Film Torments: Legally Blondes (2009)
THIS week on Torments, Dan looks at another hated sequel to a beloved set of films. Did you even know this was a thing? I’m not trying to be condescending here. I’ve never seen...
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The Canon of Cannon: Bolero
THE CANON of Cannon is a feature where we take a wandering look at the backlog of world-renowned trash peddlers Menahem Golan, Yoram Globus and their Cannon Films. This time, we take on the most expensive sex tape...
The XX explore new sounds on I See You
EVER SINCE their Mercury award winning debut in 2009, The XX have, understandably, been watched by the music press with a beady eye. From the sparse and haunting xx to the even more minimal...
Film Torments: The Keep (1983)
IN THIS WEEK’S Torment, Dan examines what happens when an auteur and a studio clash over madness. Michael Mann, to this day, remains one of the most interesting directors to still be making a...
Nintendo details their new console, the Nintendo Switch, at press event
Today, at precisely four in the morning, Nintendo re-unveiled and detailed the Nintendo Switch. I watched it live and then almost immediately fell back to sleep (as best I could anyway) but not before...
Review: Silence – Catholic guilt, the movie
AS AN ATHEIST who was raised as a practising Catholic, Martin Scorsese’s Silence strikes two very raw nerves with me as a film that examines both the best and worst aspects of religious faith and...
This just in: Scalebound is cancelled
Scalebound, a Platinum Games (the people who made Bayonetta 1 & 2, Vanquish, Wonderful 101 and the upcoming Nier: Automata) developed game and Xbox One exclusive, has been officially cancelled according to Eurogamer and...
Film Torments: Shark Exorcist (2015)
KICKING off the year at Film Torments, Dan looks at – what else? – a film. Before Shark Exorcist even has time to begin, it poses a riddle. “Is the shark the exorcist, or...
Review: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them – A flawed but fun opening for the Potterverse’s new series
J.K. ROWLING, for many in my generation, is pretty much the British writer of the epoch of the mid 90s – mid 00s or, as they’re now often affectionately dubbed, the Blair years [assuming...
Ten games to look out for in 2017
The world may end in 2017 thanks to a certain incompetent leader of the most powerful country in the world. But if it doesn’t, here are ten games that you should look forward to...
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