Tag Archives: Reviews

Watch the trailer for Cold Pursuit and you could be forgiven for thinking, “Do we need another geri-actioner starring Liam Neeson on a roaring rampage of revenge?” Sure, it was fun and exhilarating in Taken (opens in new tab), seeing Oskar Schindler crack skulls – after a career of gravel-throated …

Fool’s Assassin book review . Nearly 20 years have passed since Robin Hobb introduced FitzChivalry Farseer to fantasy fans, and in that time the genre’s favourite bastard son has become one of its most famous characters. The Farseer trilogy took Fitz from outcast child to hardened assassin, but as this …

Star Wars Storyboards: The Original Trilogy book review . If it sometimes feels like there’s little new to say about the original Star Wars trilogy, rest assured that there’s still plenty of things to see. The latest beautiful offering from the Lucasfilm archives (once again curated by JW Rinzler, biographer-in-chief …

Episode 2.10 Writers: Jake Coburn & Keto Shimizu Director: Rob Hardy THE ONE WHERE: As Oliver’s obsession with the Mirakuru threat intensifies, Starling City is targeted by a crazed bomber known as Shrapnel. Perfect time for Sebastian Blood to hold a public rally… THE VERDICT: For all the explosive potential …

The Martian book review . The Martian comes highly recommended. Originally self-published in 2012, it garnered thousands of great reviews and praise from none other than Stephen Baxter. So does this story of an astronaut stranded on Mars live up to the hype? Mostly, yes. Mark Watney is an astronaut …

Episode 2.09 Writers: Greg Berlanti & Andrew Kreisberg, Geoff Johns & Ben Sokolowski Director: Michael Schultz THE ONE WHERE: Oliver suffers a series of hallucinations after Barry saves his life. Slade is revealed to be alive and well and very threatening indeed. THE VERDICT: Now this is the business: Arrow …

Robert Holmes: A Life In Words book review . If he were still with us, Robert Holmes would probably be bewildered and appalled at becoming the subject of a book. A humble man, he referred to himself as “just a hack script writer”. Classic Who fans disagree; for many, this …

The Rabbit Back Literature Society book review. A novel about novelists writing novels. Um. Or maybe not. Far from being an ordnance survey map of the author’s navel, The Rabbit Back Literature Society is a lobster-pot of a book. It lures you in with an irresistibly quirky, witty opening and …

Atlantis 1.04 “Twist Of Fate” TV REVIEW (opens in new tab) Episode 1.04 Writer: Richard McBrien Director: Alice Troughton THE ONE WHERE Jason, Hercules and Pythagoras find an abandoned baby with royal connections. VERDICT Atlantis transforms the Oedipus myth into Three Men And A Baby , and many, many gags …

(opens in new tab) Episode 5.03 Writer: Howard Overman Director: William McGregor THE ONE WHERE Abby discovers who she really is: the imaginary creation of a girl called Laura. Meanwhile Finn suffers unusual advances from Greg and a lad who can fly comes to Rudy’s rescue. VERDICT Possibly the best …