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‘Saturday Night Fever’ Retro Review

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A review by G-FUNK Director: John Badham (what, really?) Cast: John Travolta and some other people. Plot: Tony feels constrained by life in Brooklyn, unable to find his way out of the ghetto.… Continue reading

Retro Gaming: ‘I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream’

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Many games like to tout their ‘moral choice systems’ these days, and game developers do like to try and provide a genuinely tough choice. Whilst some of the scenarios are more than absurd,… Continue reading

Top 5 Gaming Sandboxes

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When Will Wright gave gamers the option of unleashing Godzilla into the middle of the cities that they’ve spent hours planning and building it brought something important to light – gamers like the… Continue reading

16 Random Thoughts While Watching ‘Transformers 2’

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A review by G-FUNK So here’s what happened…people tell me that my reviews of bad movies are more entertaining than any other. So occasionally subject myself to a movie that I’m not going… Continue reading

Top Ten Most Interesting Directors of the Now: Quentin Tarantino

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A series by G-FUNK Tarantino is one of the longest working directors featured in this series with his first major release appearing in cinemas in 1992. Although his style has changed little over… Continue reading

Star Wars in Review: The Holiday Special

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Over the past few weeks I’ve written reviews of the six Star Wars movies (with a total of 31 Stars assigned), the recent documentary The People vs George Lucas, and constructed lists based… Continue reading

Retro Review: ‘Jennifer’s Body’

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Director: Karyn Kusama Cast: Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfred, Johnny Simmons, Adam Brody Review: Diablo Cody, scriptress behind Juno and United States of Tara, completely fails to add any of her usual wit or… Continue reading

‘The Muppets’ Review

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A Review by G-FUNK Director: James Bobin Cast: Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, The Great Gonzo, Fossie Bear, Walter, Jason Segel, Amy Adams Plot: Walter has always felt left out, due to being… Continue reading

The Ultimate Batman Reading Guide (Part #3)

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So far in the Ultimate Batman Reading Guide we’ve examined the different versions of the Batman origin story, the best reading available for The Joker and the best stories featuring Batman’s sidekicks Robin… Continue reading

Happy Birthday Doctor Funk!

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Today is Doctor Funk’s Birthday! Whilst we don’t normally use this blog for personal messages, this one is especially important. Firstly, Doctor Funk is a very awesome person. Secondly, Doctor Funk gifted us… Continue reading