It’s taken 22 years for the technology to catch up with the premise of Gemini Man, a high-concept thriller that sees ace hitman Henry Brogan (Will Smith) being pursued by a younger clone of himself. Back in 1997, Tony Scott was attached to direct, and all of the usual action …
Read More »Criminal Netflix series review: “Among the most breathless TV you’ll watch all year, but not without its faults”
“It’s all so predictable,” begins detective Tony Myerscough, offering both a comment on the accused’s story and, perhaps, taking a shot at the more open-and-shut crime dramas that fill the airwaves. Criminal, though, is anything but predictable. The new Netflix show’s ambition comes across in its unique premise: an anthology …
Read More »Angel Has Fallen review: “Gerard Butler stars in dourly unremarkable threequel”
After the preposterous mayhem of Olympus Has Fallen and its equally ludicrous London-set follow-up, it’s a big ask to take unstoppable secret service agent Mike Banning seriously. Yet that is what Gerard Butler would have us do in the third outing for his bulletproof bodyguard, reintroduced in Ric Roman Waugh’s dourly …
Read More »The Lion King review: “Remake is an astonishing spectacle that very closely follows the original”
Whether or not you consider them necessary, there’s no denying that the market for Disney’s nostalgic live-action redos is huge: The Jungle Book, Aladdin and Beauty And The Beast combined have taken more than $3bn at the box office. The Lion King is the latest, and although it isn’t really …
Read More »Game of Thrones season 8 review: “Game of Thrones deserved better”
Well, that’s it. Game of Thrones is over after eight years, and I don’t blame you if Game of Thrones season 8 leaves a slightly bad taste in your mouth. While it has its good moments, most of this season is simply too rushed, with characters taking minutes to make …
Read More »Game of Thrones season 8 review: “Game of Thrones deserved better”
Well, that’s it. Game of Thrones is over after eight years, and I don’t blame you if Game of Thrones season 8 leaves a slightly bad taste in your mouth. While it has its good moments, most of this season is simply too rushed, with characters taking minutes to make …
Read More »A Plague Tale: Innocence review: “There are glimmers of something special”
A Plague Tale: Innocence might be centered around a relatively adorable little boy, but it is grim. Telling the story of two siblings: the teenage Amicia and her five-year-old brother Hugo as they struggle to find a cure for Hugo’s mysterious illness, it’s a linear puzzle-stealth game which follows the …
Read More »iBuyPower RDY ELIBG205 gaming PC review – “An incredible machine at an even better price”
Specs GPU: GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11GB CPU: Core i-9 9900K Motherboard: MSI MAG Z390 Tomahawk RAM: XPG SPECTRIX D41 RGB 16 GB DDR4-3200MHz Storage: 1TB Western Digital Blue SSD PSU: Thermaltake 650W Toughpower Grand RGB – 80 PLUS Gold CPU Cooling: iBUYPOWER 120mm RGB Liquid Cooling System Warranty: Three …
Read More »American Gods S2.02 review: “A disjointed, uneven thread that only just salvages itself”
Episode 2’s title is The Beguiling Man, but American Gods can’t seem to decide which beguiling man in particular to focus on. Whereas American Gods season 2, episode 1, for all its flaws, got all the Old Gods in one place, the second episode of the series is split between …
Read More »American Gods S2.01 review: “Dragged its heels re-explaining what had gone on”
American Gods is back for its second season, and after the first one ended with a bang – or, more accurately, a famine – season 2 picks up rather predictably with Shadow (Ricky Whittle) on the road once more with Mr Wednesday (Ian McShane), accompanied by the still very dead …
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