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 [...]
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 [...]
For the past few years there have been numerous articles written in countless magazines, on gaming web sites and blogs about the state of the Japanese gaming industry. Where once Japanese companies, games and studios ruled the roost, now we find some of the largest players in the electronic entertainment business are from the US [...]
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (henceforth to be referred to as Pelham in this review) is something of an oddball movie because at times it isn’t sure quite what it’s meant to be. Is it an action movie, thriller, character piece? More on that in a moment. This re-imagining (which is Hollywood’s latest [...]
It only seems like five minutes ago I reviewed The Da Vinci Code’s Blu-ray outing as Angels & Demons received its theatrical release. Now, never ones to miss a cross-promotion opportunity, Sony provides the BD release of Robert Langdon’s second theatrical outing just as Dan Brown’s latest cash cow is about to hit book retailers [...]
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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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