Jackson Ball reviews the second episode of Better Call Saul … After a strong opening episode – and an absolute belter of a cliffhanger – we return to find Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk) in the clutches if an all-too-familiar psychopath: Tuco Salamanca (Raymond Cruz). Warning! Spoilers Ahead – You have been warned! In my review […]
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 […]
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 […]
DVD Review – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, 2014. Directed by Jonathan Liebesman. Starring Megan Fox, Will Arnett, William Fichtner, Johnny Knoxville, Noel Fisher, Alan Ritchson, Jeremy Howard and Tony Shaloub. SYNOPSIS: When a kingpin threatens New York City, a group of mutated turtle warriors must emerge from the shadows to protect their home. Aside from a CGI film […]
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 […]
Video Game Preview – Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow Comes Today
Alan Heath previews Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow Comes Today… In the last few years point and click adventure games have been making a bit of a comeback, and one small studio in Spain is getting in on the action with their game Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow Comes Today. The developer Fictiorama Studios is a four man team, […]
Second Opinion – Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)
Fifty Shades of Grey, 2015 Directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson. Starring Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan, Jennifer Ehle, Eloise Mumford, and Victor Rasuk SYNOPSIS: Literature student Anastasia Steele’s life changes forever when she meets handsome, yet tormented, billionaire Christian Grey. When a film isn’t screened to the press, it’s usually an indication that it’s not very good […]
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 […]
