Halo is one of the biggest video game franchises in the world. The majority of the games are sci-fi first-person shooters, which helped to make Microsoft a major player in the console market and set the standard for shooters on consoles. It started a big multimedia franchise that expanded to books, comics, and TV shows. There […]
Author: Kieran Freemantle
Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1 Review
Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1 is the start of a four-part Western epic and a passion project for Kevin Costner, who takes the director’s chair for the first time since 2003’s Open Range. In 1859 more settlers are coming to the American West. Many are drawn to a new settlement called Horizon, but it is a […]
Something in the Water Review
Something in the Water is the feature film debut of art director turned filmmaker Hayley Easton Street. What she offered is a British spin on the survival-thriller. A group of five friends travel to the Caribbean for Lizzie’s (Lauren Lyle) wedding. However, there’s tension within the group because Meg (Hiftu Quasem) and Kayla (Natalie Mitson), had […]
The Bikeriders Review
Based on a book by photographer Danny Lyon, The Bikeriders is an exploration of biker culture in the ‘60s and ‘70s and shows the rise and fall of The Vandals. Danny Lyon (Mike Faist) is a photojournalist who interviews members of The Vandals biker gang from 1965 to 1973. His main interviewee is Kathy (Jodie Comer), the wife of […]
The Exorcism Review
The Exorcism is the second exorcism horror film to star Russell Crowe in recent times. This time the Australian actor is suffering from being processed instead of casting out demons. Anthony “Tony” Miller (Crowe) is an actor preparing for his comeback role after a highly publicised drug addiction problem. He gets offered a role in the […]
The Upcoming Streaming Crunch
Streaming was seen to be a game changer for the entertainment industry. It was meant to usher in a new era where most content would be available online and make cinemas and physical media obsolete. This bright future has not come to pass and now we are starting to see signs of the streaming crunch. […]
Punch Club (PC) Review
Punch Club is a game from the Lithuanian developers Lazy Bear Games. They combine sports management and life simulation into a pop culture-laden packet. In Punch Club the player takes the role of an aspiring fighter whose father was killed when he was a child. He sets out to be the best fighter in the world and find […]
Inside Out 2 Review
Pixar returns to Riley’s mind for another coming-of-age odyssey that features a wide array of emotions in a sequel to Inside Out. Riley (Kensington Tallman) is now 13 and set to start high school. She gets invited by Coach Roberts (Yvette Nicole Brown), the coach of the high school hockey team to attend a three-day training camp. […]
The Watchers Review
The Watchers is a supernatural horror film based on a novel by A. M. Shine and serves as the feature film debut for Ishana Night Shyamalan, daughter of M. Night Shyamalan. Mina (Dakota Fanning) is an American woman working in a pet shop in Galway. She’s tasked to deliver a golden parrot to a zoo in […]
Bad Boys: Ride or Die Review
Will Smith and Martin Lawrence return for a fourth entry in the Bad Boys series. This time the buddy duo are forced to go on the run and clear their names. Mike Lowrey (Smith) has done something his friends never thought he would: settle down and marry a nice woman. But Mike is haunted by the death of […]