Review: Lights Out – The value of a good monster
BEFORE I saw Lights Out, I was feeling pretty ambivalent. On the one hand, the short film that it’s based on is fantastic; on the other, the feature adaptation was produced by James Wan,...
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Album released this week in… 1980: Dead Kennedys – Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
WHEN PEOPLE talk about the best punk albums of all time, it’s important to place Dead Kennedy’s debut record up there alongside Iggy and the Stooges’ Raw Power, The Clash’s London Calling and The...
Nintendo 3DS Direct 01/09/16 – The 3DS is on life support, but at least it is alive
Nintendo have just finished yet another Direct. This time it is solely about the 3DS predominately so that, I hope, to clear the path for the eventual NX Direct that will come out soon...
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...
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...
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