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Top 100 Women in Pop Culture! (Part 2)

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And we’re back! We had a very positive response to the first part of our multi-part series of the female characters who are especially awesome. If you missed the first 20 entries in… Continue reading

Reviewing the Scary Movies That Traumatised My Childhood (Vol. 1)

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As I sit on the couch getting into the Hallowe’en spirit (such as it exists Down Under) by watching some of our new favourite horror movies like The Cabin in the Woods I’ve been reflecting… Continue reading

Cheap Game Tuesday: ‘Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag’

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The Assassin’s Creeds franchise has become one of the most recognisable properties in pop culture. The distinctive white hooded, free running, wrist-bladed assassin became a selling point for the PS3 and X-Box 360 when… Continue reading

The Top 100 Women in Pop Culture! (Part 1)

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A while ago we wrote an epic ten part list of our 100 favourite graphic novels. We liked it and the feedback we got was very positive. I though we’d do video games… Continue reading

Movie Review ‘iPad Product Placement’ (aka ‘Sex Tape’)

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Director: Jake Kasdan Cast: Jason Segal, Cameron Diaz, Rob Corddry, Ellie Kemper, Rob Lowe Plot: A married couple find that the spark has gone out of their love life. To spice things up… Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘The Judge’

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Director: David Dobkin Cast: Robert Downey, Jr., Robert Duvall, Vera Farminga, Billy Bob Thornton, Dax Shepard, Vincent D’Onofrio Story: A hot shot lawyer returns to his old small town family home after the… Continue reading

Cheap Games Tuesday: ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’

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A year or so again the indie game Slender turned up, basing itself off the popular urban myth of the ‘Slenderman’. It was simple in presentation and gameplay but worked within its limitations to… Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘Horns’

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Director: Alexandre Aja Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Juno Temple, James Remar Plot: Following the murder of his girlfriend, down and out Ig is at the centre of a media storm and under scrutiny as… Continue reading

Comic Review: ‘Good Dog, Whiskey’

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Let’s begin with the story about me at a convention. The Supanova convention was the last one to come to this isolated corner of the planet, and I did my thing of interviewing… Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘A Walk Among the Tombstones’

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Director: Scott Frank Starring: Liam Neeson, Dan Stevens, David Harbour, Astro Plot: A former cop and former alcoholic turned unlicensed private eye reluctantly takes on a case for a drug dealer whose wife… Continue reading