Review: The Ninth Configuration
Blu-ray: The Ninth Configuration (1980) As a fan of film, on occasion a review copy Blu-ray will plop on my mat, and on opening it I will sigh and think ‘Oh fuck, here we go’. It’s not a resigned sigh or even a horrified exhale, but rather a ‘how can I possibly write a critical piece about […]
Retro Review: Beach Head
Beach Head Released: 1984 Platform: ZX Spectrum Publisher: U.S. Gold Developer: Access Software Beach Head was one of the first ever computer games I played! Let’s just think about that for a moment. I’m 40 years old in July and I’ve been playing video games for most of my life. It amazes me how much of […]
Live Event: Hard Rock Hell United (Podcast Pt3)
Chris joins me for the 3rd and final part of our Hard Rock Hell United 2016 shows as we chat with 9 bands on the Saturday. As with the previous 2 shows, we play 2 songs from each band to give you a flavour of what they are like. Yes this is a LONG episode, […]
Retro Review: Shinobi
Shinobi Released: 1987 Platform: Arcade Publisher: Sega Developer: Sega I think by now people know about my love for all things Ninja related when I was growing up. However, if you’re still a little bit unsure how I felt about these acrobatic assassins then please check out my review for the movie Pray For Death here. […]
Review: The Hunted
Streaming: The Hunted (2015) Created by Robert Chapin, The Hunted began life in 2001 as an online web series and continues to this day, making it one of, if not THE, longest running online series. It has built an international audience and is fuelled by user generated content which gives each episode its own identity, while […]
Review: The Life of Rock with Brian Pern
Blu-ray: The Life of Rock with Brian Pern (2014-) I will always be eternally grateful to Brian Pern for discovering Kate Bush. Written by BAFTA nominated and Emmy Award winning director/writer Rhys Thomas and The Fast Show’s Simon Day, ‘The Life of Rock with Brian Pern’ follows the ‘story’ of the eponymous singer/songwriter/Rock God, his band THOTCH and associated muscians, […]
Live Event: Hard Rock Hell United (Podcast Pt2)
Part 2 of our Hard Rock Hell United 2016 shows completes the Friday interviews and has 8 bands and 16 songs. Part 3 will cover all of our Saturday interviews when Chris makes his first ever visit to Hard Rock Hell and will be online next weekend. The bands you will hear in this episode are: […]
Review: Three Days of the Condor
Blu-ray: Three Days of the Condor (1975) The 1970’s, home of the conspiracy thriller (want a list? Here’s a few to jog your memory; The Parallax View, Chinatown, Capricorn One, Klute, The Conversation and Three Days of the Condor, whose reputation precedes it as one of the essential paranoia films of 1970’s. Robert Redford plays […]
Review: Eureka
Blu-ray: Eureka (1983) Performance, Walkabout, The Man Who Fell to Earth, Don’t Look Now and Masters of Cinema’s new release of ‘Eureka‘ are all films by Nicolas Roeg. I would expect any film fan to have heard of the first 4 and probably hold those films in very high regard. I’ve read about Eureka but […]
Review: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Cinema: Review: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) At time of writing this review Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice has an average rating of 44 on Metacritic and a fairly pathetic 31% on Rotten Tomatoes. I find myself asking a few questions with the first being; are critics out of touch with the general […]