Review: Green Zone
DVD & Blu-ray: Green Zone (2010)Based in 2003 American occupied Iraq, Green Zone is a military thriller written by Brian Helgeland and based on the 2006 book ‘Imperial Life in the Emerald City’ by journalist Rajiv Chandrasekaran, and is directed by ‘Mr shaky cam’ Paul Greengrass.Boy is this a blokes film, it’s so damn macho and action packed […]
Review: Monkey – The Complete Series
DVD & Blu-ray: Monkey – The Complete Series (1978-80) When I was about 14 I stayed at my (rich) friend Sandra Burrows house. Her parents owned a deli in Llangollen and I had been deemed worthy of sharing her double bed that Friday night so we could go to the youth club disco. We argued because […]
Review: The Driver
Digital Download & DVD: The Driver (2019)Set in the aftermath of a zombie apocalypse, The Driver follows the titular “driver” (Mark Dacascos) as his hitherto quiet existence in a survivalists compound is shattered when the base is attacked, which summons a swarm of zombies (all of whom react only to sounds) that go on a […]
Review: Seer’s Isle
‘Seers Isle’ is a narrative game, set in a fantasy version of medieval Northern Europe, where your choices impact the fate of a group of characters and your ultimate freedom. The game begins with a group of shaman apprentices setting foot on the shores of a sacred island to be initiated to magic. As they […]
Review: Along the Edge
‘Along the Edge’ is a visual novel set in the European countryside, where your choices impact the main character’s personality and appearance. The game begins with our protagonist, Daphné Delatour, inheriting a huge manor house out in the countryside from her grandmother that she never met. It is from here that players can chose our […]
Review: Blood and Money
Digital HD & DVD: Blood and Money (2020)John Barr’s debut feature film Blood and Money casts Tom Berenger as a lone ageing hunter living in a camper van roaming the snowy wilds in America looking for an elusive buck to shoot.Quite early on it’s revealed that Berenger’s character Jim Reed is ill, and possibly dying as he […]
Review: Happy Gilmore
Blu-ray: Happy Gilmore (1996)Happy Gilmore (Adam Sandler) wants to be an ice hockey player but…he can’t skate and his temper tends to ruin any chance he has of being successful either in sport and love.After his girlfriend leaves him, he finds out his granny owes a shit ton of money to the IRS and has […]
Review: Air Missions: Hind
Air Missions: HIND is an action combat flight simulator based on the Russian Mi-24 Hind assault helicopter, also known as the ‘Flying Tank’, and covers fifteen missions based on fictional conflicts across four different environments: Central Asia, Eastern Europe, Arctic Ocean and Southeast Asia. Taking advantage of the tutorial section (a must for anyone playing […]
Review: Art of Rally
We’ve been quite lucky with racing games in 2020. First off there was the release of the awesome Hotshot Racing, and now we are treated to the excellent Art of Rally. The big question is, can it take pole position from my favourite top down racer Mantis Burn Racing?The first thing to strike me about […]
Review: Mafia – Definitive Edition
The old saying of “time flies as you get older” certainly holds true, as it seems like only a handful of years ago that I was living the life of Thomas “Tommy” Angelo and running errands for Don Salieri in the video game world of Mafia on my PS2.Now, a quite staggering (and frightening!) 16 […]