It’s bombastic, ridiculous, bizarre, hilarious, heartwarming, poignant, thought-provoking and beautiful all rolled into 2 hours 20 minutes. A literal emotional rollercoaster and I left the film just in awe at what I’d been party to.
Director: Robert Eggers Starring: Alexander Skarsgård; Nicole Kidman; Claes Bang; Anya Taylor-Joy; Ethan Hawke; Björk; Willem Dafoe The Northman is a great…
In short, it’s a WW2 Hex and turn-based strategy game that puts you in control of large armies in Spain, France, Africa, Russia and the defence of the fatherland, with the added bonus of some very interesting counterfactual battles, like Spain entering the war and the invasion of Britain.
It is common knowledge that actor Henry Cavill is a proud Geek and one who seems to be happy to fly the flag for his passion and therefore us, in his social feed and even in interviews. Seeing an Instagram post of him reading a Black Library book, building a gaming rig, painting a Custodie or even talking about a Black Stone Fortress and World of Warcraft in interviews, warmed so many geeks' hearts and made us feel; you know what? Maybe we are living in a time where it's become acceptable to do
Dune is visually stunning, musically evocative and narratively well-paced
Free Guy is a wonderful film, straight up heartwarming, laugh out loud funny, intense in part and adorably cute.
A film based on a Disney land ride….that has to be a first! And it very much plays up to the “theme ride” feel, at least initially, with a point at the start…
The hitman’s wife’s bodyguard is action-packed star studded and completely bombastic buuuut seems to be either trying too hard or conversely not trying at all…
Video game films are generally pretty hit and miss and in some cases just downright bad. A lot of the time the source material is used liberally and the more fantastical stuff is just ignored, or in the case of Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, so over the top that it’s badly comical. Not the case in the new Mortal Kombat, it’s true to the games, fantastical in part but grounded and it’s a bloody romp ( literally)
What was a pretty unchanged game over 4 decades has now, ironically, been given a new lease of life with the addition of Zombies. A 3rd dimension that really creates a sense of tension and uncertainty within a gain that already is quite tense at times.
First up, if you have read the title of this, are a D&D player and have no idea what a False Hydra is... then great! Stop now, don’t google it and go and ask your DM to run one. If he/ she doesn’t know, then have them look it up; it’s a lot of fun, trust me!
I have been playing 40k since the days of the original Rogue Trader book in all it’s strange and weird glory.