[Movie Review] The Final Destination

Starring: Bobby Campo, Krista Allen, Andrew Fiscella, Shantel VanSanten, Mykelti Williamson, Haley Webb, Nick Zano Director: David R Ellis Genre: Horror Cert: 15 Released: 2009 Will someone make it stop? Seemingly not.  2006’s “Final Destination 3” was to be the last in the horror series only for the advent of 3D to prompt director David […]

Passing the American Entrance Exam

Every time you enter America as a non-immigrant you have to make a series of declarations about your background and your physical and mental well-being so the state feel assured that you are an asset to them and not a mad man of some sort. Now some of these questions make sense such as whether or […]

[Book review] Mustaine: A Heavy Metal Memoir

Title: Mustaine: A Heavy Metal Memoir Authors: Dave Mustaine and Joe Layden Published: 2010 After almost 30 years of bickering, therapy, and lyrical jabs, the feud between Megadeth founder Dave Mustaine and his former band mates in Metallica had reached that point where it almost become theater. In reality the barbs and general ire usually came from […]

[Movie Review] Mega Shark versus Giant Octopus

Starring: Deborah Gibson, Lorenzo Lamas, Sean Lawlor, Dean Kreyling Director: Jack Perez Genre: Sci-Fi Cert: 15 Released: 2009 The Asylum are some collection of chancers.  The film studio are famous for taking current blockbusters and cranking out their own version; or “mockbusters” as they have been dubbed.  “Transmorphers“, “Snakes on a Train“, “The Terminators“, “I […]

[Movie Review] Mirrors

Starring: Kiefer Sutherland, Paula Patton, Amy Smart Director: Alexandre Aja Genre: Horror Cert: 15 Released: 2008 I don’t know the reason for Kiefer Sutherland’s fairly low-profile cinema career in the last decade.  Since “24” launched in 2001 only “Phone Booth” and “The Sentinel” have showed up on my radar and much of his earnings outside […]

Naked shaving

I was excited after joining my new gymnasium (also known as ‘a gym’).  The entrance lobby was bright, the staff chirpy (apart from Mark – he’s just one of those guys who seems to think smiling is a sign of weakness), the equipment plentiful and in working order. But then I was introduced to a […]

Top Ten things to say to trick-or-treaters

I hate Halloween.  It was a great excuse for burning stuff and drinking flagons of cider when I was 14 but I have no use for it now.  I’m currently sitting in the back room of my deliberately pitch-dark house in the hope of keeping the usual array of greedy children and their imposing parents […]

The right time for a-ha to say goodbye

Depending on which re-written press release you read today you’ll learn that a-ha were formed anywhere from 25 to 27 years ago, split up in the nineties for anywhere from five to seven years and got back together in 1998 – or is that 1999?  No, it was 2000 apparently. What you will unanimously learn and […]

[Movie Review] The Happening

Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel, John Leguizamo Director: M Night Shyamalan Genre: Sci-Fi Cert: 15 Released: 2008 My only ambition for “The Happening”, having failed to sit through director M Night Shyamalan’s previous outings “The Village” and “Lady in the Water”, was to see the closing credits roll .  The decreasing level of entertainment derived from […]