Film Review: Transcendence

It’s a shame that for such an interesting premise (a dying man’s consciousness gets merged with an experimental AI in an effort to save him), the end result is somewhat underwhelming.

      The problem with Wally Pfister’s directorial debut (most known for his work as the DP on several Christopher Nolan films) is that it severely lacks focus. Transcendence is not quite a decent sci-fi, not quite a techno-horror and not quite a love story. It pushes in all three directions at times – but never quite succeeds as any of them.

Double Dose of The Amazing Spider-Man 2

 

This week on Double Dose we have the second part of Sony's rebooted Spidey franchise: The Amazing Spider-Man 2.

Film Review: The Amazing Spider-Man 2

      You’d think that with all the set-up out of the way, this sequel to the 2012 reboot of the Spider-Man franchise would be a lot more focused and succinct. Well it is and it isn’t.

Film Review: The Raid 2

            The sequel to Gareth Evan’s breakout hit The Raid (AKA The Raid: Redemption) continues the story of cop Rama (Iko Uwais) a mere two hours after the closing moments of the first film. And, story-wise at least, that’s pretty much all the two films have in common.

Film Review: Noah

      A big budget film of a well-known biblical tale, directed by one of the most interesting filmmakers working in Hollywood today, is guaranteed to receive all sorts of attention – both good and bad.

      In other hands, this could have been a disaster – either a generic Hollywood-ised action ‘re-imagining’ that takes too many liberties with the source material or, on the opposite end of the spectrum, a preachy and steadfastly literal interpretation of the story that we all know so well anyway. The end result is, rather refreshingly, something in-between, yet at the same time still capable of surprising you with the unique direction it has taken.

Track of The Week - Wild Belle - It's Too Late

       To celebrate the nice weather today, here is a lovely track called It’s Too Late by Wild Belle. Have a listen below:

Film Review: Captain America: The Winter Soldier

     Marvel’s ‘Phase 2’ series of superhero films have a lot to live up to.

     These are no longer simply just origin stories anymore. The characters have been established, the stakes always need to be raised higher; and at the same time delicately interweaving the existing Marvel film mythos in such a way that these films can both be enjoyed as standalone stories as well as part of the greater canon. More specifically, this is all leading up to the massive 2015 event that is The Avengers: Age of Ultron.

Recent Updates - combined!

Hi readers,

Just a quick update on recent developments.

I’ve been publishing a lot of articles elsewhere on’t web for the last few months, so thought I would link up some of them here. Whilst I eventually aim to have an index page up on this blog for easy reference to all the articles, for now here’s just a convenient summary.

My Top 5 Games of 2013

      Let’s do this before we get too far into January!

      I was toying with doing a Top 10 but am kind of pressed for time so… here’s my Top 5 favourite games of the year!

      These aren’t necessarily games that were released in 2013 – just ones I played during that year and completed.

      Oh and before you ask “where’s (insert game here)…”, I didn’t get to play GTAV, The Last of Us, Assassin’s Creed IV or finish Telltale’s The Walking Dead… or anything else you think I may have missed, so that’s why they aren’t included. I’ll do some special mentions afterwards too to see what else could have been in if there was a Top 10.

      If you are interested in 2012 and 2011’s best games lists, just click HERE or HERE.

      Anyway, here are my Top 5 games that I played this year.

Films of the Year 2013 - The Alternative Awards!

 

      Following on from the previous article of My Top 10 Films of 2013, here are some alternative awards. Again these are just my opinions, based on this list of films I saw last year (this time they don't necessarily have to be 2013 releases). Clicking on each title will also link to a relevant clip so do so if you are interested.

      Feel free to discuss and comment or offer your own suggestions afterwards!