Warehouse 13 (opens in new tab) Season Four Episode Fourteen “The Sky’s The Limit” TV REVIEW (opens in new tab) Episode 4.14 Writer: Michael Jones-Morales Director: Jack Kenny THE ONE WHERE Pete and Myka investigate a spate of high-flying deaths, Claudia and Jinks horse around in Watford and the B&B …
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Once Upon A Time 2.09 “Queen Of Hearts” TV REVIEW (opens in new tab) Episode 2.09 Writers: Edward Kitsis, Adam Horowitz Director: Ralph Hemecker THE ONE WHERE In the past: We see how Hook and Cora first, erm, hook up, and discover how they managed to stay in the Enchanted …
Read More »Grimm 2.19 “Endangered” REVIEW
Grimm 2.19 “Endangered” TV REVIEW (opens in new tab) Episode 2.19 Written by: Spiro Skentzos Directed by: David Straiton THE ONE WHERE Grimm goes all X-Files as cow mutilations and mysterious glowing beings start turning up, leaving Nick to figure out if the Wesen truth is indeed out there. Meanwhile, …
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The original Grid delighted racing fans and newcomers alike when it was introduced almost five years ago. Grid 2 does nothing to tarnish that reputation, sporting gorgeous visuals, captivating environments, scads of intensely powerful vehicles, and meaty offline and online campaigns. While some may take issue with several key design …
Read More »Monster by Dave Zeltserman REVIEW
Monster by Dave Zeltserman book review . In this riff on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein , we hear the eponymous entity’s story from his own perspective. Gentle Friedrich Hoffmann is set up by Victor Frankenstein for the murder of his beloved Johanna, waking as a set of memories inside the stitched-together …
Read More »BLOG Ten Grand #1 Review
Issue #1 Writer: J Michael Straczynski Artist: Ben Templesmith Letterer: Troy Peteri Publisher: Image Comics Joe Fitzgerald is a man you come to when you don’t have anyone else. A problem solver, Joe has a reputation hard-earned through his previous life as a mob enforcer and the horrific end to …
Read More »Grimm 2.18 “Volcanalis” REVIEW
Grimm 2.18 “Volcanalis” TV REVIEW (opens in new tab) Episode 2.18 Writer: Jim Kouf and David Greenwalt Director: David Grossman THE ONE WHERE Hank goes on holiday leaving Nick, Monroe and Renard to team up to investigate a Wesen who targets people who steal volcanic rock. Meanwhile, Juliette is being …
Read More »The Company You Keep review
Doughtily undeterred by the less-than-stellar performance of 2007’s politics lecture Lions For Lambs , Robert Redford has carefully crafted another big issue thriller that’s longer on high moral principles than high-octane action. His thoughtful, whole-hearted drama about a left-wing radical forced on the lam after 30 years underground is rooted …
Read More »Grave Of The Fireflies review
First released on a double bill with My Neighbour Totoro in Japan (and showing as such in selected UK venues in an HD restoration), this 1988 wartime drama is Totoro’s dark, adult flipside. Death haunts every frame as a brother and sister escape from the American firebombing of Kobe that …
Read More »Star Trek Into Darkness review
Two men hot-footing across an alien landscape as if they’ve got Usain Bolt at their heels. Someone yelling “If the volcano erupts, the planet dies!” A desperate plunge off a cliff. Last-second deliverance and then away into the night… Star Trek Into Darkness opens with thrusters on maximum – and …
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