Netflix – The Umbrella Academy
When it comes to TELEVISION, normally I’m not much of a binge-watcher. But last week I was stuck at home for two days straight, and my only options were Spend…
When it comes to TELEVISION, normally I’m not much of a binge-watcher. But last week I was stuck at home for two days straight, and my only options were Spend…
Amazon Prime’s Hanna: reintroduces the visitor to the story-line of the original film in direct style, foregoing the flash-backs used in the source material. Though this story-telling choice alleviates the…
A Dalek mutant buried under Sheffield builds itself a casing out of scrap, in a New Year special that finally remembers how to make a monster frightening.
Series 11 ends with Tim Shaw as a false god and Graham deciding whether to avenge Grace, in a finale with no scale, no stakes and no season to resolve.
A cabin in Norway hides a mirror world that offers back the dead, in the strangest and most divisive episode of Series 11, and the one Graham needed.
A creature that eats energy gets loose on a medical transport, in the season’s flimsiest hour, redeemed slightly by a genuinely good monster design.
If you were to casually scroll through sci-fi forums or Twitter this week, you’d be forgiven for thinking Doctor Who Series 11 just parked the TARDIS right on top of…
Giant spiders overrun a Sheffield hotel built on a landfill, in an episode that wants to be about corporate greed and forgets to be about spiders.
The Doctor and the fam get stranded on Desolation in a race across a dead planet, in a handsome, weightless episode that drops the season’s only real clue.
Jodie Whittaker’s Doctor falls through a train roof with no TARDIS, no sonic and no memory, in a debut that gets the character right and the plot wrong.
A fresh Avengers Infinity War review: Marvel spent a decade earning your trust, then let the villain win. The boldest ending the studio has ever filmed.
Having lived in Africa for quite a few years, I was a bit torn with this film. Overall it was an enjoyable experience, but it wasn’t perfect in my opinion…
It’s difficult to catch lightning in a bottle twice, and that’s exactly what James Gunn tries to do in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. The word “Marvel,” as in…
There’s a lot to be excited about this year movie-wise, what with Infinity War coming out. But, with Marvel and Disney eclipsing any other movie releases happening, let’s talk about…
Two Doctors refuse to regenerate at the same moment, in a slight, gentle Christmas special that exists almost entirely to say goodbye properly.
Another year has flown by and like always, it’s time to reflect back on the stand out films and comics that came out. 2016 was one of the worst years…
A review of Thor: Ragnarok, where Taika Waititi turns the least interesting Avenger into the funniest one and Asgard’s golden age turns out to be a cover story.
My Spider-Man Homecoming review: why Tom Holland nails the teenage Peter Parker better than anyone, plus the acting, growth, and MCU ties.
The writer of the last classic serial returns after twenty-eight years with a story about Picts, Romans, a gate between worlds, and a creature that eats light.
It’s hard to believe that it’s been seventeen years since Hugh Jackman first suited up to play Wolverine/ Logan. I remarked to a friend of mine that Hugh Jackman had…
This was another book that was very easy to enjoy. Station Rage has action and intrigue, beginning with some history of DS9 and the Cardassians, building into scenes of espionage…