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While movies are my main obsession and preferred form of entertainment, I also like to enjoy Japanese animation, or as it’s commonly known as, anime. I’m more of a casual fan, not a true otaku (slang for someone who is a “die hard fan of anime”, or some other hobby), and I would also consider […]
To this very day, I believe that 1995’s “Mortal Kombat” is the best movie adapted from a video game. I’m not saying the movie is a masterpiece of cinema, I’m just saying that when it comes to video game movies, it’s the best one made thus far. It’s not for a lack of trying, but […]
Smart science fiction is a hard sell, and this movie is proof. The title is the first clue. “Annihilation” sounds more like something Roland Emmerich would make, rather than someone who is trying to become the next Stanley Kubrick. “The Shimmer”, or “Enter The Shimmer” would have been better; it has a certain ring to […]
I must confess that Guillermo del Toro is among my Top 5 Directors of all time. He’s my favorite example of a creative mind who is too creative for his own good. His ideas are too big for the limited imagination of modern Hollywood. Had he been around during the 1980s, when studios were willing […]
Ten years ago, JJ Abrams produced a found footage movie called “Cloverfield”. Frankly, I was not a fan. Sure, the concept was unique, the creature design for the monster was great, and the cast was made up of top notch up and comers. That being said, it was a JJ Abrams production, and JJ loves, […]
Let’s face it, Hollywood is creatively bankrupt. As much as I love movies, the people in charge of making said movies only want “sure things”, which means anything remotely original in concept scares them. As a result, nearly half of everything in your local theater is a sequel, remake, reboot, adaptation, and every other kind […]
A beautiful idea with some inspired realisation, undermined by an overuse of jump scares and distracting unity physics. For a long time, I’ve been looking for a good horror game without cheap jump scares. I have anxiety problems so jump scares really mar my enjoyment of an experience. I like psychological horror, cosmic horror, essentially […]
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A Future So Bright? : Review of Bright
Much like the wrestling move, The RKO, the success of Netflix has come out of nowhere. The company was once a mail-in, DVD rental service who tried to go against the then juggernaut of home entertainment that was Blockbuster Video. Then 2007 came, and Netflix shifted over to this new medium called online streaming. Fast […]
2017 has been a fantastic year for Nintendo. Although the Switch released at the beginning of the year with a very limited launch library, the company has provided top-quality first party content on a monthly basis. It turned out to be a smart strategy; fans like me have been able to enjoy each great game […]
Disney has had some huge animated hits in recent years with movies like Frozen, Wreck it Ralph and Moana. However, it’s been eight years since The Princess and the Frog, the most recent movie in the Disney Classics collection to use traditional hand-drawn animation, and the first since 2005’s poorly received Home on the Range. Frozen and Moana have kept up the tradition of animated […]
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Rainbow Six: Siege – Game Review 2017
Released on December 2015, Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege game is a tactical destruction, first-person shooter; developed by the Ubisoft Montreal studios. If you’re the type of gamer who enjoys tactical, immersive game-play then read on. Unlike the usual Call Of Duty games, Tom Clancy’s franchise of games are known to deliver a higher-level of […]
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Game On! : Review of Ready Player One
You’ll notice that with most of my reviews, I like to start with a confession about myself. For this one, I must admit that I am insanely jealous of Ernest Cline. He is the author of “Ready Player One”, the novel that the new movie is adapted from. Mister Cline wrote a story in which […]
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Top Tips For Safer Running
How many of us have been told that running is a really good exercise especially if you do it regularly? Whilst there’s no denying that fact, it’s important that health enthusiasts realise that not talking proper precautions can lead to long term injuries, even if you are a top class athlete. This topic came about […]
We’re going to do something a little different here, faithful readers. I feel that I can’t express what I like and dislike about this movie without giving away spoilers. So, for the first time in one of my reviews, I’m going to spoil major plot points to the movie! Now, for those of you who […]
There’s a number of metaphors that I could come up to summarize the situation that “Justice League” was in before it was released in theaters. My favorite would be the high school student who shows up to the prom long after the party is over, and only the janitors are there, cleaning up the leftover […]
Keeping your blood pumping at times of great despair. We can offer you companionship to help achieve your fitness goals at the gym. Music is a great motivator so we’ve reviewed dozens of music videos and user comments to bring fans the fuel to raise your heart rate. Here are the top 25 workout songs […]
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Free running workout plan for beginners
Here’s another series in Getting Fit Without The Gym. Like me you may at first be intimidated at the thought of either joining a gym or hiring a personal trainer whilst this can help fast track you to success, not everyone has the time, money or the commitment. With increase risk of chronic illnesses such […]
As I confessed in my very first article for this site, I am a cinephile. Be it going to the local theater, streaming through an app, or renting DVDs, I love watching movies. However, the movie industry is standing on shaky ground these days. Box office numbers are just not reaching the heights that the […]
I’ve always been very cynical about the phone as a gaming platform, and in particular the free-to-play model with which it has become almost synonymous. Most free games from the Google Play store or the Apple AppStore adopt some form of ‘premium currency’; in-game riches for which the player pays real money. They do it […]
Foreword. To give you a brief overview as to why I wrote this article. The story goes, me and my work-colleague started a weight-loss competition. We placed a small wager; the person who loses the most amount of weight in six months time wins £10. Sounds simple enough, I would like to stress that we […]
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Drive, Baby, Drive: Review of Baby Driver
I imagine that writer/director Edgar Wright got the idea for his new movie, “Baby Driver”, after watching a marathon of “Fast and Furious” movies, and thinking to himself “Gee, what if those movies were actually good for once? Like what if instead of being one mindless and unrealistic stunt after another, there was a plot […]