Jun
02
2020
Star Trek books have always been a bit of a quandary. Unlike the old Star Wars Expanded Universe or even the new Canon novels, the Trek novels have always been treated as non-canonical. On one level this has given authors the freedom...
Mar
03
2020
Blazing Minds talks to Phil Harris, the designer behind the best escape room in the UK.
The Lanes in Brighton is a high-end shopping district filled with antique shops, art galleries and boutiques. On any given day of the week...
Feb
28
2020
It’s been 18 years since we last saw Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart). What’s more, it’s been 18 years since there was a Star Trek show that moved the timeline forward. Since 2002 there have been a total of 127...
Jan
27
2020
The First Season Wraps up in spectacular style!
In my last review, I speculated on how this first season would end. Would it build to a crescendo bringing back the characters from earlier in the season? Or would it continue...
Jan
06
2020
Recently we brought to a review of the RealD 3D 4DX screening of Star Wars The Rise of Skywalker, now Jim King brings us his thoughts on the movie. - Editor
It’s being touted as the end of The Skywalker...
Dec
18
2019
The Mandalorian experiments with different formats in the three latest episodes.
If the first
three episodes of The Mandalorian served as an opening act then the
following three see it settling into a rhythm and giving us an insight into
what the...
Dec
03
2019
Amid controversy over his comments on Superhero Cinema, Martin Scorsese returns with a gangster epic that reunites some familiar faces in The Irishman.
When details began to emerge about The Irishman, or I Hear You Paint Houses as it is...
Nov
30
2019
The Mandalorian kicks things up a gear with its most consistent episode yet. Spoilers follow for the whole series to date.
It’s time to put all the cards on the table now. If you are reading these reviews I have...
Nov
22
2019
How does the sophomore episode of the Disney + series stack up? Mild spoilers for the first two episodes ahead.
One concern I had about the initial episode of The Mandalorian was that it was perhaps a touch too reliant...
Nov
15
2019
Arriving on Disney +, The first-ever Star Wars live-action TV show is here!
Star Wars has had an interesting history on TV, beginning with the now-infamous Star Wars Holiday Special in 1978, a show so bad George Lucas once threatened...
Nov
08
2019
The fabled director’s cut of Clive Barker’s 1990 film
finally gets a restoration, but is it the lost classic many were hoping for?
The Collector's Edition from Arrow
I first became aware of Nightbreed via a strange route. As a pre-teen, I...
