I’ll Explain Later: Part One – The Time Meddler
‘What do you think it is? A space helmet for a cow?’ A strange wheezing, groaning sound fills the air. In front of you materialises the first article in a series, I’ll Explain Later,...
Author: Daniel Abbott
Film Torments: Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997)
THIS TIME on Torments, Dan looks at a sequel to a video game movie. There’s a visceral pleasure to be found in playing fighting games. Even beyond the competitive aspect and deep mechanics, chaining...
Film Torments: Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)
THIS TIME on Torments, Dan takes a look at a box office failure. Luc Besson is one of Hollywood’s true mavericks. He’s such a maverick, in fact, that it’s somewhat misleading to even associate...
Film Torments: Christmas Wedding Planner (2017)
THIS TIME on Torments, Dan sees off 2018 with a Yuletide log. Christmas has come and gone. Whether you’ll be pleased or not about this fact will suggest something about your character, but it goes without saying that the...
A Final Fantasy Retrospective: Final Fantasy XIV (PlayStation 4)
A NOTE: Final Fantasy XIV Online, in its original form, no longer exists. Several projects – presumably run by masochists – are attempting to create a legacy server, but none are strictly viable. Given...
Film Torments: Tango & Cash (1989)
THIS TIME on Torments, Dan looks at a slab of glorious madness. As evinced by the likes of Cannon Films, the 1980s was a watershed for schlocky nonsense action flicks, the kind that worshipped...
A Final Fantasy Retrospective: Final Fantasy XIII-3: Lightning Returns (PlayStation 3)
A NOTE: Seriously, they should have called it Final Fantasy XIII-3. But, hey, spoilers ahead. In 2013, burdened with a crippling deficit from the catastrophic launch of FFXIV, alongside “disappointing” Western ventures like Sleeping Dogs and Tomb...
Film Torments: Candyman 2: Farewell to the Flesh (1995)
THIS TIME on Torments, Dan looks at a listless bore. By the time the mid-90s rolled around, the twin concepts of ‘tude and edge reigned supreme in the pop-culture consciousness. Characterised by a flagrant...
Hidden Classics of the Talkie Era: The Old Dark House (1932)
IN THE FIRST of an ongoing retrospective examining the forgotten classics of the ‘talkie’ era, Mike looks at a ghoulish ground-breaker. “Laughter and sin! Laughter and sin!” An understated gem in the career of...
A Final Fantasy Retrospective: Final Fantasy XIII-2 (PlayStation 3)
SPOILERS ahead. For better or worse, Final Fantasy XIII was a massive hit upon its worldwide release in March 2010. By the middle of that month, it had racked up a cumulative five million...
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