Review: Lucky
DVD: Lucky (2017) Knowing that Lucky was released just after Harry Dean Stanton’s death makes it all the more poignant. Seeing his hang-dawg face and big puppy eyes, this couldn’t be a more fitting farewell. Unsympathetic, yet mystical, Lucky does a jerky old man walk through life, repeat and fade, scared of death, and coming […]
Review: Superhot
Modern gaming is amazing and I genuinely believe there is something for everyone to enjoy, but I sometimes feel a little jaded especially with the first-person shooter (FPS) genre. These games have been around for years but they have become more and more popular in the HD era of videogames, particularly with the introduction of […]
Retro Review: Manx TT Superbike
Manx TT Superbike Platform: Sega Saturn Released: 1997 Developer: Tantalus Media Publisher: Sega To conclude this month’s Sega Saturn coverage I’ve decided to take a look at a game I’ve never played before. So it’s time to get your leathers on and polish your helmet (oh matron!) for some two wheeled action with Manx TT […]
Review: Walk With Me
DVD: Walk With Me (2017) Otherwise known as ‘Shhhhh, be quiet and still’. Opening with new members of the… sect? community? Having their heads shaved you can immediately see that these people are extremely happy to be losing their hair as the massive smiles and look of … peacefulness, is palpable. It’s quite nice to […]
Review: Run Chrissie Run!
DVD: Run Chrissie Run! (1984) I have to admit that I wasn’t expecting a low budget ozploitation movie to begin in London, but the opening sequence filmed there sets up the narrative that will follow. IRA member Michael Riley (Michael Aikens) reneges on killing a man and ends up shooting a fellow IRA member instead, […]
Review: Score – A Film Music Documentary
DVD & VOD: Score – A Film Music Documentary (2016) Music is well known for affecting your emotions, and none more so than in film scores where it accompanies and enhances the visual action playing out before you. The themes from Rocky, Superman, and the The Good, The Bad and The Ugly are all ingrained […]
Retro Review: Die Hard Arcade
Die Hard Arcade Platform: Sega Saturn Released: 1997 Developer: Sega Publisher: Sega Some films are seemingly ripe to be made into videogames, in particular action movies as they have the perfect ingredients to give fans the chance to relive moments from their favourite blockbuster. Making a good game is easier said than done and a […]
Review: The Passenger
Blu-ray: The Passenger (1975) While containing more dialogue than many of director Michelangelo Antonioni’s previous movies, The Passenger still focuses the majority of its narrative on the visual rather than the auditory. The camera follows the character of Locke (Jack Nicholson) like a ghostly apparition, committing his every move onto celluloid in what at times seem […]
Review: Aces High
DVD: Aces High (1976) Being a pilot in the Royal Flying Corps during WWI was a job for life…a life that would likely end within a day or two due to the high fatality rate of the brave men who stepped into the cockpit of those early flying machines. Based on the book Journeys End […]
Review: The Evil Within 2
It occurred to me the other day after I completed The Evil Within 2 that my victory felt a little bit empty. It wasn’t anything to do with the overall quality of the game, so I was initially baffled about why I felt this way. After a few minutes of pondering I figured out the […]