Film Torments: Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
THIS week on Film Torments’ Month of Misery, we take a look at one of the original Video Nasties. Cannibal Holocaust is one of those films where the legend precedes the picture. Believed by...
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Playstation Now Coming to the PC – stream Playstation 3 & 4 games on your computer
Well this is a turn up for the books: earlier today Sony announced that their streaming service, Playtastation Now, is coming to the PC sometime in the near future. This means that This will...
Album released this week in… 2009: The xx – xx
THE SHEER subtlety of The xx makes their 2009 debut all the greater. The winners of the 2010 Mercury Prize produced what is heralded as one of the best debuts to come out of...
Film Torments: A Serbian Film (2010)
THIS week on Film Torments’ Month of Misery – you might have heard about this one. Many words have been used to describe Srdjan Spasojevic’s A Serbian Film. Disgusting, extreme, horrifying, even – according...
The Saga Continues: Konami announce Metal Gear Survive
Another week goes by and Konami, yet again, does something weird. This time, despite claiming that they are finished with video-game development, they have just announced a game called Metal Gear Survive. It is a...
Review: Star Trek Beyond – The saviour of the summer
SINCE its inception, Star Trek has had its highs and its lows. However, since J.J. Abrams’ reboot/alternative reality setting kicked off, things have been on the up, even if Into Darkness did divide some...
Review: Suicide Squad – Another nail in DC’s coffin
This review contains mild spoilers. LET’S get something out the way; the DC cinematic universe is having a bit of a rocky ride at the moment. With Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice failing...
BDTB: Ys II Chronicles +
In this week’s Breaking Down the Backlog, I save the land of Ys with even more bumping, fireballs and a little help from a couple of Goddesses. Ys II is a much better game than...
Film Torments: Threads (1984)
FOR AUGUST, Film Torments is going to be a little different: instead of reviewing films which are low-quality and ineffective, we’re looking at quality films which are particularly difficult and distressing to sit through. To...
Review: Batman: The Killing Joke – An underwhelming yet passable adaptation
FULL, weeping spoilers ahead. Consider yourself warned. IT’S FINALLY time, once again, for a graphic novel by Alan Moore to be adapted to film. Not that you’ll ever see the infamous curmudgeon’s name in...
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