Touch 2.05 “Eye To Eye” TV REVIEW (opens in new tab) Episode 2.05 Written by: Barry O’Brien Director: Milan Cheylov THE ONE WHERE Jake and Amelia scheme together so they can meet up, but Amelia is kidnapped again before it can happen. Lucy then takes matters into her own hands …
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Fringe: September’s Notebook book review . Titan Books are spoiling us. A few months ago they brought us The Essential Supernatural , a coffee table book that came so jam-packed with goodies it almost burst at the seams. Much the same effort has been expended on this Fringe title, from …
Read More »Broken review
The Britain in this BIFA-winning debut feature from theatre helmer Rufus Norris may not be broken, but it sure is fractured. And the same applies to the chronology used to tell this tale of class warfare in a suburban cul-de-sac, viewed through the eyes of one spirited 11-year-old (appealing newbie …
Read More »Sleep Tight review
In horror, nasty is easy. Just witness the tawdry, 2D nature of torture porn for instant evidence. But the genius of [REC] director Jaume Balagueró’s latest is that it plumbs the depths of human darkness with such an extraordinary lightness of touch, it manages to entertain even as it shows …
Read More »Side Effects review
Heath Ledger, Michael Jackson and Anna Nicole Smith are just a few of the famous figures to have met their makers via a deadly cocktail of prescription medication. Conrad Murray, Jacko’s personal Doctor Feelgood, was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter following the singer’s death and is currently serving a four-year …
Read More »Primeval: New World 1.06 Clean Up On Aisle Three REVIEW
Primeval: New World 1.06 “Clean Up On Aisle Three” REVIEW (opens in new tab) Episode 1.06 Writer: Peter Hume Director: Amanda Tapping THE ONE WHERE Dylan, Evan and Mac slap on the hockey gear and go up against a team of clever little dinosaurs; Ange and Lt Leeds have a …
Read More »Brain Age: Concentration Training review
Brain Age was one of the DS’s more unlikely hits, a mass-appeal edutainment game inspired by the research of preeminent neuroscientist Dr. Ryuta Kawashima. The latest title, Brain Age: Concentration Training, takes the foundation laid down by the DS game and expands it with a handful of challenging new exercises …
Read More »Dead Space 3 review
Dead Space built its reputation on tension. In previous entries, it came in the forms of fear and anticipation. But in Dead Space 3, tension comes in a different flavor. Here, it’s created by the stress of fighting wave after wave of Necromorphs, sometimes in groups so large that you …
Read More »Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters review
If you go down to the woods today… Well, don’t. You’re likely to find some wizened old hag living in a gingerbread house. That’s what happens to young Hansel and Gretel who, as the Brothers Grimm fairytale goes, incinerate the witch in her oven and live to fight another day. …
Read More »Warm Bodies review
Zombie movies are ubiquitous and most sane people have had quite enough of Twilight . So zom-rom-com Warm Bodies , where undead hottie Nicholas Hoult falls in love with feisty blonde Kristen Stewart-alike human Teresa Palmer, could easily have been a dead loss. As it turns out, Jonathan Levine’s adaptation …
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