Film Review: The Batman (2022)
Back in 1989, the concept of a dark, serious and Gothic-styled Batman was alien to mainstream audiences, whose point of reference when it came to Bruce Wayne’s alter ego was […]
Film Review: Eternals (2021)
I went into Chloe Zhao’s Eternals with an open mind; despite the negative critical and commercial reaction that greeted the film upon release – which was enough to dampen my […]
My Film of the Year 2021
I’ve already covered my favourite video game of 2021, my favourite comic book of 2021 and even my favourite tabletop game of 2021 – so now it’s time to check […]
Comic Book Review: The Lost Boys Vol. 1 (2016)
I’ve been a huge fan of Joel Schumacher’s 1987 teen vampire movie The Lost Boys ever since I first saw it at the tail end of the 80s. It’s a […]
Film Review: Spider-Man: No Way Home (Spoiler Free)
There’s more than one moment in Spider-Man: No Way Home that brought me to tears. It’s a rare film that can do that not just in tragic moments, but in […]
Review: The Matrix Awakens (Xbox Series X)
So, after mysteriously dropping onto the stores of the Xbox Series X/S and PS5 earlier this week – as covered in my news article – the mysterious The Matrix Awakens: […]
Film Review: Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2021)
Though its runtime is less than an hour, the new all-CGI Diary of a Wimpy Kid from Disney still qualifies as a movie in my opinion. Just a very short […]
Comic Book Review: Batman ’89 #2
The first issue of Batman ’89 was hugely anticipated – for comic book and movie fans of a certain age, Tim Burton’s first film featuring the Dark Knight is an […]
Film Review: Gamera the Brave (2006)
As the reboot trilogy came to an end with 1999’s Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris, it seemed as if we’d seen the last of our rocket-powered turtle guardian. However, seven […]
Film Review: Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1999)
Beginning with flashbacks to the events of the first film from a different perspective, we technically don’t get the same buildup to Gamera’s emergence that we did with the first […]
Film Review: Gamera 2: Attack of Legion (1996)
A meteor shower brings with it a clutch of giant, deadly bugs and something even bigger that nests in a Japanese building. With the military struggling to contain the threat […]
Film Review: Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (1995)
After the disastrous 1980 entry in the Gamera series – Gamera: Super Monster – which was little more than an hour and a half of clips, along with some truly […]
Gamera: Super Monster (1980)
Shortly after the release of 1971 movie Gamera vs Zigra, production company Daiei collapsed, leaving the series in limbo. Though Daiei was revived in 1974, it took nine years for […]
Book Review: Alien: Out of the Shadows (2014)
The first book in a series that is considered to be canonical alongside the now somewhat tarnished continuity of the movie series (following the laborious, often nonsensical events of Prometheus […]
Film Review: Gamera vs Zigra (1971)
We seem to be heading into the future with Gamera vs Zigra, which opens with an attack on a Japanese Moon Base by an unidentified alien spacecraft. Yet we’re soon […]
Film Review: Gamera vs Jiger (1970)
Though the sixth Gamera film is the first to be released in the 1970s, it was still an annual entry in the then-prolific series – so it’s not as if […]
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