Gladiator II opens with a brief, hand-painted summary of the first film over the opening credits, which I wasn’t expecting. Well, I say ‘hand-drawn’, but I expect these days, CGI and AI played their part. …
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Gladiator II opens with a brief, hand-painted summary of the first film over the opening credits, which I wasn’t expecting. Well, I say ‘hand-drawn’, but I expect these days, CGI and AI played their part. …
Continue readingChicken Run: Dawn Of The Nugget comes 23 years after the original movie from 2000, which was good fun, but didn’t reach the heights of the Wallace and Gromit output. Sadly, for whatever reason, Zachary …
Continue readingCatch-22 is a famous novel, and as it’s a book, I’ve not read it, but now it’s been made into a “limited series”, which means it’s a one-off series that won’t spawn a second… …Well, …
Continue readingEarly Man takes us back to the dawn of man, with lead character Dug (Eddie Redmayne) looking very much like the cheese-loving Wallace with his goofy teeth. Baddie of the piece goes to Lord Nooth …
Continue readingThe Father Thing is – on Channel 4 at least, as the series returns after a four month gap, the seventh episode of Philip K Dick’s Electric Dreams, although all ten episodes have since aired …
Continue readingThe Commuter is the third episode in Philip K Dick’s Electric Dreams and is set in an era that feels like a mixture of ’60s, ’70s and ’80s, with decor jumping between all three. Having …
Continue readingThe Martian is Matt Damon‘s character, Mark Watney, part of the six-strong Ares III mission, visiting the red planet to collect soil samples etc. Unfortunately, some planet seem to have worse weather than Greater Manchester …
Continue readingThe Martian is Matt Damon‘s character, Mark Watney, part of the six-strong Ares III mission, visiting the red planet to collect soil samples etc. Unfortunately, some planet seem to have worse weather than Greater Manchester …
Continue readingMetal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is long-awaited, but has arrived not quietly and all stealth-like, but instead has kicked the door in and demanded you show it some love. The question is… does …
Continue readingMetal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes is set in 1975, one year after Peace Walker, where Paz Ortega was missing and considered presumed de ad. Snake’s backstory in graphic novel-style format with text, and you’re …
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