Green Beret Released: 1986 Platform: ZX Spectrum Publisher: Imagine Developer: Konami When I was a kid I spent many a Saturday afternoon perusing the shelves of my local computer game shop. I’d spend hours looking at the wonderful covers of all the games, studying each as if they were a beautiful piece of art hung in […]
Paperboy Released: 1984 Platform: Arcade Publisher: Atari Systems Developer: Atari Systems I have a theory that you can create a video game out of any job and make it fun. Games like Euro Truck Simulator, Farming Simulator and even Advanced Lawnmower Simulator prove my theory that no matter how mundane the task, there is a […]
Blu-ray: Treasure Trapped (2014) LARP. That one word/acronym will have you doing one of two things; you’ll either be scratching your head wondering what the hell it means, or your mind will immediately be filled with visions of people running around a field with swords. No matter which of the two camps you fall into, […]
Blu-ray: Three Amigos (1986) Three silent movie stars mistakenly end up in Mexico on a mission to save a peasant village; chaos and singing ensue. I’ve always had a bit of thing about Steve Martin (Lucky Day), his sort of humour along with Mel Brooks is that PeeWee-esque type of surreal childish vulgarity that makes […]
Streaming: Pandorica (2016) To say I have been looking forward to Pandorica is an understatement. Ever since I saw a preview of it at Comic Con Liverpool earlier this year, I have been itching to see the full version. Directed and written by Tom Paton and starring Marc Zammit, Jade Fenix-Hobday, Luke D’Silva, Bentley Kalu and Adam […]
I’ve documented my long history with The Tivoli many times during various reviews I’ve written on gigs there, but in all my years of frequenting this great venue, this was the first time that I’d ever been to ‘An Evening With’ event there, and what a fantastic guest they had with Frank Bruno. During the […]
Blu-ray: 5 Dolls for an August Moon (1970) There are times when I start watching a film to review and I already think, “what the hell am I going to write?” Or, “this seems like a Tina kind of film, I wish she was reviewing it” (sorry Tina!). ‘5 Dolls for an August Moon‘ is […]
Night Trap Released: 1993 Platform: Sega Mega CD Publisher: Sega Developer: Digital Pictures There are a lot of words that could be used to describe Night Trap; camp, boring, cheesy, hilarious, or just plain crap, but words like shameful, ultra violent, sick and disgusting simply don’t fit the profile of this game. Yet, these were […]
DVD: Janis: Little Girl Blue (2015) Janis – Little Girl Blue is a new documentary about the life and death of much loved hippie icon Janis Joplin. Janis was the original ‘rock chick’ that blazed a trail across the cultural landscape of 1960’s America. This documentary, narrated by musician Cat Power, is told through a series of letters […]
Blu-ray: Audition (1999) ‘To live means to approach death gradually’. Arrow’s newly restored release of Audition was my baptism of fire into Japanese horror. Made in 1999 and directed by Takashi Miike, Audition has shocked audiences with its graphic and grotesque scenes since its release and has become a critic’s favourite, winning various accolades and being listed […]