Chris’s Top Fifty Videogame Competitions of the Year #10 – #01
For the full context of this list, please make sure to read part 1 of this fantastic feature. 10: Lego City Undercover Developer: TT Fusion Publisher: Warner Brothers Interactive Available on: PC, PS4, Xbox One, WiiU, Nintendo Switch Dave and I absolutely loved Lego City Undercover mainly due to its imaginative open world gameplay, and […]
Review: Love, Lies and Records
DVD: Love, Lies and Records (2017) Kate (Ashley Jensen) is a registrar who works full time while coping with grumpy teenagers at home, office politics and also does some amateur sleuthing on the side. Living with (not married to) a policeman, she is popular, warm and kind, and everyone loves her. Well, everyone apart from […]
Review: Eagle of the Ninth
DVD: Eagle of the Ninth (1977) Eagle of the Ninth, originally a novel written for kids by Rosemary Sutcliff in 1954 is a story set in Roman Britain in the 2nd century AD, and tells the tale of our hero, a young Roman officer named Marcus Flavius Aquila (perfect casting of Anthony Higgins, who stars […]
Chris’s Top Fifty Videogame Completions of the Year #20 – #11
For the full context of this list, please make sure to read part 1 of this fantastic feature. 20: Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Developer: Sonic Team Publisher: Sega Available on: Practically everything, but played on the Xbox One with backwards compatibility Sonic the Hedgehog 2 has to be the biggest surprise out of my top […]
Chris’s Top Fifty Videogame Completions of the Year #30 – #21
For the full context of this list, please make sure to read part 1 of this fantastic feature. 30: Layers of Fear Developer: Bloober Team Publisher: Aspyr Media Inc Available on: PC, PS4, Xbox One I love a good horror game, and despite some saying that the horror genre in gaming is dead, (no pun […]
Chris’s Top Fifty Videogame Completions of the Year (#40 – #31)
For the full context of this list, please make sure to read part 1 of this fantastic feature. 40: CounterSpy Developer: Dynamighty Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment Available on: PS3, PS4, PlayStation Vita, Android, iOS This 2.5D side scrolling platform shooter takes place in the world of espionage and world domination. Set in the 60’s, you […]
Chris’s Top Fifty Videogame Completions of the Year (#50 – #41)
Towards the end of 2016, it occurred to me that I owned more games than I will ever get the chance to play. Even if I took early retirement and spent the rest of my days playing games, I would probably still not get chance to finish them all! My problem is that I get […]
Review: The Wonderful Worlds of Ray Harryhausen, Vol 2: 1961-64
Blu-ray: The Wonderful Worlds of Ray Harryhausen, Volume 2: 1961-64 After singing the praises of Volume 1 of this collection in my review last month, it was with great pleasure that I got to sit through yet another superb box set release from Powerhouse Films. It now almost goes without saying that the picture quality and […]
Review: I Am Heath Ledger
Blu-ray & DVD: I Am Heath Ledger (2017) Heath Ledger died at only 28 years old, leaving behind a filmography and a passion for creativity that had him on a trajectory to accomplish so much more. I Am Heath Ledger tells the story of his life, incorporating video and photographs from cameras that were always […]
Live Event: Jane Weaver – The Hare &Hounds, November 29th, 2017.
News of Jane Weaver’s tour caused a rush of excitement and a raise of the eyebrow in the Woolley commune, I have been a massive fan of her work since hearing her 2007 Cherlokalate album, but the Hare and Hounds? I expected a jasmine scented outdoor amphitheatre with Jane entering the stage as the Summer […]