Shaun Munro reviews PaRappa the Rapper Remastered… As a common fixture on PS1 demo discs, PaRappa the Rapper is ingrained in the minds of an entire generation of gamers, many of whom perhaps didn’t even play the full title. The legendary 1997 rhythm game marks its 20th anniversary with a glossy 4K remaster, which while doing little […]
Movie Review – Ghost In The Shell (2017)
Ghost in the Shell, 2017. Directed by Rupert Sanders. Starring Scarlett Johansson, Takeshi Kitano, Michael Pitt, Pilou Asbæk, Chin Han, Juliette Binoche and Michael Wincott. SYNOPSIS: In the near future, Major is the first of her kind: A human saved from a terrible crash, who is cyber-enhanced to be a perfect soldier devoted to stopping the world’s […]
Movie Review – Don’t Knock Twice (2016)
Don’t Knock Twice, 2016. Directed by Caradog W. James Starring Katee Sackhoff, Lucy Boynton, Javier Botet, Nick Moran, Jordan Bolger, Pooneh Hajimohammadi, Richard Mylan and Ania Marson SYNOPSIS: A mother desperate to reconnect with her troubled daughter becomes embroiled in the urban legend of a demonic witch. The ever-likeable Katee Sackhoff strands herself in a well-made but trite Candyman knock-off that desperately strives […]
Iron Fist Season 1 Episode 13 Review – ‘Dragon Plays with Fire’
Shaun Munro reviews the season finale of Iron Fist… It’s been a tough slog riding out Iron Fist‘s awkward, often straight-up boring first season, but can it end strong and deliver an entertaining send-off for Danny Rand ahead of his appearance in The Defenders later this year? Despite the urgency of Danny being set-up on drug […]
Second Opinion – Man Down (2015)
Man Down, 2015. Directed by Dito Montiel Starring Shia LaBeouf, Jai Courtney, Gary Oldman, Kate Mara and Clifton Collins Jr. SYNOPSIS: In a post-apocalyptic America, former U.S. Marine Gabriel Drummer searches desperately for the whereabouts of his son, accompanied by his best friend and a survivor. Man Down is the latest in a long line […]
Second Opinion – Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017)
Smurfs: The Lost Village, 2017. Directed by Kelly Asbury. Featuring the voice talents of Demi Lovato, Rainn Wilson, Joe Manganiello, Jack McBrayer, Danny Pudi, Mandy Patinkin, Julia Roberts, Michelle Rodriguez, Ellie Kemper, Ariel Winter, Meghan Trainor, Gordon Ramsey, Jake Johnson, Tituss Burgess, Gabriel Iglesias, Jeff Dunham, and Kelly Asbury. SYNOPSIS: A mysterious map sets Smurfette […]
Iron Fist Season 1 Episode 12 Review – ‘Bar the Big Boss’
Shaun Munro reviews the twelfth episode of Iron Fist… Iron Fist‘s penultimate episode raises the stakes action-wise and certainly puts the wheels in motion for a fleet-footed, intense finale, but it’s also bogged down by more rancid peripheral drama that’s difficult to care much about. For starters, Ward’s back (remember him?) in the frame after being […]
Second Opinion – Life (2017)
Life, 2017. Directed by Daniel Espinosa. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Ryan Reynolds, Rebecca Ferguson, Hiroyuki Sanada, Olga Dihovichnaya, and Ariyon Bakare. SYNOPSIS: A team of scientists aboard the International Space Station whose mission of discovery turns to one of primal fear when they find a rapidly evolving life form that caused extinction on Mars, and now […]
Iron Fist Season 1 Episode 11 Review – ‘Lead Horse Back to Stable’
Shaun Munro reviews the eleventh episode of Iron Fist… “Lead Horse Back to Stable” opens with an intriguing flashback to Danny’s road to becoming an Iron Fist, cementing how compelling his dynamic with Davos is compared to, well, just about anyone else he interacts with. It helps enormously that Finn Jones’ fellow brit Sacha Dhawan is […]
Iron Fist Season 1 Episode 10 Review – ‘Black Tiger Steals Heart’
Shaun Munro reviews the tenth episode of Iron Fist… Iron Fist enters its final stretch with more barmy revelations, though they at least feel decidedly more pared-down and reined-in than episode nine’s ludicrous, divisive resurrection of Harold. For all its flaws, “Black Tiger Steals Heart” is certainly full of juicy revelations. We learn much more about Colleen’s […]
