My Twisted Valentine - Soundtrack review

CoverCelebrate the dark side of love with alternative themes for a gothic Valentine’s Day. From neurotic Marnie, blood sucking Dracula and all out war of the sexes in Kill Bill to “train wreck” mentality of Betty Blue, Bonnie and Clyde’s blood fest and “bunny boiling” Fatal Attraction this is an ideal anti-Valentine compilation for the more cynical amongst us... [click here...]

 

Halo Legends - Blu-ray review

CoverHalo Legends is an unprecedented gathering of the finest talent in Japanese anime, telling seven new stories (including one two-parter) across one movie. Each episode is set in the 26th Century of the Halo universe. The eight chapters have each been mastered by a highly celebrated Japanese anime studio, each bringing their own unique talents and a different spin to the Halo universe... [click here...]

 

Romeo X Juliet: Volume 1 - DVD review

CoverNeo Verona is a medieval fantasy land which, since the rise to power by the dictatorial and cruel Leontes Montague, has been in steady decline. It has been fourteen years since he rose to the position of prince, following his assassination of all the surviving members of the house of Capulet, time enough for Montague to poison the population who oppose the Capulets. Safe in his position he turned his mind towards the future and an heir. Now Juliet is set to come into her own power and start the road towards the destruction of the Montagues, except that by chance Juliet meets Montague’s son Romeo, a meeting which finds the young couple falling in love... [click here...]

 

Being Human: Bad Blood - Book review

CoverMitchell, George and Annie are a trio of twenty something’s, sharing a house in Bristol, trying to live lives of social normality, which is harder than it sounds when you are respectively a vampire, werewolf and a ghost... Being Human: Bad Blood, is one of the new spin-off books from the successful supernatural/comedy BBC3 series, created by Toby Whitehouse and staring Aidan Turner, Russell Tovey, and Lenora Crichlow... [click here...]

 

Planet Hulk - DVD review

CoverBelieving the Hulk to be an uncontrollable danger to himself and everyone around him, the Avengers incarcerate him in a spacecraft and dispatch it to an uninhabited planet. However, the Hulk regains consciousness and manages to break free. In destroying some of the instrumentation, the ship's trajectory is altered and it instead crash lands on Sakaar, a world ruled by the tyrant Red King. Weakened from the crash he is eventually overwhelmed by a multitude of guards and forced to fight as a gladiatorial slave for the apparent pleasure of the people. But the Hulk reluctantly bands together with a small group of fellow slaves, including the rock-like Korg, the insectoid Miek, ex-Shadow Priest Hiroim, and the rebel Elloe. Much to the Red King's increasing wrath, the Hulk becomes the greatest gladiator the world has seen, and a hero of the people. The king orders the deaths of the group, but it is not a good idea to give the Hulk a single target for his irrepressible rage... [click here...]

 

The Day of the Triffids (2009 TV Series) - DVD

CoverWith traditional global fuel sources dwindling, mankind's search for an alternative has led to the cultivation and harvesting of the Triffid, a relatively newly discovered plant rich in oil extracts. When a highly anticipated, worldwide solar storm results in the billions of spectators who witness it being rendered totally blind, civilized society begins to collapse leaving those few sighted survivors to watch helplessly as disorder unfolds. Amidst the chaos, the once-captive Triffids find freedom and, with a voracious appetite for human flesh, begin roaming the planet, evolving and breeding rapidly as they descend upon towns and cities in search of food. With mankind facing imminent annihilation, it is left to a select few people to take a stand against the Triffids' reign of terror and fight an epic battle to save the future of the human race... [click here...]

 

Aliens in the Attic - DVD review

CoverWhen suburban parents Stuart and Nina Pearson decide it's time for a family holiday they pack up the clan including; boy-obsessed Bethany, techno-geek Tom and adorable seven year old Hannah and head to an isolated lakeside house, searching for peace and quiet. Unbeknownst to the grown-ups the kid's vacation turns out to be anything but relaxing as they find themselves embroiled in an intergalactic battle with knee-high alien invaders. With the aliens set on world-domination the Pearson kids must use their wits, bravery and computer game-playing-prowess to outsmart the unwelcome visitors, save the world and most importantly keep the adults in the dark... [click here...]

 

Sherlock Hound: The Complete Series - DVD

CoverIn Edwardian Britain Sherlock Hound and his friend Doctor Watson spend their time thwarting the nefarious schemes of the evil Professor Moriarty... For the first time Sherlock Hound is presented in all its twenty-six episodes in a five DVD box set. The first thing that you realise is that whilst this was a show designed for children, it is told with a lot of wit and invention. The animation may look a little dated, but the concepts and composition hold up still... [click here...]

 

Wolfhound - DVD review

CoverCondemned to the mines, following the destruction of his tribe, Wolfhound escapes and kills Maneater, the man he holds responsible for the death of his parents. Escaping with two freed captives, the sage Tilorn and slave-girl Niilit, together they travel to the cursed city of Galirad, where Wolfhound finds favour with Princess Elen, finally becoming her bodyguard. Elen is to be betrothed to Vinitar, in the hope that the union will save the city from destruction by the evil druid Zhadoba. Through the journey Wolfhound learns more about the destruction of his village and starts to fall in love with the princess... [click here...]

 

Aqua Teen Hunger Force: Volume 3 - DVD

CoverIn case you don’t know, this is how it goes down. Aqua Teen Hunger Force stars Master Shake, a sadistic, lazy milkshake; Frylock, an erudite, floating packet of fries and Meatwad, a simple-minded, easily-lead meatball and their corpulent next door neighbour Carl. They live in New Jersey in a less-than-salubrious situation. There are plenty of badly thought out attempts to score booze, cash, women, and booze. And cash... [click here...]