The Walking Dead season 8 (opens in new tab) is going to be returning with a bumper episode. After the biting events of the mid-season finale, there’s going to be a lot of ground to cover. Not only is the episode going to deal with everything that happened with that …
Read More »“Wow. Just f***ing wow.” – The internet reacts to Star Trek Discovery episode 12
Star Trek Discovery (opens in new tab) continues to be one of the most engaging shows going right now. The giant watercooler that is the internet keeps bubbling over with discussion, ‘Did you see that?’ moments and even some reactions that, if you aren’t watching already, will make you want …
Read More »Netflix’s Altered Carbon is Blade Runner meets Black Mirror with Westworld’s morality thrown in
“The first thing you’ll learn is that nothing is what it seems…” This is the opening line of the first episode of Altered Carbon and it couldn’t be more apt. Its true that given the popularity of sci-fi dystopian series and the trend for body-swapping stories, you might think you …
Read More »Downsizing review
Election (opens in new tab), About Schmidt (opens in new tab), Sideways (opens in new tab), Nebraska (opens in new tab) – you might say that the films of Alexander Payne contain microscopic studies of masculinity, featuring men who try to find their own small place in the world… but …
Read More »Black Panther is the MCUs version of James Bond
You know how Marvel Studios tries to infuse a little bit of a different genre into each MCU film? Captain America: Winter Soldier (opens in new tab) is a conspiracy thriller, Ant-Man (opens in new tab) is a heist movie, Spider-Man: Homecoming (opens in new tab) is a coming-of-age teen …
Read More »This It movie deleted scene is a happy alternate ending for scaredycats everywhere
After watching the It movie (opens in new tab), we now know not to talk to sinister clowns who poke their heads out of storm drains. Georgie, though, didn’t get the memo. His swift death (complete with severed arm) saw to that. But what if things turned out differently? This …
Read More »Coco review
Pixar’s once-peerless reputation has of late taken a knock thanks to a string of so-so sequels and the transparently commercial Cars (opens in new tab) trilogy. But anyone who’s been keeping the faith will feel richly rewarded by this exquisitely rendered musical fantasy set in the Land of the Dead. …
Read More »7 questions I have after watching Star Trek Discovery season 1 episode 11 – The Wolf Inside
Hey, Star Trek Discovery (opens in new tab) viewer: welcome aboard the USS OhGodDidThatJustHappen. This week’s episode – The Wolf Inside (opens in new tab) – dished out some big reveals, answering many of the big questions we had from last week’s show (opens in new tab), and from the …
Read More »A “psychotic” Thanos is going to be front and centre in Avengers: Infinity War
There are villains, and then there’s Thanos. The Mad Titan is sure to be the bad guy on everyone’s lips when Avengers: Infinity War (opens in new tab) rolls around on May 4, 2018. Judging by the directors’ comments, though, I don’t think we’re quite ready for just how much …
Read More »All the Money in the World review
Ridley Scott’s latest has its work cut out convincing audiences to look beyond its Kevin Spacey-shaped backstory. But when did Scott ever shirk a challenge? In a career of many post-slump comebacks, Scott rebounds from Alien Covenant (opens in new tab) and actor crises with a terse, tense, true-life period …
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