DVD: Centennial (1978) Centennial is a 12 episode American television miniseries based on the 1974 novel of the same name by James A. Michener that aired in America from October 1978 to February 1979. It tells the story of a town and the inhabitants of Centennial, Colorado, from 1795 to the 1970s and was produced by John Wilder. It was one […]
DVD & Digital: The Best of Men (2012)Based on the true story of the birth the Paralympic Games, The Best of Men stars Eddie Marsan as Dr. Ludwig Guttmann; a refugee doctor from Nazi Germany, who towards the end of WWII arrives at Stoke Mandeville hospital and is disgusted to see the way in which the […]
Blu-ray, DVD & Digital: Brabham (2020) Jack Brabham remains the only person to have won the F1 Driver’s and Constructor’s Championships in his own car and is a true motorsport legend. Taking on and defeating the giants of Ferrari, Lotus and Maserati are only a small part though of the life of Jack Brabham, his […]
DVD & Digital: Don’t Look Back (2020)A group of people witness a violent assault in a public park, none of them intervening as a man is battered to death.Vilified both in the general media and social media, the witnesses soon discover that their inaction during the attack has invoked a mysterious and deadly force that […]
DVD & Digital: Parallel (2018)What would you do if you had easy access to infinite parallel versions of our own world, each having their own differences in technology, art, literature, etc that have occurred over many years adjacent to ours?This is the quandary 4 friends find themselves in when they discover a secret room in […]
Chivalry 2 is an online multiplayer medieval battle game, that can be played from either a first-person or third-person viewpoint.Throwing you into 40 or 64 player battles (your choice), it is up to you to help your fellow brothers in arms (who will either be from the Agatha Knights or the Mason Order) to defeat […]
‘Convenience Store Woman’ by Sayaka Murata.A review by Megan Robinson. Convenience Store Woman is an international bestseller, with raving reviews from the likes of Sally Rooney and Vogue. It is a short novella (only 163 pages) and you have the choice of three different coloured covers: yellow, blue and pink. (I chose yellow.) The book follows […]
Pumpkin Jack: on Nintendo Switch. A review by Megan Robinson.Pumpkin Jack is a spooky 3D platformer game, in which you embody Jack, the Mythical pumpkin Lord. You follow the will of the devil on an adventure to help evil annihilate the good. The quest will take you on a journey in the Boredom Kingdom, a mythical […]
Main character Larry Laffer has graced various gaming systems for over 30 years now, and while this current iteration of his adventures sees him toning down his more over the top sexual puns for which he first gained infamy, he still delivers the classic “nudge nudge, wink wink” humour while off on his adventures.Picking up […]
Digital: Flashback (2020)Fredrick Fitzell (Dylan O’Brien) is a young man with a corporate job, a long-time girlfriend who wants assurances about their future, and a sick mother.All of his current world is turned upside down though when a chance meeting with someone from his younger days results in unsettling flashbacks into his past.Slowly piecing together […]