Fantasy

The Dragon Prince Season 1 Review

September 14 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

I’ve been eagerly anticipating The Dragon Prince ever since it was first announced. I am a huge fan of Avatar: The Last Airbender (the series, I refuse to...

The Innocents Season 1 Review

August 24 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

Just when you think that the onslaught of YA-type shows has finally finished, another one comes along in the shape of the new Netflix Original...

‘The Last Warrior’ (‘The Scythian’) | Film Review

August 21 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

You can rely on the Russians to do certain things rather well, such as meddling in elections and crafting proudly old-fashioned fantasy epics. The Last...

‘The Little Mermaid’ (2018) | Film Review

August 21 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

It takes a fair helping of fishy guts to peddle knockoff wares in the shadow of a Disney classic, but that’s exactly what Blake Harris and Chris...

Every Day (2018) Review

June 28 2018, by Daniel Hart

If Every Day demonstrates a single truth, it’s that we are running out of genuine ideas for teen drama movies. Whether it’s a goofy high school comedy...

‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars’ Season 3 Review – Ambitious Action Meets Continuity Chaos

May 8 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

Even by the usual standards of a show where teenage aliens battle with humming multi-colored laser swords, Star Wars: The Clone Wars Season 3 is...

‘Troy: Fall of a City’ Review – BBC’s Epic Take on the Iliad Legends

April 10 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

Troy: Fall of a City is the latest attempt to bring Homer’s (not that one) Illiad tales of legend to life. Life in Troy seems like...

‘Swordgai The Animation’ Season 1 Review: A Mesmerizing Blend of Violence and Humanity

March 23 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

Swordgai The Animation tells the tragic story of Gai, a child abandoned from birth, his self-inflicted retribution serves to set a course of anguish and...

Review | Bright

December 22 2017, by Daniel Hart

Sometimes, Netflix manages to secure a Hollywood star for one of their Originals. Brad Pitt in War Machine, Chadwick Boseman in Message from the King...

‘Dave Made a Maze’ Review – It’s Not Bad, But It Overstretches The Concept

September 9 2017, by Jonathon Wilson

There are few metaphors more obvious than the homemade living-room labyrinth in Dave Made a Maze. The titular Dave (Nick Thune) is a struggling artist...

Review – King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

May 30 2017, by Jonathon Wilson

Somewhere in King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, there’s a Guy Ritchie movie. You can see it, occasionally. For two or three scenes, the FX-leaden...

Review – The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies

April 14 2017, by Jonathon Wilson

I’ll be the first to admit that I was very much among the naysayers when it was revealed that Peter Jackson’s adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s...

Seventh Son Review – an over acted and terrible action-fantasy movie

April 14 2017, by Jonathon Wilson

It’s actually kind of amazing that a movie so full of individually awesome moments can be as insultingly, unforgivably terrible as Seventh Son. It’s kind...

Warcraft – Review

April 6 2017, by Jonathon Wilson

Warcraft has the best-looking Orcs I’ve ever seen in a piece of media. Honestly. Despite all the horrible things I’m going to say about this...