Before Michael Bay spent a gazillion dollars on the Transformers franchise he made a series of somewhat clichéd action movies, but the one that has always stuck out for me is Bad Boys (his first feature film). Give Bay a relatively small budget and a paper thin plot (two cops bust drug dealers and cop [...]
John pondered holding up a boombox to save the world Hollywood has a large number of easy targets for vitriol such as Jerry Bruckheimer or Michael Bay who produce loud, visually stunning movies that are devoid of any quality story or character development. As many people sagely state “Michael Bay likes blowing sh*t up!”, and [...]
Like many other people I tend to purchase new media on day one. A new game is coming out? Preorder from Amazon or Game. Much of this is enforced by the wonders of the preorder. Buy from X and get an exclusive code to unlock something. Do it in one of those old fashioned brick [...]
It is taken as a given that Pixar are the rightful rulers of CG Animated Movieland(TM) and despite numerous imitations none of the other studios can replicate their magical formula. Dreamworks continue to cram as many pop culture references as is humanly possible into their outings, and previous Sony titles have been a trifle insipid [...]
Thanks to the excessively cold temperatures this past week we went without any post until yesterday when this bumper crop arrived. To be honest I’m amazed it all came at once Planet Terror and Crank 2 were from the Play.com sale (£9.99 each, the only non-digital sale items I bought this..no wait..last year) and Bayonetta [...]
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New year, new tech toys to play with. Here’s a brief look at what I’ve been investigating this week. First up, this all-in-one Sony VAIO desktop PC. Just before Christmas I installed the top of the range version of this machine for my boss. That one was £1,700 worth of the cream of the crop [...]
Before Michael Bay spent a gazillion dollars on the Transformers franchise he made a series of somewhat clichéd action movies, but the one that has always stuck out for me is Bad Boys (his first feature film). Give Bay a relatively small budget and a paper thin plot (two cops bust drug dealers and cop [...]
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