Entertainment
A List of TV Channels Coming with the Xbox 360’s Latest Dashboard Update
Tomorrow, the annual Fall Update for the Xbox 360 goes live and introduces many new features. One of the most anticipated changes to be brought into the world of Xbox is the new TV section of the Dashboard. Below is a list of a...
Opinion. Mirrors: For Reflection and Hindsight
There is no easy way of setting this up, so let’s get down to brass tacks. As with previous duelling releases of yesteryear including the spat between asteroid-smashers Deep Impact and Armageddon (1998) or magician dramas The...
Film Review: In Time
Working in Hollywood is hard. Being Andrew Niccol and working in Hollywood: even harder. Harder still without multimillion dollar clout behind you, for a writer-director specialising in ideologically charged fiction (science fi...
Overdue Halloween Special: A Nightmare on Elm Street 1, 3 and 7: The Nancy Trilogy
Freddy Krueger is dead, killed by over-exposure, his memory ground further into the dirt by a Michael Bay produced remake. We know how it began, how it descended into buffoonish self-parody and then revived itself via the power...
Film Review: The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
“The good news is that anything is possible. The bad news is that anything is possible,” Robert Zemeckis. The above quote has obvious implications on this new adaptation of Hergé’s intrepid reporter, but it should be m...
Film Review: Paranormal Activity 3
Flick your fingers in your friend’s face, he’ll blink. Shout ‘boo!’ in silent room, you’ll surprise someone. The first ‘Activity’ was a homemade jump-scare shocker, made by a guy who just happened to be a tale...
Overdue #12 The Prestige (2006)
Christopher Nolan, currently directing the leaky ship that is The Dark Knight Rises, has gone through something of a reputation change over the past few years. Formerly recognised as the dark visionary responsible for the uncom...
Film Review: Real Steel
One part live action Rock Em’ Sock Em’ Robots, two parts estranged father-son relationship, shake it over ice and add Shaun Levy. You get Real Steel, featuring some impressive animatronic effects (courtesy of Legacy Effects...
Film Review: Sleeping Beauty
If there is one thing to be said for Emily Browning, it is that she may just have accomplished one of the most radical shifts from a mainstream performance into uncomfortably dedicated acting in recent memory. The role in quest...
Film Review: The Three Musketeers 3D
It takes a certain flavour of filmmaker to adequately stir the swashbuckling spirit, you need a knack for inspiring your cast into a sense of camaraderie and daring do as well as a flair with the visual. Kenneth Branagh deliver...
