Retro Review: Super Smash TV
Super Smash TV Released: 1992 Platform: Sega Megadrive Publisher: Acclaim Developer: Probe Software Want to win amazing prizes such as a brand new toaster or shiny new VCR? If the answer is yes then all you have to do is enter a deadly arena riddled with explosive mines, hundreds of baseball bat wielding maniacs, tanks, […]
Review: ToryBoy the Movie
DVD: ToryBoy the Movie (2010) With the current political climate (Brexit, an American President-elect who apparently likes grabbing felines) dominating media headlines and the general public’s social media timelines, now is the perfect time to watch the 2010 documentary ToryBoy the Movie. Directed by and starring twice BAFTA nominated filmmaker John Walsh (make sure to […]
Review: Gomorrah Seasons 1 & 2
Television: Gomorrah (2014 -) In May 2017 the long wait will be finally over as Sky Atlantic finally fills the void for those of us who have been long-starved of tales of betrayal, treachery and the violent struggle of a family to gain power over its kingdom. But if you think that this is a […]
Live Event: Wales Comic Con, November 5th – 6th, 2016.
A few years back I caused a bit of a Twitter storm with a review of Wales Comic Con. I try to be ‘nice’ in reviews but am always aware that when I read a review I want the truth, good and bad. I am also a geek (yes it IS possible to be ‘old’ […]
Review: The World at War
Blu-ray: The World at War (1973) There are certain documentary television series that made an impact on me as a kid: Kenneth Clark’s Civilisation, Carl Sagan’s Cosmos, and The World at War. My father, born in 1934 and interested in WW1 and WW2 would sit and watch, and I vividly remember sitting with him, hearing […]
Review: Kes
Blu-ray: Kes (1969) Little Billy Casper; poor, working class and always in trouble with the police, finds a Kestral and trains it. Bullied by the lads at school, tortured by the PE teacher, abused by his older brother and his mum (well she doesn’t give a shit about him) Billy knows his future is down […]
Retro Review: Body Harvest
Body Harvest Released: 1998 Platform: Nintendo 64 Publisher: Gremlin Interactive Developer: DMA Design For my second Halloween themed review I wanted to revisit a game that I played a lot when it was originally released. Although Body Harvest isn’t a traditional horror game, it does share a lot in common with 50’s B-movie science fiction, […]
Review: Luke Cage
Streaming: Luke Cage (2016 – ) Fresh from his success in the Jessica Jones series on Netflix, former Power Man Luke Cage gets his own Netflix series and 60 Minutes With sent Steve Woolley on a 13 episode trip to Harlem to check it out and to get his damn hair cut while he’s there. […]
Review: Cosmos
Blu-ray: Cosmos (2015) Cosmos, directed by the late Andrzej Zulawski, tells the story of two young men; Witold (Johnathan Genet) and Fuchs (Johan Libereau) who arrive for a few days away at a family run guest house in a rural area of France. Witold has just failed his law exams and Fuchs has just quit his […]
Review: The Fall
DVD: The Fall (2013 – ) The beauty of Allan Cubitt’s The Fall is the backbone of all great television; the arc the characters live through and the unravelling of motives and actions that are subtle, and take time, but in the end allow the viewer to make sense of what’s happened. Over 3 series […]