Luke Owen reviews the first episode of Marvel’s Jessica Jones…Welcome to the darkest corner of the Marvel Cinematic Universe: Jessica Jones.From the outset, Jessica Jones presents itself as a totally different show to not just the rest of the MCU, but its Netflix brother show Daredevil. Jones is fairly foul mouthed, she’s incredibly surly and […]
Comic Book Review – Judge Dredd Megazine #366
Villordsutch reviews Judge Dredd Megazine #366…Welcome! Welcome to you all for this month’s sit down and read with mother moment. Today we’re picking Judge Dredd Megazine Issue#366, with all sorts of super heroic daring-dos! From Judge Dredd who’s coming under-fire from Total War to Demon Nic having to rescue the Sister from a bunch of Zealot […]
Movie Review – The Carrier (2015)
The Carrier, 2015. Directed by Anthony Woodley. Starring Ed Kingsley, Jack Gordon, Karen Bryson, Joe Dixon, Zora Bishop, Billy Clarke, Andrew French, Luke Healy and Rebecca Johnson. SYNOPSIS: Eight survivors take to the skies in a badly damaged aircraft to escape an antibiotic resistant pandemic which decimates the planet. There’s nowhere safe to land, but […]
Comic Book Review – Star Trek #51
Villordsutch reviews Star Trek #51…The Mirror Universe epic continues here as the evil counterparts of the Enterprise crew gain the upper hand! Captain Kirk finds himself allied with the mysterious man known only as Singh, while Spock comes face to face with his deceased mother… now alive and well in the Mirror Universe! After last month’s […]
Comic Book Review – Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency #5
Villordsutch reviews Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency #5…Will the museum’s gala event for King Ahktenkhamen, a serial-killing couple, and a soul-stealing phone all wrap up nicely here? Of course not! Luckily, Dirk wouldn’t have it any other way.It’s our final issue of Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency – well until February 2016 that is anyway – and […]
Comic Book Review – Star Trek/Green Lantern #5
Villordsutch reviews Star Trek/Green Lantern #5…The galactic civil war reaches a critical point as the Yellow Lantern Klingons, Orange Lantern Romulans, and Red Lantern Gorn fight for supremacy, with Hal Jordan, James T. Kirk, and the crew of the Enterprise caught in the middle! It’s a dark night for the Federation… and the arrival of […]
Video Game Review – Poncho
Villordsutch reviews Poncho…Poncho from Delve Interactive is a 2D platform game embracing to the fullest the parallax-scrolling method with a rather unique in-and-out game mechanic using three separate planes: background, middle and foreground for you to utilise your movements throughout the world.Poncho will instantly grab anyone who adores their pixel art – like myself – with […]
29th Leeds International Film Festival Review – Youth (2015)
Youth, 2015. Directed by Paolo Sorrentino. Starring Michael Caine, Harvey Keitel, Rachel Weisz and Paul Dano. SYNOPSIS: Conductor Fred Ballinger (Michael Caine) spends his retirement at a luxury hotel in the Alps, when he receives an invitation from Queen Elizabeth II to perform for Prince Philip’s birthday. Meanwhile, his best friend, film director Mick Boyle […]
The Big Bang Theory Season 9 Episode 8 Review – ‘The Mystery Date Observation’
Tom Beasley reviews the latest episode of The Big Bang Theory’s ninth season, which foregrounded relationship faux pas and a pair of guest stars…After a solid episode last week, The Big Bang Theory continued to revitalise its rather slow ninth run with another stellar episode in ‘The Mystery Date Observation’. Like many of the previous […]
29th Leeds International Film Festival Review – Black Mass (2015)
Black Mass, 2015. Directed by Scott Cooper. Starring Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton, Benedict Cumberbatch, Rory Cochrane, Kevin Bacon, Jesse Plemons, Corey Stoll, Peter Sarsgaard and Dakota Johnson. SYNOPSIS: The true story of James ‘Whitey’ Bulger, the notorious gangster who used his status as a FBI informant under John Connolly to take over South Boston. Black Mass is a very strange film. It’s a […]
