some secret weapons. But is there a division forming in the gang or […]
Video Game Review – Resident Evil Revelations 2 Episode 4
Alan Heath reviews Resident Evil: Revelations 2 Episode 4 on PC… Resident Evil: Revelations 2 is an episodic sequel to the 3DS title that took the franchise back towards its survival horror roots after a couple of action packed entries into the franchise. Set between the events of Resident Evil 5 and 6, Revelations 2 […]
Movie Review – The Gunman (2015)
The Gunman, 2015. Directed by Pierre Morel. Starring Sean Penn, Idris Elba, Jasmine Trinca, Mark Rylance, Ray Winstone and Javier Bardem. SYNOPSIS: A sniper on a mercenary assassination team, kills the minister of mines of the Congo. Terrier’s successful kill shot forces him into hiding. Returning to the Congo years later, he becomes the target […]
Comic Book Review – Orphan Black #2
Andrew Newton reviews Orphan Black #2… One of a kind. When Sarah attempted to assume the identity of a lookalike stranger, she soon uncovered an earth-shattering secret: she is a clone. Sarah also learns that someone is trying to kill them all, one by one. That someone is another clone, Helena, a murderous, self-abusing fundamentalist who […]
Movie Review – Mommy (2014)
Mommy, 2014. Directed by Xavier Dolan. Starring Anne Dorval, Antoine-Olivier Pilon, Suzanne Clement and Patrick Huard. SYNOPSIS: A single mother, Diane (Dorval) has to take her ADHD-stricken son, Steve (Pilon), out of an imposed institution and attempt to look after him, whilst trying to get by with work and finances. The pair’s struggles are aided, […]
Comic Book Review – The X-Files: Season 10 #21
Andrew Newton reviews The X-Files: Season 10 #21… “Elders,” part 1 of 5: For as long as humanity has known of the alien plot to re-colonize the Earth, there have been men who would conspire to consolidate that knowledge, and the power that came with it, for themselves. But the “Syndicate” that long bedeviled Agents […]
Arrow Season 3 Episode 16 Review – ‘The Offer’
Jessie Robertson reviews the sixteenth episode of Arrow season 3… Arrow returns with a perfectly fine episode designed to sort of set things back onto a course to follow for the rest of the year. When last seen, Oliver was given an “Offer” (hence the title) to become the next Ra’s al Ghul. He was […]
