Martin Carr reviews the tenth episode of Supergirl season 3… Bruised and battered she may be but episode ten offers up the strongest return of Supergirl thus far after Christmas break. Literally beaten into a bloody pulp prior to our Yuletide festivities, in one of the best cliff hangers I have ever watched she comes […]
Marvel’s The Gifted Season 1 Episodes 12 & 13 Review – ‘eXtraction/X-roads’
Rachel Bellwoar reviews the two-hour season finale of Marvel’s The Gifted… If TV shows were poker games, The Gifted just went all in for their two-hour season finale. A kidnapping became an assassination over the course of two hours. The Mutant Underground’s headquarters got leveled in two hours and, in that disorienting moment of picking up […]
Video Game Review – InnerSpace
Shaun Munro reviews InnerSpace… InnerSpace is the debut effort from PolyKnight Games, a flight-exploration game which began development following a successful Kickstarter campaign back in 2014. While undeniably rough around the edges, the game’s enticing art-style, free-wheeling “do what you like” gameplay and ethereal musical score did nevertheless make most of my time with it both relaxing and enjoyable. Like […]
Star Trek: Discovery Season 1 Episode 11 Review – ‘The Wolf Inside’
Alex Moreland reviews the eleventh episode of Star Trek: Discovery… Can you hide your heart? Can you bury your decency? Can you continue to pretend to be one of them? Even as, little by little, it kills the person you really are. It’s something that I touched on briefly in my review of last week’s […]
Young Sheldon Season 1 Episode 11 Review – ‘Demons, Sunday School, and Prime Numbers’
Martin Carr reviews the eleventh episode of Young Sheldon… Having a sideswipe at organised religion is always going to make good television. Using an oblivious child genius as your mouthpiece takes that conceit and adds another string to its bow. Working that in alongside dice based role-playing games and outstanding character moments takes the original […]
Young Sheldon Season 1 Episode 10 Review – ‘An Eagle Feather, A String Bean and an Eskimo’
Martin Carr reviews the tenth episode of Young Sheldon… Growing pains, educational betterment and emotional quandaries frame this episode of Young Sheldon. Hinging on the opportunities of moving into a public school Sheldon gets his first taste of life beyond high school. What Chuck Lorre and his fellow showrunner focus on is the family dynamic, […]
Comic Book Review – Star Wars: Forces of Destiny – Rey
Ricky Church reviews Star Wars: Forces of Destiny – Rey… Since Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Rey has become a fan-favourite character among new and old Star Wars fans alike. The latest Forces of Destiny comic from IDW focuses on her and what she brings to the galaxy far, far away by telling of a short adventure she had […]
Second Opinion – Paddington 2 (2018)
Paddington 2, 2018. Directed by Paul King. Starring Ben Whishaw, Sally Hawkins, Hugh Bonneville, Jim Broadbent, Hugh Grant, Peter Capaldi, Brendan Gleeson, Imelda Staunton, and Michael Gambon. SYNOPSIS: Paddington, now happily settled with the Brown family and a popular member of the local community, picks up a series of odd jobs to buy the perfect […]
Comic Book Review – Batman Vol. 4: The War of Jokes and Riddles
Ricky Church reviews Batman Vol. 4: The War of Jokes and Riddles… The Joker and The Riddler are two of Batman’s most well-known and popular villains with decades of stories behind them. With such a wealth of stories, its difficult to think of what recent stories they have that could last the test of time, […]
Movie Review – The Polka King (2017)
The Polka King, 2017. Directed by Maya Forbes and Wallace Wolodarsky. Starring Jack Black, Jenny Slate, Jason Schwartzman, Jacki Weaver, Vanessa Bayer and J.B. Smoove. SYNOPSIS: Local Pennsylvania polka legend Jan Lewan develops a plan to get rich that shocks his fans and lands him in jail. Mere weeks after he stole the show in […]
