Discs and downloads

Discs and downloads

GAME REVIEW: Brothers In Arms: Hell's Highway

Jamie Ewbank Wed, 22 Oct 2008, 11:59am

The Brothers In Arms series is best known for taking the tired old WWII first-person shooter and reinvigorating it by adding squad tactics. Sure, it slowed the games down to a glacial pace, but having to sneak, suppress and flank your opponents ...

BLU-RAY REVIEW: Iron Man

Jamie Ewbank Fri, 17 Oct 2008, 12:13pm

If you’ve ever lamented the fact that blockbuster movies just don’t grab you the way they used to, then Iron Man is the film to restore your faith in the genre. For starters, the special effects are genuinely special. The titular armour is all ...

GAME REVIEW: Pure

Jamie Ewbank Tue, 14 Oct 2008, 12:56pm

Disney’s foray into game development brings us Pure, a quad-biking game that lets you race through gorgeously rendered, realistic environments whilst performing some decidedly unrealistic stunts.The game is a treat for your eyes and it's the type ...

BLU-RAY REVIEW: The Incredible Hulk

Jamie Ewbank Fri, 10 Oct 2008, 3:40pm

The grumpy green shape of The Incredible Hulk is the first of the summer comic book blockbusters to make the jump to DVD and Blu-ray on October 13th.After Ang Lee’s thoughtful but surprisingly placid Hulk in 2003, Director Louis Leterrier clearly ...

ALBUM REVIEW: The Metros

Jamie Ewbank Tue, 7 Oct 2008, 12:34pm

Proudly displaying an array of early-eighties musical influences The Metro's debut album, More Money Less Grief, frequently risks being dismissed as derivative. Hints of The Libertines, Squeeze, Sham 69 and the odd touch of Ska all make More ...

EXCLUSIVE BLU-RAY REVIEWS - Dr No & From Russia With Love

Clare Newsome Thu, 2 Oct 2008, 3:32pm

Almost 24 hours on and i'm still smiling. That's the grin-inducing effect of watching the first two James Bond films - Dr No and From Russia With Love - on Blu-ray.The films are due out on October 20th, along with a seemingly random initial ...

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DVD REVIEW: The Eye

Jamie Ewbank Mon, 29 Sep 2008, 2:42pm

Hollywood remakes of successful Asian horror films all tend to hit the same snag: when stripped of the subtitles and cultural differences present in the original, the audience no longer have the added thrill of unfamiliarity to enhance the ...

DVD REVIEW: Stop Loss

Jamie Ewbank Tue, 23 Sep 2008, 11:38am

It’s been a long wait for Kimberley Pierce to follow up 1999’s Boys Don’t Cry, but with Stop Loss she succeeds in tackling another serious subject with the same sort of power and poise her last film displayed.Stop Loss is the name of the US army ...

Streets apart from where he used to be...

Jamie Ewbank Fri, 19 Sep 2008, 12:07pm

Everything is Borrowed, the fourth album from The Streets, has big job to do. Fans want it to make up for its predecessor, The Hardest Way To Make An Easy Living, and return Mike Skinner to the heights he attained on his first two albums. Alas, ...

GAME REVIEW: Star Wars: Force Unleashed

Jamie Ewbank Tue, 16 Sep 2008, 12:01pm

Star Wars: Force Unleashed is the most action-packed Star Wars game ever to hit a home console, and it lets you get in touch with your dark side.Jedis might get all the attention, but the real stars of the Star Wars universe have to be the Sith. ...