“The Enchanted Sleeper” was a strong start to His Dark Materials’ Season Three. It set up a potentially exciting follow-up episode. Lyra is still being held captive by Mrs. Coulter but the various factions are approaching her location. Will, Balthamos and Iorek Byrnison are on a boat going to the island Mrs. Coulter is hiding […]
Author: Kieran Freemantle
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special Review
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special is the 2022 Christmas offering from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Kraglin Oboonteri (Sean Gunn) tells the Guardians of the Galaxy about the time Peter Quill (Chris Pratt) tried to celebrate but was prevented by Yondu (Michael Rooker). Mantis (Pom Klementieff) becomes moved by this story and sets out to […]
His Dark Materials – The Enchanted Sleeper Review
His Dark Materials has returned for its final season and starts with the episode “The Enchanted Sleeper.” Lyra has gone missing and Will travels across universes to try and find his friend. He gets two unlikely allies as he is followed by two angels. Lyra has been abducted by her mother and kept unconscious, leaving the […]
Avatar: The Way of Water Review
It has been 13 years since James Cameron introduced audiences to the world of Pandora. Cameron returns to the world he created with the long-awaited sequel to Avatar. Since the events of Avatar, Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) and Neytiri (Zoe Saldaña) have started a family. Their world gets rocked when The Sky People return to conquer Pandora […]
Rick and Morty – Ricktional Mortpoon’s Rickmas Mortcation Review
Rick and Morty’s sixth season has come to an end. It concludes with a Christmas episode and continues the wider story. It’s Christmas time and Rick gets gifts from across the multiverse for his family. This includes a lightsabre for Morty. However, when Morty drops the lightsabre vertically, he discovers that Rick had replaced himself […]
Aftersun Review
Aftersun is a coming-of-age drama from Charlotte Wells, serving as her feature film debut. Calum and Sophie Paterson (Paul Mescal and Frankie Corio) are father and daughter who go on a holiday to Turkey. Whilst on holiday the pair bond, but also have issues due to Sophie befriending a group of teenagers, and Calum battling his personal demons. Aftersun has been considered one of the […]
The James Bond Movies Ranked
The Bond franchise is one of the most successful in pop culture. The film franchise celebrates its 60th anniversary this year, spanning 25 official films and three unofficial films. They span a wide spectrum in quality, story, and tone and the franchise has been able to adapt to changing tastes and a changing political situation. […]
Decision to Leave Review
Decision to Leave is the 11th film directed by Park Chan-wook. This time the legendary Korean filmmaker made a mainstream thriller. Jang Hae-jun (Park Hae-il) is a police detective in Busan who suffers from insomnia. Jang investigates the death of a mountain climber and the mountain climber’s Chinese wife, Song Seo-rae (Tang Wei) becomes a suspect. When investigating […]
Christmas Bloody Christmas Review
Christmas Bloody Christmas is an original film for Shudder and sees the Santa slasher subgenre get a high-tech twist. Tori (Riley Dandy) is a record store owner and Robbie (Sam Delich) is her employee. They plan to spend their Christmas Eve drinking and partying. Their plans get horribly interrupted when the robotic Santa in the toy […]
Rick and Morty – A Rick in King Mortur’s Mort Review
Rick and Morty’s sixth season reached its penultimate episode. This time Rick and Morty end up in an adventure involving Medieval knights and political tensions across the Solar System. When waiting in line for a popup food truck, Morty’s chivalry gets noticed by two members of the Knights of the Sun. They offer Morty a […]