Into the Spider-verse. – A Spider-man: No Way Home review.

Director: Jon Watts. Starring: Tom Holland, Zendaya, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jacob Batalon, Jon Favreau, Marisa Tomei, Benedict Wong, Alfred Molina, Willem Defoe, Jamie Fox, Thomas Hayden-Chirch, Rhys Ifans Marvel Studios likes to one up itself. Be it their films, and more recently, their TV shows, they are constantly pushing the envelope of what is expected of […]

Say His Name – A Candyman (2021) review.

Director: Nia Da Costa. Starring: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Teyonah Parris, Nathen Stewart-Jarrett, Coleman Domingo, Vanessa Williams. It had such a simple premise, but such a lasting cultural impact. Say his name five times in a mirror and he appears and kills you. Candyman, based on a short story by horror maestro Clive Barker, left its […]

The Long and Winding Road – A The Beatles: Get Back review.

Directed by: Peter Jackson. Starring: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr. Many Beatles fans are probably at the point of thinking, when it come to the Fab-Four, “What else is there? What else could there possibly be?” There are countless anniversary re-issues of the bands back-catalogue, the occasional retrospective or feature film containing […]

Fear is the mind killer: A Dune (2021) review.

Director: Denis Villeneuve. Starring: Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgard, Dave Bautista, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Zendaya, David Dastmalchain, Jason Mamoa, Javier Bardem. Frank Herbert’s sci-if epic, Dune, has a turbulent and storied history of its varying journeys to the big screen. In the mid-70’s we have the aborted adaptation by avant–garde […]

They’re Back!! – A Ghostbusters: Afterlife review.

Directed by: Jason Reitman. Starring: Paul Rudd, Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard, Mckenna Grace, Logan Kim, Celeste O’Connor, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Annie Potts It has been 32 year since the continuity of the original Ghostbusters films has presented itself on the big screen. We had the 2016 Ghostbusters, directed by Paul Feig that […]

“No one wins, but somehow, they still play…”- A The Last of Us Part 2 review.

****As opposed to my more in-depth analysis of the game’s fallout, this review is largely free of plot spoilers. Some mentions are made of particular encounters and experiences, though I personally deem them to be mild in the grander scheme of the games narrative. Still, some caution is advised if you are yet to play […]

The Last of Us Part 2: My thoughts on one of the most anticipated gaming sequels of all time and the online backlash.

***Spoiler warning*** If you have yet to play The Last of Us Part 2, I strongly advise you do not continue to read this piece until you have. I have written on a lot of plot points in delving into the reception of the game. If you don’t mind spoilers, read on. The Last of […]

Mr Mid’s Further Adventures in Writing.

Doubt. What an awful little word. It’s so negative, so constricting. It’s something I have been feeling quite a lot of late, the further I become ensconced in writing my story. Is this good? I find myself asking this question after a good couple of hours of solid writing. Have I just massively wasted my […]

A Family Affair: A Years And Years review.

Written by: Russell T Davis Starring: Rory Kinnear, Russell Tovey, T’Nia Miller, Jessica Hynes, Anne Reid, Ruth Madeley, Jade Alleyne, Emma Thompson. After the resounding success of last years A Very English Scandal, one might well ask, what is next for writer Russell T Davis? For the last 20 years, Davis has been at the […]

Moving on: My thoughts on the recent Wales Comic-Con developments.

As many long time readers will know, I regularly attend Wales Comic-Con at Glyndwr University in Wrexham and have done so since 2012. Wales Comic-Con provides the requisite guest signings, Q&A’s, stalls and cosplayers that have become mainstays of the modern convention circuit. When WCC was good, it was really good, up there with the […]