• Next on Netflix #18

    Welcoming a return to Next on Netflix, Liam launches the latest of our next best recommendations with three very assorted yet advisable titles to experience. The Square This Egyptian-American documentary from director Jehane Noujaim was the first Netflix production to be nominated for an Oscar in 2013, and was robbed of...
  • TV Review – Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, Season 2, Episode 2

    Titled “Heavy Is the Head”, the second episode of season 2 of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D is sadly a definite step down from the epic season opener. Feeling very much like a filler episode, it continues the Crusher Creel storyline and brings it to a rather unsatisfactory end. Having said...
  • TV Review – The Strain, Season 1, Episode 8

    Warning: Spoilers follow! On The Strain this week, we see the vampire hunters Abe, Eph, Jim and Nora join forces with rat-killer/badass New Yorker Fet (Kevin Durand). Also, although many viewers may have a personal vendetta against the betrayer Jim, the tragic scene of his death was undoubtedly emotional. Fet brings a...
  • TV Review – Doctor Who, Series 8

    Warning: Season spoilers follow! Another series has come to a thrilling end. A new Doctor has well and truly landed, with the fantastic Peter Capaldi portraying a darker, less sympathetic Doctor than Matt Smith’s childish incarnation. It’s been a great series, with huge surprises and twists that have kept...
  • Short Focus – Oscar’s Hotel

    Known on YouTube for his weird yet wonderful style, vivid imagery, and eloquent, engaging storytelling, PJ Liguori (channel name: kickthepj) once again brings a host of odd characters to life in his newest short ‘Oscar’s Hotel’.   The short follows Olivier, nephew of aforementioned Oscar, and the mystical beings...
  • TV Review – Homeland, Season 4, Episode 4

    Warning: Spoilers follow! Quinn’s arrival into Pakistan leads to two steps forward but one step back for the group, Carrie is thrown several curveballs and Saul uses his contacts in Pakistani intelligence to further probe the death of Sandy in an attempt to find foul play. After the fireworks...
  • Rewind Review – The Fisher King

    The Fisher King is mad. It renders you baffled, stifled, and in love with its unravelling story. You appreciate the ingenuity imbued into this film once you try to comprehend it: to understand the method in the madness. Warning: Spoilers follow! Directed by Terry Gilliam, who often draws on...