Comic Book Review: The Mandalorian #1 (2022)
Back in the pre-internet days, sometimes your only way of finding out what happened in a particular movie for months after it released in the States was its novelisation or […]
TV Review: Obi-Wan Kenobi: S1/E1
The four minute recap that opens the first episode of Obi-Wan is a brilliant distillation of all of the important points from the much-maligned Star Wars prequels, without any of […]
TV Review: The Book of Boba Fett – S1/E7: In the Name of Honor
Though last week’s episode was heavy on the cameos and fan service – with Luke Skywalker making a lengthy, deepfake-powered performance that, if not perfect, was an awful lot more […]
TV Review: The Book of Boba Fett – S1/E6: From the Desert Comes a Stranger
Just as it shouldn’t have been possible to mess up a Star Wars sequel trilogy, a Boba Fett show featuring everyone’s favourite bounty hunting badass evolving into a Tatooine crime […]
Comic Book Review: The Sixth Gun – Vol. 7: Not the Bullet, But the Fall
Becky, Drake and their mismatched allies seek to destroy the cursed weapons that threaten reality itself. The Grey Witch, however – directing her legions – has plans to claim the […]
Comic Book Review: The Sixth Gun – Vol. 6: Ghost Dance
Watched over by her motley band of allies, Becky Montcrief embarks on a Ghost Dance, travelling between realities that the Six Guns have created. However, the Widow Hume and an […]
Comic Book Review: The Sixth Gun – Vol. 5: Winter Wolves
Cullen Bunn, Brian Hurtt and Bill Crabtree’s The Sixth Gun is a brilliant comic, with excellent writing and consistently superb art throughout its run. However, there’s the sense that the […]
Comic Book Review: The Sixth Gun – Vol. 4: A Town Called Penance
With Drake Sinclair vanishing without a trace, Becky Montcrief sets out to rescue him – but she’ll have to brave the tragically manipulated and mutated townsfolk of the titular town […]
Comic Book Review: The Sixth Gun – Vol. 3: Bound
The third volume of The Sixth Gun opens with Becky and Drake covertly travelling by railroad, escorting the near-enough dead body of General Hume to sacred – and therefore safe […]
Review: Lone McLonegan: A Western Adventure
Out now on Steam and Nintendo Switch (Switch version played) Point and click adventures are a rarity these days, but a few decades ago they were everywhere. With some of […]
Film Review: Outland (1981)
This Peter Hyams-directed, Sean Connery-starring sci-fi western didn’t get a great critical or commercial reception upon release in 1981 (according to Box Office Mojo it was the 44th highest grossing […]
Comic Book Review: The Adventures of Pup & Grumpicorn
I’ve been on a bit of a roll with my comic book reading recently – and that looks set to continue thanks to the discovery of Comichaus – a more […]
TV Review: The Mandalorian – Season 2, Episode 1: The Marshal
The first season of The Mandalorian was a genuine surprise; a live action Star Wars show that made great use of the universe’s settings and lore which didn’t lean on […]
Comic Book Review: Lawless – Book One: Welcome to Badrock
Who would have thought that a more-or-less traditional Western – albeit with minor sci-fi trappings of course – set in the Dredd-verse could be so good? Who knew that the […]
TV Review: The Mandalorian
When I first heard about The Mandalorian, I have to say I was concerned that a live action series simply wouldn’t be able to pull off a convincing dive into the Star Wars universe on a TV show budget. Not only that, but I felt that the focus on a Bona Fett-esque character would simply be looking to capitalise on […]
Early Access Impressions: Exoplanet: First Contact
Available Now on Steam: £14.99 – Developed by: Alersteam – Published by: GrabTheGames The Western – concerned as it often is with taming a new frontier, full of possibilities, danger and excitement – seems to be constantly appealing. Likewise, the Space Western, that shares many of the same tropes, imagery and themes as its earthbound, historically-based forebear, holds a similar […]
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