Another brilliant looking film from Tim Burton, which reminded me of The Corpse Bride. The visual style is only as Burton can do, quality and an atmosphere of undiluted creepiness is in every frame. The colours are kept quite monotone to better contrast with the sticky red stuff, Read the rest of this entry »
Based on the best-selling novel by James Siegel (No wonder this film is so well written and scripted). It’s a real edge of your seat thriller, very much like Hitchcocks films in the past, it builds the tension throughout with some terrific plot twists, some obvious and some not so.
This film is rather like a half hour comedy sketch that’s been stretched too far. It has elements of Only When I laugh and Benny Hill. It has obviously been shot on a tight budget and they have done their best the script and the story is OK if not quite clever. Read the rest of this entry »
Recently Grand Theft Auto 4 has hit the streets, and it has made me question the whole media of video games. This game is immoral and this comes from someone who has been to art college and done those art college/student things we all do when we’re young. I do defend peoples right to free speech and to express themselves and to wear whatever they like. In the past I would have been a bit easier on GTA, but as we all know times are changing and society is becoming even more violent. Read the rest of this entry »
For those not in the know, this is a video game magazine that covers all formats (Nintendo, Microsoft, Playstation, PC…). This is also one of the only magazines that prides itself on being impartial in its reviews and occasionally gets itself into hot water with some of the more hard core gamers (read young hot heads of about 14) because in their opinion it under scores their favourite games and doesn’t go with the popular vote. Read the rest of this entry »
