While it can be easy to be cynical about Kickstarter and what it means for the games industry, there is one thing for sure and that is when it has had success it has made an impact on the games being released. Independent games, especially ones that look to the fans for investment have a […]
WWE Survivor Series 2014 was an event that showed it was time for a product refresh. This was probably why the big story for the pay-per-view was Vince McMahon pitting Team Authority vs Team Cena in battle with the tease that we would see the downfall of Triple H and Stephanie McMahon… surely that couldn’t […]
Stars: Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff, Basil Rathbone | Directed by Jacques Tourneur If you are anything like me and were told that the cast of a film was Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff and Basil Rathbone you’d be handing over your money to see it without question. Add to this cast a director […]
Stars: Marilyn Chambers, Frank Moore, Joe Silver, Howard Ryshpan, Patricia Gage, Susan Roman, Roger Periard, Lynne Deragon, Terry Schonblum, Victor Désy, Julie Anna, Gary McKeehan | Written and Directed by David Cronenberg Rabid has always been one of my favourite David Cronenberg movies, there is just something about the strange little film that makes it […]
Stars: Essie Davis, Daniel Henshall, Noah Wiseman, Hayley McElhinny, Benjamin Winspear | Written and Directed by Jennifer Kent The Babadook is a fairy-tale, you could almost start explaining it with “once upon a time”…the story revolves around the relationship between Amelia (Essie Davis) a single mother and her son Samuel (Noah Wiseman). Still mourning the […]
Stars: Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Vince Edwards, Jay C. Flippen, Ted de Corsia, Marie Windsor, Elisha Cook Jr., Joe Sawyer, Timothy Carey, Kola Kwariani, Dorothy Adams | Written and Directed by Stanley Kubrick It goes without saying that film fans know that Stanley Kubrick was a master of his art. All masters though have a […]
Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Mélanie Laurent, Sarah Gadon, Isabella Rossellini, Joshua Peace, Tim Post, Kedar Brown, Darryl Dinn, Misha Highstead, Megan Mane, Alexis Uiga | Written by Javier Gullón | Directed by Denis Villeneuve What would you do if you found a person who is your exact copy? Would you hunt this doppelgänger down and try to connect […]
The race between Tales from the Borderlands and Game of Thrones to see which got their second episode is over and with The Lost Lords we have a winner, and it was worth the wait. Continuing from the shocking events of the first episode the important thing for Telltale Games was to make the player […]
Stars: James Caan, Tuesday Weld, Willie Nelson, James Belushi, Robert Prosky, Tom Signorelli, Dennis Farina, Nick Nickeas, W.R. Brown, Norm Tobin, John Santucci | Written and Directed by Michael Mann When it comes to Michael Mann the number of movies he’s directed may not be huge, but the impact that they have has been. With […]
Stars: Kumi Takiuchi, Takashi Sasano, Aira, Itsuji Itao, Kkobbi Kim, Hôka Kinoshita, Kenji Matsuda, Wakana Sakai, Taro Yabe | Written by Eiji Uchida, Etsuo Hiratani | Directed by Eiji Uchida In films that have a twisted edge, if a child grows up dysfunctional you know that somebody is likely to die. Greatful Dead is a twisted tale that […]
Stars: Antony Starr, Ben Cross, Ivana Milicevic, Ulrich Thomsen, Lili Simmons, Geno Segers, Hoon Lee, Matthew Rauch | Created by David Schickler, Jonathan Tropper Jumping into Banshee without seeing the first season is somewhat of a baptism of fire but it was something I found myself doing so I could do my Banshee: The Complete Second Season review. Watching the recap that comes […]
I remember when the Hell in a Cell match truly shocked fans, when Mick Foley risked his body to make the match memorable and something truly special. Now with WWE: Hell in a Cell 2014 the pay-per-view features minimal use of the cage and for the most point is one of the lesser events of […]
Stars: Eloise Mumford, Jack Bowles, Whip Hubley, William Russ, Amir Khalighi, Mae Aswell, Vivan Dugré, Drea Garcia, Treasure Mallory, Nishi Munshi | Written by Matt Witten | Directed by Rick Rosenthal The use of drones not only in warfare but for spying, reporting new and even delivering packages is a controversial subject and one that is […]
When Alien: Isolation was announced most people thought about previous attempts at Alien games and cynicism set in, especially after Alien: Colonial Marines. Then hands-on previews were down and the unthinkable happened, the game was getting positive feedback and people were actually looking forward to the release. Now that I’ve managed to complete the game I can […]
Maybe it’s my nerdy side that enjoys getting early access to games (and other software), even when they are buggy or incomplete. Feeling a part of the development process and reporting on any errors I find is something I used to do as part of being a developer so when I play a game that […]
Stars: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Christina Hendricks, Eddie Marsan, Richard Jenkins, John Turturro, Caleb Landry Jones, Jack O’Connell | Written by John Slattery, Alex Metcalf | Directed by John Slattery Last year when we lost Philip Seymour Hoffman we lost one of the best actors of our generation, or any generation. It’s hard to comprehend the loss that the movie industry […]
If you took away all the pretty graphics from the video games we play everything on the screen would be simple blocks. Just looking at a game like Thomas was Alone shows that even in this simple form a good game can take these blocks, give them character, and even a narrative that keeps the […]
As a fan of the WWE who has to write a reviews about their DVD/Blu-ray releases I end up watching a lot that I like, and also that I hate. The storylines, especially in 2014 have struggled and as we move into 2015 it feels the company is at a weak point, but this does […]
