Review: Don’t Look Back
DVD & Digital: Don’t Look Back (2020)A group of people witness a violent assault in a public park, none of them intervening as a man is battered to death.Vilified both in the general media and social media, the witnesses soon discover that their inaction during the attack has invoked a mysterious and deadly force that […]
Review: Parallel
DVD & Digital: Parallel (2018)What would you do if you had easy access to infinite parallel versions of our own world, each having their own differences in technology, art, literature, etc that have occurred over many years adjacent to ours?This is the quandary 4 friends find themselves in when they discover a secret room in […]
Review: Chivalry 2
Chivalry 2 is an online multiplayer medieval battle game, that can be played from either a first-person or third-person viewpoint.Throwing you into 40 or 64 player battles (your choice), it is up to you to help your fellow brothers in arms (who will either be from the Agatha Knights or the Mason Order) to defeat […]
Review: Convenience Store Woman
‘Convenience Store Woman’ by Sayaka Murata.A review by Megan Robinson. Convenience Store Woman is an international bestseller, with raving reviews from the likes of Sally Rooney and Vogue. It is a short novella (only 163 pages) and you have the choice of three different coloured covers: yellow, blue and pink. (I chose yellow.) The book follows […]
Review: Pumpkin Jack
Pumpkin Jack: on Nintendo Switch. A review by Megan Robinson.Pumpkin Jack is a spooky 3D platformer game, in which you embody Jack, the Mythical pumpkin Lord. You follow the will of the devil on an adventure to help evil annihilate the good. The quest will take you on a journey in the Boredom Kingdom, a mythical […]
Review: Leisure Suit Larry: Wet Dreams Dry Twice
Main character Larry Laffer has graced various gaming systems for over 30 years now, and while this current iteration of his adventures sees him toning down his more over the top sexual puns for which he first gained infamy, he still delivers the classic “nudge nudge, wink wink” humour while off on his adventures.Picking up […]
Review: Flashback
Digital: Flashback (2020)Fredrick Fitzell (Dylan O’Brien) is a young man with a corporate job, a long-time girlfriend who wants assurances about their future, and a sick mother.All of his current world is turned upside down though when a chance meeting with someone from his younger days results in unsettling flashbacks into his past.Slowly piecing together […]
Review: Duel
Blu-ray & DVD: Duel (1971)A lone man (Dennis Weaver) in a car being terrorised by a mystery driver in a truck may not sound the most thrilling narrative thread to hang a 90 minute movie on, but under the assured direction of a young Steven Spielberg from a story by Richard Matheson, Duel has kept viewers […]
Review: Line of Duty (Series 6)
DVD & Blu-ray: Line of Duty (Series 6)Please see my previous reviews of all 5 series of Line of Duty for background up to this new series.Also – spoilers!Possibly one of the best TV series around, this much needed and looked forward to series 6 of Line of Duty was essential viewing a few weeks […]
Review: Shock Wave – Hong Kong Destruction
Blu-ray & DVD: Shock Wave – Hong Kong Destruction (2020)Shock Wave: Hong Kong Destruction (AKA: Shock Wave 2) is a Hong Kong based Chinese language action film which apparently is NOT a direct sequel, but is in fact a stand alone story featuring new characters but the same cast as number one. Written and directed by […]