Games Addict
11:29 - 06 May 2008
Price: £49.99 Format: Xbox 360 (also on PS3, PS2, PC, PSP, Wii and DS) Age rating: 12+ IRON Man has never been one of Marvel Comics most popular superheroes, always playing second fiddle to the likes of Spider-Man and the X-Men. He isn t even a superher... Full Story »
11:28 - 06 May 2008
Price: £9.99 Format: PC Age rating: 15+ SET in New York City, Fahrenheit is a paranormal thriller that begins with a murder in a seedy diner s toilet. The twist in the tale is that the murderer is you, the player, and that you awake from a hypnotic tranc... Read More »
10:38 - 08 May 2008
The Spiderwick Chronicles Format: Nintendo DS Price: £29.99 THE Spiderwick Chronicles is another DS game based upon a children s adventure movie and after the disappointment of The Golden Compass my hopes were not high. Thankfully it s not too dire and fa... Read More »
CD Reviews
09:57 - 08 May 2008
Brighton s Blood Red Shoes have garnered many a fan for their propulsive, stripped-down and rough-edged tales of frustration, ennui and ADHD, devoting an entire song to the latter. In a reverse-White Stripes fashion, Laura-Mary Carter fronts the duo on gu... Full Story »
09:54 - 08 May 2008
In spite of being self-taught during the final year of high school, singer-cum-bassist David Monks team obviously have a keen grasp of music. Elephant Shell is no slouch either; there is a deft brevity in their approach and lightness of touch akin to The... Read More »
DVD Reviews
16:46 - 09 May 2008
DVD OF THE WEEK Once 915) This little gem of a film stars Glen Hansard of Irish rock group The Frames as a busker and Marketa Irglova a Czech flower seller. The pair are working the streets of Dublin and it turns out that she is a talented musician as wel... Full Story »
09:53 - 08 May 2008
These backpacking US kids are on a BAD trip after a spot of hallucinogenic foraging in the Irish woods. Told not to eat the Death s Head mushroom, which if it doesn t kill you enables you to speak to the dead, shape-shift and see the future, one mushroom-... Read More »
09:52 - 08 May 2008
At a time when coalition troops are in an ongoing battle with Afghan fighters, Oscar-winning director Mike Nichols has returned to the 1980s Cold War and America s covert support for Afghan fighters against the invading Soviet Army. Based on actual event... Read More »
Book Reviews
09:49 - 08 May 2008
THERE is a saying that inside every journalist there is a novelist dying to get out. Gavin Esler attempts to prove the point – and he does not make a bad job of it either with his political thriller. Certainly, there is much that can be believed in his ta... Full Story »
11:12 - 07 May 2008
MAGICIAN is a leader in its genre. When it was first released it was hailed as the best new fantasy concept in years and now some 24 years later is regularly voted as one of the Nations top 100 reads. Feists aim was to create complete and intricate worl... Read More »