Reviews
Mass Effect 2
This is me here telling you guys to buy this freaking kickin’ rad game of epic proportions. I played it and it ripped a hole in the fabric of my space time continuum.
44 Inch Chest
Ray Winstone leads a pack of rogues in a case of revenge and redemption. Not first without parting with 400 C bombs.
Dragon Age: Origins (Xbox360 + PC)
As the 360 version demonstrates the ‘dumbing down’ culture of video games, it’s a beautiful show of support by Bioware by providing us PC die-hards with a better looking, more intelligent version of a stellar game.
Avatar
Enough visual spectacle to ensure it remains your BluRay demo disc for at least a decade.
Waltz with Bashir
A beautiful, stirring, originally made, acoustically brilliant take on the Lebanon Wars and the folly of man.
Moon
I applaud one of the greatest films of 2009 as Moon wraps up a decade of spectacular film.
Paranormal Activity
One of the greatest horror movies I’ve ever seen makes me shit my pants for 4 days solid.
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Who wouldn’t want to be the Fantastic Mr. Fox?
Hurts – Wonderful Life
Knockout – just what my tired ears have been waiting for. I want to, nay, need to hear more of this.
Cinematic Orchestra – Man with a Movie Camera
Haunting sounds and beautiful soundscapes
Forza 3 (Xbox 360)
I enjoy the greatest driving game ever made. Well, apart from Hard Drivin’ and Race Drivin’.
Modern Warfare 2 (PC)
Modern Warfare 2 is perhaps the worlds first Hollywood style franchise action game – bigger, louder, more expensive – but is it better?
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Batman in ‘I’m gonna git you Joker’ shocker. Cue, lots of bone breaking and flesh pounding. Bats is back.
District 9
An incredibly absorbing tale of racial intollerance, set in a sci-fi genre, using top grade acting and improv.
Inglorious Basterds
Jolly nazi romp that intimidates and tickles in equal measure.
Hurt Locker
Iraqi war drama surrounding the gung-ho exploits of U.S. Army bomb disposal experts.
Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen
Transformers 2 is, as promised, bigger, louder, crisper, sharper and more demented than any movie has any right to be.
Terminator: Salvation
Terminator Salvation reignites one of the best movie franchises to ever exist with style and verve. This is a 400g rare fillet steak.
Coraline
Cute cats, sewn eyes and kings dinners – Coraline paints a picture of fantasy unlike any other.
Star Trek
Thank you JJ Abrams. Star Trek returns, has sold its soul to the devil and is guaranteed a new lease of life. Hello Stardate future!
Million Dollar Baby
Clint Eastwood reminds the world why he still is the powerhouse we know. Incredibly moving film concerning ambition and sacrifice.
How to Lose Friends and Alienate People
Amazing how Simon Pegg has cracked Hollywood. Despite an all star cast, concept is weak and the plot is vacuous.
Tyson
Tyson – animal or poet? Never would have considered this question before but the film is genius enough to warrant debate.
Mirrors
Keifer is cool, the idea is cool, so why did this movie suck?
Pride & Glory
Colin Farrell and Ed Norton bash the shit out of each other in movie about cops getting pissed with cops.
Gomorra
Guns, spaghetti, attitude and sand in the face, Gomorra’s sorry take on modern Mafia life is a dirty slap in the face.
Jean Claude Van Damme
Muscles from Brussels is an instant hit as he combines art-house, self parody and action adventure. Awesomes!
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Holy shit Keanu you really fucked this one up. We thought the earth was ours. Please, Keanu – take it back.
Taken
If you’re gonna grab a girl, don’t make it the daughter of ex CIA fuck nut, Liam Neeson. Prepare for a rollercoaster.
Watchmen
A stunning meld of character, visual effects and a storyline that has no evidence of Hollywood interference.
Streetfighter IV
Button mashing, thumb blisters, nostalgia and infuriating defeat at the hands of 8 year olds across the world
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
I watched a film that made me question the things I value in life. Perhaps this movie should be part of the curriculum.
There Will Be Blood
Daniel Day Lewis as powerhouse Plainview in a tale of prospectors engaged the great oil rush of 19th century America.
Frost / Nixon
The excellent dramatisation of the bout between Frost and Nixon in the 70’s – both looking to save a career at the expense of the other.
Battlefield: Bad Company
An enjoyable, if forgettable, contemporary war simulation that mixes humour and realism to provide an exciting single player campaign and long lasting multiplayer benefits.
Paul Hartnol: The Ideal Condition
The other side of the Hartnoll brothers, this is more closely resembling of Orbitals old work.
The Wrestler
Mickey Rourke in thundering, depressing tale of loneliness, desperation and sacrifice. And some bad ass wrestling too.
Left 4 Dead
Left 4 Dead, Valves latest masterpiece based on the HL2 engine, breaks convention and unleashes new life to the online gaming arena not seen since Counter Strike.
Latino DnB?
Going Drum n Bass crazy lately and this from Hospital Records is an often pimped out album. Not convinced though…
Long Rage: Madness and Me
What do the Hartnol brothers do now that Orbital doesn’t exist? They go their own ways and continue to create music as they know best.
Absolute Sandman
The inexcusably brilliant Sandman now in collectors hardback. Gaiman’s masterful tales of omnipotent beings inextricably linked to daily human lives.
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