Tim Robins braves the cinema for this new superhero film…
Tim Robins
In Review: The Mandalorian Season Two
The Mandalorian is back for a second season… here’s Tim Robins’ take…
In Review: Doctor Who – Fury from the Deep
Creepy horror? Check. Killer seaweed? Check. Doctor Who? In spades!
In Review: The Day of the Triffids (Blu-ray)
Does the new Blu-ray of this 1980s BBC series past muster?
In Review: Doctor Who – The Faceless Ones
Tim Robins escapes alien clutches to bring you his latest review – or the editor lost the item, take your pick…
In Review: Colour Out of Space
The colour is purple, now that ‘spoiler’ is out of the way you can focus on the rest of Tim Robin’s review of the new film
In Review: Doctor Who – Ascension of the Cybermen
Tim Robins tries to make sense of Ascension of the Cybermen, which is not as easy for him as you might think…
In Review: Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (Spoiler Warning!)
Review by Tim Robins The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once more as Rey, Finn and Poe Dameron’s journey continues. With the power and knowledge of generations behind them, the final battle commences… WARNING: DO NOT READ ON IF… Read More ›
Doctor Who Appreciation Society’s Celestial Toyroom reaches landmark 500th issue
Doctor Who is 56 today, and Celestial Toyroom, the magazine of the Doctor Who Appreciation Society – and longest running Doctor Who magazine – has reached 500 issues.
In Review: Doctor Sleep
Review by Tim Robins Director: Mike Flanagan Staring: Ewan McGregor (Danny Torrance), Rebecca Ferguson (Rose the Hat), Alexandra Essoe (Wendy Torrance), Kyliegh Curran (Abra), Zahn McClarnon (Crow Daddy), Bruce Greenwood (Dr. John Dalton) and more Struggling with alcoholism, Dan Torrance… Read More ›
Guarded delight at news of animated Doctor Who story, “Fury from the Deep”
By Tim Robins Fans of Classic Doctor Who will be excited to hear that the Season Five story Fury from the Deep will return as a wholly animated adventure in 2020. The story sees The Doctor (Patrick Troughton), Victoria (Deborah Watling)… Read More ›
In Review: Joker
Tim Robins had to drag himself kicking and screaming to see Joker – and the film lived up to Tim Robins gloomy expectations…
In Review – X-Men: Dark Phoenix
Review by Tim Robins The Film: The story of one of the X-Men’s most beloved characters, Jean Grey, as she evolves into the iconic Dark Phoenix. During a life-threatening rescue mission in space, Jean is hit by a cosmic force… Read More ›
In Review: Game of Thrones – The Iron Throne
Review by Tim Robins WARNING: SPOILERS! DO NOT READ ON IF YOU HAVE NOT WATCHED THE SERIES FINALE… YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED… SPOILERS AHEAD… And Lo! There Shall Be an Ending! Game of Thrones managed to end on a satisfactory,… Read More ›
In Review – Avengers: Endgame (and the perils of writing reviews of a blockbuster)
Review Tim Robins WARNING: For those of you who still haven’t seen the film, there are spoilers in this review. You’ll find out why we chose to include these below. The Film: Adrift in space with no food or water,… Read More ›
In Review: Shazam!
Reviewed by Tim Robins We all have a superhero inside of us — it just takes a bit of magic to bring it out. In 14-year-old Billy Batson’s case, all he needs to do is shout out one word to… Read More ›
In Review: Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story
By “Tim Bobbins” Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story, a 2014 documentary about the life of Chris Seivey and his big headed persona ‘Frank Sidebottom’ has finally found distribution after starting life as a Kick-Starter campaign. Picturehouse offered Brighton an… Read More ›
In Review: Captain Marvel
Review by Tim Robins The Plot: Captain Marvel is an extraterrestrial Kree warrior who finds herself caught in the middle of an intergalactic battle between her people and the Skrulls. Living on Earth in 1995, she keeps having recurring memories… Read More ›
In Review: Doctor Who – Resolution
Review by Tim Robins First UK Broadcast: New Year’s Day 2019 Writer: Chris Chibnall Director: Wayne Yip Guest Starring: Daniel Adegboyega, Michael Ballard, Nicholas Briggs As the new year begins, a terrifying evil from across the centuries of Earth’s history… Read More ›
In Review: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse
Review by Tim Robins The Film: Bitten by a radioactive spider in the subway, Brooklyn teenager Miles Morales suddenly develops mysterious powers that transform him into the one and only Spider-Man. When he meets Peter Parker, he soon realizes that… Read More ›