Review: Kubo and the Two Strings – A masterpiece of animation
PLEASE watch Kubo and the Two Strings. If you read only one sentence of this review, please let it be that one. This is one of the most beautifully shot films I’ve seen in a while,...
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Album released this week in… 2008: Metronomy – Nights Out
SINCE its inception, Metronomy has utilised those big electronic beats that sat so comfortably within mid-Noughties British pop music. On the outfit’s second album, Nights Out, the band made the shift from proto-beats that...
Playstation 4 Pro and Playstation 4 Slim announced
Yesterday evening Sony unveiled the new line of Playstation 4 consoles: The Slim and the Pro. The former announcement was pretty funny considering someone already unboxed it a fortnight ago. The Playstation 4 Slim...
Film Torments: When the Wind Blows (1986)
ROUNDING off August’s Month of Misery at Torments, Truan takes a look at one of animation’s hardest punches to the gut. Since the time of the Cold War there’s always been something deeply compelling about...
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,...
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...
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