Lewy Buck Reviews Blacksea Odyssey… After playing countless AAA Titles, tweaking graphics, installing Mods and setting up multiplayer sessions Blacksea Odyssey was the step back into the Indie game world I never knew I needed. Its pure and brilliant simplicity hooks you in from the very start and refuses to let go. The best way […]
Movie Score Review – The BFG
Tony Black reviews The BFG score… Make the most of John Williams scoring Steven Spielberg movies as chances are we won’t get all that many more, given the great man’s advanced age. The BFG, remarkably for a composer well into his 80’s, could well end up among some of his best work once we look […]
DVD Review – The Babadook (2014)
The Babadook, 2014 Directed by Jennifer Kent Starring Essie Davis, Noah Wiseman, Hayley McElhinney, Barbara West and Tim Purcell SYNOPSIS: A single mother, plagued by the violent death of her husband, battles with her son’s fear of a monster lurking in the house, but soon discovers a sinister presence all around her. The horror movie is […]
Video Game Preview – Overcooked
Lewy Buck previews Overcooked… Back in April I was lucky enough to have Overcooked wet my pallet at EGX Rezzed at London’s Tobacco Dock; it received some amazing feedback and even placed in the top five games over the weekend Rivalling developers such as Sony and Sega. Check out my video review for Overcooked below… […]
Comic Book Review – Suicide Squad #1
Tony Black reviews Suicide Squad #1… “The Black Vault” part one! When a mysterious and definitely super-important cosmic item falls out of the heavens and into enemy hands, America has only one option: Task Force X, Amanda Waller’s strike team of incarcerated super-criminals. A one-stop-shop for plausibly deniable espionage and ultra- violence, this “Suicide Squad” […]
Comic Book Review – Kong of Skull Island #2
Tony Black reviews Kong of Skull Island #2… Two rival civilizations and their Kongs must make a home of the horrors that inhabit life on Skull Island. There is no escape! The second part of Boom! Studios’ prequel to the original King Kong novel gets off to a thumping start, as Kong of Skull Island […]
Video Game Review – Crisis on the Planet of the Apes VR
David Dodgson reviews Crisis on the Planet of the Apes VR… I invested in the PlayStation VR hardware last Christmas, intrigued by the potential for immersing myself within a game and ready to realise a new future in gaming. So far, I have been disappointed. The VR titles I have played have been plagued by […]
Comic Book Review – Suicide Squad #2
Tony Black reviews Suicide Squad #2… “THE BLACK VAULT” part 2! What was meant to be a routine mission to retrieve a “cosmic item” from an undersea fortress has become a nightmare beyond anything the Suicide Squad ever expected. And with half the team down, it’s up to Harley Quinn, Katana, and a demon-possessed graphic […]
Comic Book Review – Superman #6
Tony Black reviews Superman #6… The epic conclusion to “Son of Superman”: Will Krypto be avenged? Following a rousing start, the ‘Son of Superman’ story drives all the way to a slam dunk of a finale for this first arc in Superman, as writers Peter J. Tomasi & Patrick Gleason bring home the farm… and […]
Second Opinion – Things To Come (2016)
Things To Come, 2016. Directed by Mia Hansen-Løve. Starring Isabelle Huppert, André Marcon, Roman Kolinka, Edith Scob and Sarah Le Picard. SYNOPSIS: A philosophy teacher soldiers through the death of her mother, getting fired from her job, and dealing with a husband who is cheating on her. Disarmingly simple in execution, yet overwhelmingly rich in thematic complexity, director […]
