The best gaming laptops have a lot to juggle, and the Acer Predator Triton 500 is no different. For starters, they need to be portable enough to justify not buying a desktop PC in the first place. Secondly, squeezing the horsepower you need into a machine that doesn’t require a …
Read More »Once Upon a Time in Hollywood review: “Tarantino’s most heartfelt and emotionally mature work since Jackie Brown”
The ninth and, if a long-held pledge is to be believed, penultimate film from Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood has been shrouded in great secrecy. So what is it? A love letter to late-’60s Tinseltown? The story of a fading actor and his stuntman? A restaging of …
Read More »Annabelle Comes Home review: “As spook-packed as a Scooby-Doo special”
“What is your fascination with my forbidden closet of mystery?” asks an exasperated Chief Wiggum of his son Ralph in The Simpsons. The same could be said by Conjuring Universe heroes Ed (Patrick Wilson) and Lorraine Warren (Vera Farmiga) about their clearly haunted “artefact room”. Their mistake? Bringing home the …
Read More »Childs Play Review: “pays tribute to the golden age of video nasties with some grisly, blood-splattered outcomes”
Thirty-one years since the original Child’s Play, the film that spawned six sequels and gave the world Chucky the killer doll, the franchise gets a slick and satisfying update. Directed by Norway’s Lars Klevberg, this reboot/remake ditches the brought-to-life-by-voodoo angle. Instead, we have a story of artificial intelligence gone haywire. …
Read More »Jessica Jones season 3 review
“We only have a few hours to live up to this hero shit,” says Jessica Jones halfway through her third season. Talk about an on the-nose comment: for its final outing (on Netflix, at least), showrunner Melissa Rosenberg’s Marvel adaptation faces the task of providing a send-off for both the …
Read More »Men in Black: International review: “The series should probably have been Neuralyzed a couple of movies ago”
“Let’s try this again, shall we?” sighs Agent H (Chris Hemsworth) as he prepares to dispatch an extraterrestrial threat in Men In Black: International. It’s a line that sums up the thinking behind the latest incarnation of the aliens-among-us franchise, a spin-off/reboot that – despite boasting new leads, a new …
Read More »Game of Thrones season 8 review: “Game of Thrones deserved better”
Well, that’s it. Game of Thrones is over after eight years, and I don’t blame you if Game of Thrones season 8 leaves a slightly bad taste in your mouth. While it has its good moments, most of this season is simply too rushed, with characters taking minutes to make …
Read More »Game of Thrones season 8 review: “Game of Thrones deserved better”
Well, that’s it. Game of Thrones is over after eight years, and I don’t blame you if Game of Thrones season 8 leaves a slightly bad taste in your mouth. While it has its good moments, most of this season is simply too rushed, with characters taking minutes to make …
Read More »Game of Thrones season 8 review: “Game of Thrones deserved better”
Well, that’s it. Game of Thrones is over after eight years, and I don’t blame you if Game of Thrones season 8 leaves a slightly bad taste in your mouth. While it has its good moments, most of this season is simply too rushed, with characters taking minutes to make …
Read More »Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice review: “Genius combat and a world that begs to be explored”
Sekiro (opens in new tab): Shadows Die Twice makes you rethink everything you know about boss fights. My plan for beating the Guardian Ape was to stay well away from its foot stomps and ground smashes, occasionally sprinting in for a few quick strikes. It worked up to a point …
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