The Mission Impossible franchise has been quietly hard at work, building mind-blowing action sequences and clever characters, slowly increasing critical credibility and box-office taking at the same time. To be completely honest, besides the odd Mission Impossible 2 none have been anything resembling bad yet never completely a classic either. This all changes with Mission Impossible-Fallout which sets itself apart …
Watchcast July- Aquaman, SDCC, James Gunn
Welcome to the July Edition of the Watchcast. It’s our podcast about movies and TV shows (and various other red herrings and ramblings!!!) July had been a rather busy month with San Diego Comic Con showing us glimpses of Glass, Shazaam and Aquaman. There was the firing of James Gunn from the Guardians of the Galaxy films as well as …
‘Ant-Man and The Wasp’ Review
If you’re anything like me, you’re feeling a bit down after the closing minutes of Avengers: Infinity War and whatever comes next out of the mighty Marvel Studios needs to be consequential or whimsical. So, the first movie out Ant Man and the Wasp is the latter, a light-hearted fare with fun action, a good nature sense of humour and …
The Troubled Times of Friday the 13th: The Game.
Humble Beginnings: Originally announced by developer IllFonic as Slasher Vol 1: Summer Camp in mid-2015 it wasn’t long before publisher Gun Media, following talks with Friday the 13th co-creator Sean S. Cunningham, announced the conversion of the project from the afore mentioned original property into an officially licensed Friday the 13th game. Horror fans rejoiced as this was the first …
Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom Review
The success of Jurassic World reinvigorated the dormant franchise and while nobody would claim it to be a masterpiece, its amusement park ride was entertaining. Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom its sequel returns with some interesting twists on a familiar formula. It is a better film than its predecessor but also suffers from fatigue with its spectacle as now magnificent creatures …
Gamescast ‘E3 2018’ Edition
If you’re a gamer then E3 can be your favourite time of the year and e3 2018 is no different. All those announcements, trailers and posturing is something to behold. We get together and break down each of the shows by what we like and what we didn’t. There is as always with E3 much to talk about. It would …
Watchcast June 2018: Solo Edition
It’s been a busy month personally and yet somehow that managed to be superseded by a ridiculous amount of movies and tv. It was a busy month for blockbuster and we discuss a few of them, with a focus on our thoughts about Solo: A Star Wars Story and why it’s tanking at the box-office. There is trailer discussion about …
Gamescast May 2018- God of War etc.
It’s been a while since we have a gamecast and there is a whole lot of catching up to do. God of War, Into the Breach, Crusader King 2, Into the Spire and more. We discuss whether E3 has been ruined by a Canadian Walmart Leak and we make some prediction of our own. There is the usual ‘less than …