Being a big Star Wars fan, I’m surprised it has taken me this long to delve into the murky waters of fan editing but opportunity presented itself recently and I dived in. I’d imagine there are more fan variants of Star Wars than I could count. Some such […]
I wasn’t too sure if I had gone through enough movies, games, etc to be able to make a decent list this year so decided to take an alternative route and mash these all up together. They’re not in any order, just how they pop out of my […]
I suppose that the most challenging task faced by the makers of Iron Man 3 was how they could make something that didn’t simply ride on the coattails of The Avengers. Thankfully they chose a path focusing on drama that gives characters a renewed purpose for the future of […]
The hard thing about writing a review for a movie is trying to avoid critical comparisons to material that it borrows ideas from. That’s the problem Star Trek Into Darkness faces in my eyes. Worse still, it’s taking liberties from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, considered […]
For good or ill, a lot of people’s memories of Judge Dredd are not tied to the 2000 AD comic books but to a movie starring Sylvester Stallone. Though it did a good job of it visually, the movie seemed to try too hard by pulling in more references […]
John Carpenter’s Escape from New York set a template for action movies for years. It had impossibly high stakes, unexpected environments and with its main character Snake Plissken, an anti-hero bigger than the movie itself. Though the sequel Escape from LA went a little too far down crazy […]
I know it’s been out for some time now, but I finally plucked up the courage to watch the 3D version of James Cameron’s Avatar, that little known movie about blue aliens that rips off Dances with Wolves. You might be asking why I would need convincing to […]
My wife picked up a DVD not long ago which happened to be the original Ghost Adventures documentary; taking place long before Zak Bagans discovered the gym. It was impressive to see that their film-making style was very much evident back then and certainly helps in creating the […]
I had the chance during my Christmas break to watch John Carter at home for the first time since I saw it at the cinemas. Afterwards it got me thinking about the supposed failure of the movie to attract a larger audience. Was it really that bad a […]
When news of Ridley Scott returning to Alien hit the Internet, there was a mixture of excitement and cynicism. Could he turn around a franchise that he inadvertently created but lost its way long after his involvement ended? In a nutshell, the plot revolves around a discovery that […]
The story of one person’s attempts to make their Rampage Arcade1Up cabinet do more.
A look back at some of the games we've played on Xbox One over the years.
Our own tips and experiences while trying to make a living out in the black.
The Late Night Session 