Category: Reviews

The Dark Knight

The Dark Knight

| July 24, 2008 | 5 Comments

It has been nearly impossible to avoid the freight train that is The Dark Knight just recently.  Adored by critics, the number one rated movie on IMDB, record breaking box office takings.  Is it really that good? Well, yes it is.  I don’t think it is the incredible second coming that some people are hailing [...]

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Blu-ray Review: Vantage Point

Blu-ray Review: Vantage Point

| July 14, 2008 | 4 Comments

There was a TV show that ran here in the UK between 1990 and 1999 called Fun House, presented by the legend that is Pat Sharp (it originated in the US on the Fox network) where after a particular event or challenge he would cry “Let’s re-run the fun!” and you’d get these edited highlights [...]

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Humax Freesat HD

Humax Freesat HD

| July 12, 2008 | 37 Comments

I love underdogs, I really do.  BSB 5 Channel TV, Betamax, HD DVD, all technologies or services that history will mark as losers but ones I’ve always loved in a seemingly perverse way. I can’t help thinking that the same will inevitably be said of Freesat at some point in the future.  It’s a great [...]

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Panasonic DMP-BD50

Panasonic DMP-BD50

| July 3, 2008 | 10 Comments

The wait is finally over!  With the Blu-ray standard now complete Panasonic has become the first of the stand alone spinner manufacturers to release its flagship unit that supports all of the Profile 1.1 and 2.0 features.  It’s not cheap, so is it really worth spending the extra cash rather than just buying a PlayStation [...]

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Microreview! In The Line Of Fire

Microreview! In The Line Of Fire

| June 28, 2008 | 0 Comments

Things are rather hectic right now and I don’t have a great deal of time to put into the site, so I wanted to write a microreview for this one rather than unleash a full blown epic. In The Line Of Fire is another Sony Pictures catalogue title to be given the HD makeover and [...]

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