Tag Archive: review

Movie Review: ‘In the Heart of the Sea’

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Director: Ron Howard Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Benjamin Walker, Cillian Murphy, Tom Holland, Ben Winshaw, Brendan Gleeson Plot: Herman Melville meets with the last survivor of the Essex, a whaling ship that sank under dubious… Continue reading

TV Review: ‘Marvel’s Jessica Jones’

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The seemingly unending rolling out of the Marvel Cinematic Universe continues on Netflix, following up the amazing Daredevil with another street level hero of the underdog, Jessica Jones. Adapted from the ‘Alias’ comic series… Continue reading

5 Great Vampire Movies Post-‘Twilight’

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I have never actually saw the Twilight movies. I don’t make it a habit bad-mouthing them (again, because I have never seen them). There seemed to be a feeling during their tenure near the top… Continue reading

Reviewing the Scary Movies that Traumatised My Childhood (Part 3)

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We all have one…that one image that stayed with you from childhood. The one that the shadows in your room formed themselves into at night. Maybe you grew up and forgot it, maybe… Continue reading

Tabletop Tuesday: ‘COGZ’

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I love Kickstarter’s gaming section. It’s created an amazing market for new board game developers and some of the best items on my shelf have come from crowd funding. The latest item to… Continue reading

Prof. Annalise Keating is Terrible at her Job (How to Get Away With Murder)

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So this past weekend I had a stack of papers to grade. When doing this I like to have a popcorn type show playing – it helps me keep focus. I went with the… Continue reading

Reviewing the Scary Movies That Traumatised My Childhood (Pt. 2)

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Last Halloween we rolled out this feature, and what better time to revisit it? These are the movies that I encountered in my childhood and haunted my nightmares, revisited as a somewhat adjusted… Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘Knock Knock’

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Director: Eli Roth Cast: Keanu Reeves, Lorenzo Izzo, Ana de Armas Plot: Family man Evan stays home overnight while his family goes to beach to recover from an injury and work. Two girls… Continue reading

Book Review: ‘There is a Light That Never Goes Out’ by Justin Cawthorne (Halloween Reads)

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Let’s take a moment to talk about the self-published market that has blown up thanks to Amazon and Kindle related technologies. Anyone can now publish their own work for people to read and… Continue reading

Did ‘Scream’ Work as a TV Series?

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Horror and television has a sporadic relationship. It doesn’t happen as often as it should and when it does it only occasionally hits the mark. Restrictions of television means that the content is… Continue reading