Frank Cottrell-Boyce previous attempt at writing for this show was 2014’s In The Forest of the Night. To call that episode a misfire is perhaps the friendliest way to describe it. The lyrical dialogue and jittery tempo may have worked under different circumstances, unfortunately In the Forest of the Night fell on the wrong sideContinue reading “‘Hollow Linguistics’ – Doctor Who 10.2: Smile”
Author Archives: Amber Poppitt
‘Moffat Rebooted’ Doctor Who 10.1: The Pilot
The Doctor and Nardole go undercover as a professor/assistant at Duke’s University in Bristol. While there, the Doctor befriends a girl named Bill Potts. After falling for a fellow student who’s assimilated by a sentient puddle of rocket fuel, Bill finds herself fleeing with the Doctor and Nardole across the Universe in a bid toContinue reading “‘Moffat Rebooted’ Doctor Who 10.1: The Pilot”
Logan: Why Some Superhero Movies Should Embrace the F**k out of R-Ratings
After the success of Deadpool (2016), making an R-rated superhero movie within a pre-existing heavyweight franchise no longer seemed like such a chancy move for studios. Adult-rated superhero movies had been done before of course – Watchmen, Dredd, Kick-Ass and Blade to name a few – but never had one within such financially successful series been attempted in modern times. BeingContinue reading “Logan: Why Some Superhero Movies Should Embrace the F**k out of R-Ratings”
‘The Periphery of a Legend’ – Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
When Disney announced its acquisition to the rights of the Star Wars franchise in 2012, two things immediately sprang to mind. Firstly, from 2015 onward, the world was most likely going to get one of these films every year until time collapsed in on itself. Star Wars would likely outlive pretty much every darn personContinue reading “‘The Periphery of a Legend’ – Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”
Suicide Squad
When the initial teasers for Suicide Squad (2016) dropped, reactions were pretty positive across the board. Seeing as the overly-earnest crapfest which was Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice was still fresh in the minds of many, a DCU movie coming from an exciting, quirky, colourful and downright funny seemed like a much needed breathContinue reading “Suicide Squad”
Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice
In a world where Disney’s MCU is hoovering up all the money year after year, it was only a matter of time before Warner Bros attempted something similar with DC. Batman V Superman – the follow up to 2012’s Man of Steel – is the first attempt at such a project. Man of Steel wasContinue reading “Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice”
Man Of Steel
I’ve always struggled to properly engage with the works of Zack Snyder. 300 (2006) was, if anything, an over the top, aesthetic-obsessed cartoon of a movie with next to no purpose other than showing off how sexy its visuals were. Watchmen (2009) could’ve been perceived as a step in the right direction, however the depthContinue reading “Man Of Steel”
Tangerine
Released on July 10th 2015, Tangerine focuses on the day-to-day lives of two working girls as they storm through the streets of Tinseltown. The feature received a healthy share of praise upon its initial debut and stood out among many of the other films released that same year, largely due to two specific reasons. TheContinue reading “Tangerine”
10 Cloverfield Lane
Warning: spoilers are sprinkled abundantly throughout this review. After the original Cloverfield was released back in 2008, mutterings of potential sequels begun emerging pretty fast . Many years passed since those claims were made, however, and nothing ventured forth from the woodwork. If truth be told, I was never a massive fan of the firstContinue reading “10 Cloverfield Lane”
Oblivious Insomniac 