16th Sep2013

‘Time Bandits’ Blu-ray Review

by Chris Cummings

Stars: Sean Connery, John Cleese, Shelley Duvall, Ian Holm, Michael Palin, Ralph Richardson, Peter Vaughan, David Warner, David Rappaport, Kenny Baker, Malcolm Dixon, Mike Edmonds, Jack Purvis, Tiny Ross | Written by Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin | Directed by Terry Gilliam Time Bandits was first released in 1981. A family adventure film that sported a […]

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15th Sep2013

Panel Discussion #21

by Jack Kirby

Better late than never… 4th September I bought lots of comics this week because there were lots of comics that I thought looked interesting. After being pleasantly surprised by the first book in the new Infinity (Jonathan Hickman, Jerome Opeña, Dustin Weaver, Marvel Comics) series, I was looking forward to the second issue. However, where […]

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15th Sep2013

‘The Moth Diaries’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Sarah Bolger, Sarah Gadon, Lily Cole, Valerie Tian, Melissa Farman, Laurence Hamelin, Gia Sandhu | Written and Directed by Mary Harron At an exclusive girls’ boarding school, a sixteen-year-old girl records her most intimate thoughts in a diary. The object of her obsession is her room-mate, Lucy Blake, and Lucy’s friendship with their new […]

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14th Sep2013

WWE Smackdown Review (13.09.13)

by Chris Cummings

Welcome to this weeks WWE Smackdown review and overview. The show opens this week with Big Show making his way to the ring as the announcers sell how much he’s been through in the last few weeks. Big show reads from a piece of paper about how he did a bad job on RAW and […]

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14th Sep2013

WWE NXT Review (12.09.13)

by Chris Cummings

We’re back again for another NXT review and results type-thing. This week’s show opens with Enzo Amore and Colin Cassidy making their way to the ring with Amore doing his shtick on the microphone about “Sawft” and stuff. He’s over, and goofy. Sylvester LaFort is out next, introducing his associates Alexander Rusev and Scott Dawson. […]

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14th Sep2013

‘WWE Night of Champions’ Preview

by Chris Cummings

We are a mere day away from the WWE’s annual Night of Champions event, the night on the WWE’s yearly calendar where each reigning champion goes into battle to defend his or her golden belts. It’s a nice concept for a PPV and one I’ve liked since its inception a few years ago. In my […]

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13th Sep2013

Rewind: ‘The Little Girl Who Lives Down The Lane’ Review (1976)

by Chris Cummings

Stars: Jodie Foster, Martin Sheen, Alexis Smith, Mort Shuman, Scott Jacoby | Written by Laird Koenig | Directed by Nicolas Gessner Based on a novel by Laird Koenig and directed by Nicolas Gessner, The Little Girl Who Lives Down The Lane is a strange film, and one that I’ve been meaning to watch for quite […]

13th Sep2013

First Time Watch #7 – The Magnificent Ambersons

by Ian Loring

The second directorial feature effort of Orson Welles’ then young career, watching The Magnificent Ambersons now is a rather troubling experience as while the genius and overwhelming force of personality of the man is all over the film, so is that most depressing of complaints of the master director: that of the fight for creative […]

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13th Sep2013

WWE Superstar Collection: ‘Randy Orton’ & ‘John Cena’ Review(s)

by Chris Cummings

WWE Superstar Collection: John Cena It isn’t exactly uncommon to come across wrestling fans that don’t enjoy John Cena matches, and I would go under that description also for the most-part, but I still find a lot of interesting things about the matches that the guy has. He’s the face of WWE and the biggest […]

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12th Sep2013

‘Bring Me the Head of the Machine Gun Woman’ Review

by Jack Kirby

Stars: Fernanda Urrejola, Matías Oviedo, Eric Kleinsteuber, Jorge Alis, Víctor González, Sofía García | Written and Directed by Ernesto Diaz Espinoza Written and Directed by Ernesto Diaz Espinoza (Mandrill, Kiltro, The ABC’s of Death), Bring Me the Head of the Machine Gun Woman proudly claimed to be a ‘LatinXploitation’ flick and as such was a Chilean take […]

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11th Sep2013

‘Elysium’ Review

by Chris Cummings

Stars: Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, Sharlto Copley, Alice Braga | Written and Directed by Neill Blomkamp South African director Neill Blomkamp made his feature film debut with District 9 in 2009, to much acclaim. A fantastic sci-fi film about aliens living in a Johannesburg slum and a human caught in the middle of the aliens […]

10th Sep2013

WWE RAW Review (09.09.13)

by Chris Cummings

Welcome to our weekly in-depth review of WWE RAW. RAW is live from Toronto, Canada tonight and we start off the show with Toronto’s own, and WWE Hall of Famer, Edge. Edge gets a loud response from his hometown crowd and looking at his energy as he makes his way to the ring, he looks […]

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09th Sep2013

Book Review: Bedlam Stories

by Phil Wheat

Written by Christine Converse | Based on a story by Pearry Teo Bedlam Stories is an intriguing concept. The oft-told tales of Alice in Wonderland and The Wizard of Oz filtered through the twisted vision of film maker Pearry Teo whose work has always been marked by a dark, sinister edge. Here Teo teams with […]

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09th Sep2013

‘American Mary’ Review

by Chris Cummings

Stars: Katherine Isabelle, Julia Maxwell, Antonio Cupo, Paula Lindberg, Twan Holliday | Written and Directed by Jen Soska, Sylvia Soska Jen and Sylvia Soska should be on the radar of most fans of the horror genre and it’s progression as a genre with something unique and interesting to offer the current earth or cinema. Their […]

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09th Sep2013

‘The Bleeding House’ Review

by Chris Cummings

Stars: Alexandra Chando, Nina Lisandrello, Patrick Breen, Richard Bekins, Betsy Aidem, Charlie Hewson, Court Young, Henderson Wade, Victoria Dalpe | Written and Directed by Philip Gelatt The Bleeding House is a mystery horror movie directed by Philip Gelatt, a director who hasn’t done anything else as far as research can tell, as a director. Gelatt also wrote the […]

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09th Sep2013

WWE Smackdown Review (06.09.13)

by Chris Cummings

This week’s Smackdown begins with the WWE roster standing on the stage area, as has become usual in the last couple of weeks, and Triple H is in the ring with Vickie Guerrero and Brad Maddox, which is guarded by the three members of The Shield. Hunter talks about the “firing” of Cody Rhodes that […]

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08th Sep2013

WWE NXT Review (06.09.13)

by Chris Cummings

Welcome back to our weekly review of NXT, the development talent show. The show starts off this week with a women’s tag team match, with Bayley and Charlotte (daughter of Ric Flair) versus Alicia Fox and Aksana. The crowd aim plenty of Ric Flair “Woo’s” at Charlotte, a good sign for the rookie second generation […]

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08th Sep2013

‘White House Down’ (Jack’s) Review

by Jack Kirby

Stars: Channing Tatum, Jamie Foxx, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jason Clarke, Richard Jenkins, Joey King, James Woods | Written by James Vanderbilt | Directed by Roland Emmerich White House Down might be the greatest film ever made. At least that was my immediate reaction as the couple of people I texted informing them so could testify to. […]

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07th Sep2013

‘Re’ Universal IR Remote Control Review (iPhone)

by Phil Wheat

The NewKinetix NK100 Re Universal IR Remote Control is an accessory – with accompanying app – that will turn your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch into a universal remote control that works in any room of your home on a myriad of compatible devices. Much like standard universal remotes – if the Re app has […]

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06th Sep2013

‘Insidious: Chapter 2’ Review

by Jack Kirby

Stars: Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Barbara Hershey, Lin Shaye, Ty Simpkins, Steve Coulter, Leigh Whannell, Angus Sampson, Andrew Astor | Written by Leigh Whannell | Directed by James Wan Having watched what I guess we should now refer to as ‘Chapter 1’ prior to the screening of the Insidious sequel, I can confirm that as […]

06th Sep2013

‘The Best of WWE at Madison Square Garden’ Blu-ray Review

by Chris Cummings

The Best of WWE at Madison Square Garden is an interesting release from WWE and it’s nice to see them going into the massive video library at their disposal and putting together a compilation of matches and segments that is a little different to the usual things they put out. The DVD is on three […]

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06th Sep2013

‘The Theatre Bizarre’ Blu-ray Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Udo Kier, Virginia Newcomb, Catriona MacColl, Shane Woodward, André Hennicke, Suzan Anbeh, Debbie Rochon, James Gill, Lena Kleine, Kaniehtiio Horn, Lindsay Goranson, Guilford Adams | Directed by Richard Stanley, Buddy Giovinazzo, Tom Savini, Douglas Buck, Karim Hussain, David Gregory, Jeremy Kasten Best known for their DVD and Blu-ray releases, Severin Films move into producing movies with the […]

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