Extreme Music: Exploring Stalaggh’s Projekt Misanthropia
ENVELOPED by an infamous back story, Projekt Misanthropia has taken on a cult status among black and noise metal fans. Some see it as the holy grail of noise music, some see it as...
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True Blood: A Long Slow Crawl Towards An Anti-Climax
IF YOU’RE reading this in America, you probably know what I’m about to say. Last night on the FOX UK Network, the final episode of True Blood aired. True Blood was once a phenomenon bringing...
Batman Arkham Knight delayed…until June 2nd
I hope no one was looking forward to playing the third in Rocksteady’s trilogy of Batman games (Arkham Origins doesn’t count) this autumn because, surprising no one, it has been delayed until the 2nd...
Doctor Who’s Robin Hood episode misses the target by a mile
WHEN Doctor Who tackles historical figures, they can be great, or terrible. In Season Two, Queen Victoria made an appearance in the excellent ‘Tooth and Claw’, which I highly enjoyed. Agatha Christie in ‘The...
The good, the bad, and the Force: Re-evaluating Star Wars – Episode IV: A New Hope
NOW THAT we’ve dished out the horror and the glory to the prequel trilogy, it’s time to take an even-handed stab at some of the most revered films in the history of cinema. Kicking us...
Review: The Expendables 3 – Old tricks for old dogs
I HAVE something of a confession to make. I love me some quality action films, and I’m not talking the neutered milquesop crap of today, boy howdy – I’m talking the late 80s and...
Film Torments: Superman IV – The Quest for Peace (1987)
BY THE TIME Superman III farted its miserable way out of cinemas, beleaguered fans of the Last Son of Krypton might well have thought, hoped, prayed that the worst was over. Enter Golan and Globus’...
The good, the bad, and the Force: Re-evaluating Star Wars – The Prequel Trilogy
AS WE PREPARE to step off from the much-maligned prequel trilogy of Star Wars and into the glorious shimmering magnificence (OR IS IT) of the original trilogy, Harry Brewis suggests that the prequels might...
Another fucking Dalek episode – Doctor Who, Series 8, Episode 2
WHAT happens when you cross Doctor Who with Fantastic Voyage? You get ‘The Invisible Enemy’ from Tom Baker’s stint, and a lot of bad. Unfortunately, the current showrunners decided to do Fantastic Voyage again...
Saints Row 4: Gat Out of Hell announced
A stand-alone expansion pack for Saints Row 4, my game of the year last year (in joke), was announced yesterday by Volition and doesn’t require Saints Row 4 to play. It will be out...
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