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 […]
Review: Krampus
DVD: Krampus (2015) Christmas is such a great time for films. Over the years we have been treated to some absolute classics, from It’s A Wonderful Life to Scrooged and Elf. There are some alternatives however to the jolly family fun; Die Hard and Lethal Weapon are considered Christmas classics as well as horror films like Black […]
Review: And Then There Were None
DVD: And Then There Were None (2015) To celebrate Agatha Christie’s 125th anniversary the BBC produced a new version of her novel for Christmas. The story is set in 1939, literally just before the outbreak of WW2. A group of ten strangers are invited under different pretences to an isolated Island for a weekend away. […]
Review: Star Wars – The Force Awakens
Cinema: Star Wars – The Force Awakens (2015) This is a spoiler free review. The last time a Star Wars film came out it failed to reignite the fan base as it was over soaked with CGI and told a rather needless and complicated back story. George Lucas’ juggernaught was looking like a victim of its […]
Chris’s Top 10 Videogames of 2015: #1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Developer: CD Projekt RED Publisher: CD Projekt PS4, Xbox One, PC Some open world games are designed to be played like games. There are things to collect, people to talk to, missions to complete, areas to liberate, towers to climb, (especially if you’re a Ubisoft game) all very gamey things […]
Chris’s Top 10 Videogames of 2015: #2
Bloodborne Developer: From Software Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment PS4 Exclusive Bloodborne is relentlessly bleak, dark, depressing, dirty, and cold. Death is around every corner and it can be frustratingly difficult so why do I love it so much? Bloodborne is the brainchild of Hidetaka Miyazaki. In most cases I am unaware of who is involved […]
Chris’s Top 10 Videogames of 2015: #3
Rise of the Tomb Raider Developer: Crystal Dynamics Publisher: Square Enix Xbox One Timed Exclusive In a world where the Uncharted games have taken the action adventure genre to another level, Lara Croft remained an icon albeit like one of her fabled treasures, a relic in a new world. That is until the 2013 reboot […]