Retro Review: Action Fighter
Action Fighter Released: 1986 Platform: Sega Master System Publisher: Sega Developer: Sega Spy Hunter is one of my all time favourite arcade games! You controlled a souped-up sports car armed to the teeth with machine guns, rockets, smoke and oil slicks. Imagine a James Bond car and you’re on the right lines. The way you […]
Review: The Revenant
Cinema: The Revenant (2015) I remember watching the much lauded Birdman when it came out and thought ‘this is a bit annoying’; the soundtrack, the frenetic pace and visuals, the close-up camera work. The acting was good, the story a bit ‘meh’ and I was unimpressed. Having seen Inarritu’s other films (Babel, Biutiful) no one could […]
Retro Review: Virtua Cop
Virtua Cop Released: 1995 Platform: Sega Saturn Publisher: Sega Developer: Sega There was a time when Sega were the kings! They ruled the arcades and were extremely influential in the home console market. Unfortunately a few missteps and a lot of bad luck with the likes of the Mega CD, 32X, Saturn and the untimely demise of […]
Review: Operator
Streaming: Operator (2015) Funded by Kickstarter, Operator was inspired by a genuine 999 call. Director/writer Caroline Bartleet heard and recognised the dramatic possibilities of giving us a brief glimpse into just one fire service phone call. Short films have to be quick and punchy and it’s rare to find a 5 minute film telling a […]
Retro Review: Rescue Mission
Rescue Mission Released: 1988 Platform: Sega Master System Publisher: Sega Developer: Sega Having recently become the proud owner of a lovely 26″ Philips CRT television for the princely sum of £10, I am now able to enjoy a genre of gaming that I once loved; the light gun game. Modern televisions are amazing but sadly […]
Review: Bigfoot – Stone Soldiers
After myself and Ramrod had the pleasure of chatting to Sam and Tom from Bigfoot in our Hard Rock Hell special episode, it is great to begin 2016 with a new EP from them. ‘Stone Soldiers’ consists of 5 tracks; each one driven by a blues infused, guitar driven, drum pounding beat and all enveloped by […]
Review: Creed
Cinema: Creed (2015) Nine years after Sylvester Stallone figuratively and literally waved goodbye to everyone as Rocky at the end of Rocky Balboa, he returns to the big screen in Ryan Coogler’s ‘Creed’. No longer providing the body (in more than one sense of the word) of the movie, Stallone is without doubt the beating heart that pumps the […]
Review: The Friends of Eddie Coyle
DVD/Blu-ray: The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973) Eddie Coyle is looking at a stretch in prison and doesn’t want to leave his wife and kids reliant on welfare. He works for Jimmy Scalisi, supplying him with guns for a couple of bank jobs, but a cop named Foley is on to Eddie and he’s trying […]
Retro Review: Wonder Boy
Wonder Boy Released: 1987 Platform: Sega Master System Publisher: Sega Developer: Westone Bit Entertainment Wonder Boy is a strange one for me. It’s never considered a particularly great platforming game or even generally mentioned in the same breath as Mario or Sonic and yet it holds a special place in many people’s hearts, including mine. […]
Review: The Hateful Eight
Cinema: The Hateful Eight (2015) Bounty Hunter John Ruth (AKA: ‘The Hangman’ and played by Kurt Russell) heads for Red Rock with his prisoner Daisy Domergue (Jennifer Jason Leigh) through a snow clad and frozen Wyoming. On the way they come across another bounty Hunter; Major Marquis Warren (Samuel L Jackson), and the new sheriff […]