High Rise (2016) Review

High Rise, the new film from the brilliant Ben Wheatley, doesn’t actually release here in the UK until the 18th of March, and the US release isn’t until much later. Luckily for me though I got to see a preview screening at HOME Manchester, which included a brilliant Q+A with the film’s producer, Jeremy Thomas, probably the biggest name in […]

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100 Words or Less – The Voices

Title – The Voices  Released – 2015 Director – Marjane Satrapi Starring – Ryan Reynolds, Gemma Arterton, Anna Kendrick. Review – The Voices is likely to be the strangest film you’ve seen in a long time. A black comedy of the most morbid variety, Ryan Reynolds plays Jerry. A man who hears voices that occasionally tell him to kill. Reynolds […]

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Doctor Who ‘Hell Bent’ Review

Never be cruel, and never be cowardly, and if you are, always make amends. In this episode the Doctor makes a joke after shooting someone, stating ‘We’re on Gallifrey! “Death” is Time Lord for “man flu”.’ Well it seems this is the thinking of Steven Moffat when it comes to his characters too. We all […]

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Doctor Who ‘Heaven Sent’ Review

“Clara said; don’t take revenge. You should know I don’t always listen.”  Well as experimental episodes go, this was certainly a step up from Sleep No More, and I was one of the rare few who liked that episode. Capaldi’s Doctor all by himself, alone in a big spooky castle with only a monster for company. You’d […]

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