The Card Counter, 2021. Written and Directed by Paul Schrader. Starring Oscar Isaac, Tye Sheridan, Willem Dafoe, Tiffany Haddish, Billy Slaughter, Amye Gousset, Joel Michaely, Ekaterina Baker, and Alexander Babara. SYNOPSIS: Redemption is the long game in Paul Schrader’s The Card Counter, a revenge thriller which tells the story of an ex-military interrogator turned gambler […]
Blu-ray Review – Edge of Sanity (1989)
Edge of Sanity, 1989. Directed by Gérard Kikoïne. Starring Anthony Perkins, Glynis Barber, David Lodge, Sarah Maur Thorp, Ben Cole, and Harry Landis. SYNOPSIS: When Dr. Henry Jekyll’s experiments with using cocaine as an anaesthetic get out of control, he changes into the grotesque Mr. Hyde, who has taken a liking to killing sex workers […]
Movie Review – Cinderella (2021)
Cinderella, 2021. Written and Directed by Kay Cannon. Starring Camila Cabello, Nicholas Galitzine, Billy Porter, Idina Menzel, Pierce Brosnan, Maddie Baillio, Charlotte Spencer, Minnie Driver, Missy Elliott, James Acaster, James Corden, Fra Fee, Nikkita Chadha, and Tallulah Greive. SYNOPSIS: A modern movie musical with a bold take on the classic fairy tale. Our ambitious heroine […]
Movie Review – Playground (2021)
Playground, 2021. Written and directed by Laura Wandel. Starring Maya Vanderbeque and Günter Duret. SYNOPSIS: When Nora witnesses Abel being bullied by other kids, she rushes to protect him. But Abel forces her to remain silent. Caught in a conflict of loyalty, Nora tries to find her place, torn between children’s and adult’s worlds. The […]
Movie Review – Faya Dayi (2021)
Faya Dayi, 2021. Written and directed by Jessica Beshir. SYNOPSIS: A spiritual journey into the highlands of Harar, immersed in the rituals of khat, a leaf Sufi Muslims chewed for centuries for religious meditations – and Ethiopia’s most lucrative cash crop today. Jessica Beshir’s feature documentary debut certainly isn’t the liveliest sit to be sought […]
Movie Review – Spiderhead (2022)
Spiderhead, 2022. Directed by Joseph Kosinski. Starring Chris Hemsworth, Miles Teller, Jurnee Smollett, Tess Haubrich, BeBe Bettencourt, Angie Miliken, Joey Vieira, Nathan Jones, Ron Smyck, and Mark Paguio. SYNOPSIS: In the near future, convicts are offered the chance to volunteer as medical subjects to shorten their sentence. One such subject for a new drug capable […]
Video Game Review – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge
Villordsutch reviews Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge… Words cannot explain the mixed emotions I felt with the announcement of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge from Dotemu, developer Tribute Games and Nickelodeon. The spiritual successor to the original arcade classic, the machine I ploughed numerous £1 coins into back in Southport as a lonely […]
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Episode 7 Review – ‘The Serene Squall’
James Osborne reviews the seventh episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds… At this point, it’s possible to predict with a good degree of certainty what an episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds will contain. Some light and breezy humour, a drop of action, a deep dive into one character. What is less easy […]
Movie Review – Mid-Century (2022)
Mid-Century, 2022. Directed by Sonja O’Hara. Starring Stephen Lang, Shane West, Bruce Dern, Vanessa Williams, Sarah Hay, Annapurna Sriram, Ellen Toland, Bill Chott, Chelsea Gilligan, Sonja O’Hara, Emmy Perry, Jonathan Park, Sebastian Quinn, Mike Stern, and James Gaudioso. SYNOPSIS: A husband and wife’s weekend in a mid-century modern vacation rental turns deadly when the husband […]
Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi Review – ‘Part V’
Ricky Church reviews the fifth episode of Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi… The fifth episode of Obi-Wan Kenobi did not waste any time at all getting into the conflict as Darth Vader and Reva made their move against Obi-Wan and his new allies. The action was well balanced with the emotions from several characters, most of all […]
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