Review

The DCEU has always fared better with its solo movies than its team-ups. And so it resoundingly proves with Shazam!, an adaptation of one of its lesser known characters in a determinedly small and contained standalone. It’s one of the most irresistibly likeable superhero films in ages. An obvious point …

Creative is having a resurgence in gaming audio right now, and has swiftly become one of the best options when it comes to headsets. While there are literally 100s of gaming headsets to choose from in 2019, no matter what platform you play on, Creative is managing to stand out …

“Us is a horror movie,” tweeted Jordan Peele recently, lest anyone got the wrong idea and started calling it ‘elevated horror’ or some such. Two years after Get Out stirred subtexts into suspense with hypnotic dexterity, Peele’s second feature refreshes and – indeed – reveres the influences of George A …

After a slightly more lowkey episode last week, Star Trek Discovery season 2 (opens in new tab) is back to its usual action-packed antics with episode 5, Saints of Imperfection, which sees the crew attempt to rescue Tilly (Mary Wiseman) as more than a few familiar faces from the past …

It’s been a while since we’ve boldy gone anywhere with the USS Discovery, but Star Trek Discovery season 2 (opens in new tab) wastes no time in getting back into the swing of things with an explosive first episode, Brother, which barely gives you a moment to pause for breath. …

Razer’s been noisily vying for dominance of the PC peripheral market for years now, and the 2018 refresh of its Mamba gaming mouse is a welcome iteration on an already strong peripheral. It’s slick, comfortable to hold, and works extremely well regardless of whether it’s wired up to a PC …

Faint incredulity greeted the news that arthouse powerhouse Steve McQueen would follow the Oscar-winning 12 Years a Slave (opens in new tab) with a remake of 1983 Brit-TV crime series Widows. What next, a big-screen Minder reboot? But transformed into this tough, topical, and unabashedly thrilling Chicago-set female heist movie, …

Beheaded. Such was the end for one of my former party members in Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales, after a judgment call I made in the hopes of meting out justice effectively sentenced him to death. And though this grisly execution was never shown on-screen – only mentioned in a single, …

Six years on from the belated release of The Cabin in the Woods (opens in new tab), Drew Goddard returns with his second film as writer/director. A bloody 1960s-set crime yarn centred on the eponymous run-down Lake Tahoe hotel, Bad Times at the El Royale comes armed with quick-draw dialogue, …

Britain is an unlikely location for the Horizon Festival to grace with its presence. You can almost feel the politeness as you zoom through the beautiful countryside, like someone’s already asked everyone if they could ‘turn it down a little bit’. There’s still a radio full of music straight from …