Dr Strange is one of the legion of Marvel films currently out in the world. It has to be said that Marvels domination of the comic book movie genre is somewhat complete. I m not a big comic book fan and find the Marvel films to be entertaining but not always at the top of... Continue Reading →
Treks in Sci-fi – A podcast review
Treks in Sci-fi is a thoroughly entertaining podcast that I have come to be an avid listener to. The series is hosted by Rico began way back in 2005 and is still going strong. One might assume it is mainly a star trek podcast and whilst this is Rico's first love it is so much... Continue Reading →
Avengers Infinity War – A review
At long last I have caught up with the masses and seen Infinity War and what a spectacle it was, I was obviously coming into the film knowing some of the plot, non-one on Earth could have avoided the key plot points after all this time. The film had a bewildering array of superheros and... Continue Reading →
Star Trek Shipyards Starfleet Ships 2151-2293 – A review
The Star Trek Shipyards is a new series of Encyclopedias of Star Trek ships from Eaglemoss Hero Collector. Eaglemoss are known for making die-cast models of the Star Trek starships which are accompanied by informative magazines. The first volume of the encyclopedias, which will eventually cover Starfleet ships of all eras and move on to... Continue Reading →
The Maze Runner Film Trilogy – A Review
The Maze Runner Trilogy is something that has only just been on my radar in the past few years. I have been aware of the films, the concept and lead characters but something stopped me from seeing it. I think that I felt that after the Hunger Games phenomena that The Maze Runner series was... Continue Reading →
Solo: A Star Wars Story – A review
This month the DVD/Blu-ray edition of the latest of the revival Star Wars films hit the shelves and it gave me chance to give it a long hard look. Solo like perhaps most of the recent films has its critics but for me, there's only one major flaw in the story as a whole and... Continue Reading →
The Thirteenth Doctor – Unlucky for some?
Last night (7/10/18) we got see Jodie Whitaker premiere as the thirteenth Doctor. After much trepidation we all got to see what the Doctor would be like in a female form. There has been much debate about whether the Doctor should be female or not and on the whole this argument is null and void... Continue Reading →
Trekyards – A Youtube Review
Trekyards is one of my go-to channels on YouTube, it may not be to everyone's tastes but their mix of technology and knowledge is impressive. The site is run by Captain Stuart Foley and Commander Samuel Cockings. The channel was set up in 2006 and now has over 44,000 subscribers and 1613 videos. The channels... Continue Reading →
The Seventh Doctor – the underrated Doctor?
I think just about everyone has a view on which Doctor was the best in Doctor Who. The series has run for 55 years and included 13 different Doctors (14 if you count the War Doctor) giving plenty of characters to chose from. Traditionally the Doctor that you saw as a child is generally the... Continue Reading →