Retro ‘Doctor Who’ Reviews – Vol. 5.1

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After the exceptional seven year run of Tom Baker as the fourth incarnation of the Doctor we get started with the fifth: Peter Davison.   Castrovalva Following the Doctor’s regeneration – the result… Continue reading

Spotlight On: NBC’s Hannibal

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NBC has seen better days. Their late night host shuffle has welcomed ridicule. The Law & Order security blanket has whittled down to just one show. They never really did find a proper replacement… Continue reading

Book Review: ‘Plague Nation’ by Dana Fredsti

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Now here’s a book review that is long over due (thanks in no part to Australia Post whose delivery times seem to be decided by a dice roll). One of the reasons why… Continue reading

The Pull List: Must Read 5/29/2013

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Earth 2 Annual #1 By: James Robinson, Yildiray Cinar, Andy Kubert Publisher: DC Comics Price: $4.99 The Lowdown: Earth 2 went from a “hey, this is a cool read” to “meh” back to… Continue reading

‘Arrested Development’: And That’s Why You Shouldn’t Revive A Cult Series

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After years of rumours, promises and increasingly erratic fan demand the cult sitcom that died a too early death has been dug out of the ground, dusted off and propped back up in… Continue reading

Top 20 Songs of the Past 20 Years

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Obviously this is a list that will vary greatly from person to person. The massive amount of material for the list combined with the huge variation caused by personal taste – the combinations… Continue reading

Don’t Screw These Adaptations Up!

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Right, Given how utterly risk averse the big studios have become in recent years the number of literary titles that have been adapted into one form or another. By and large though the… Continue reading

‘Wreck-It Ralph 2’ – What We Want to See

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Ok, so I’m jumping the gun a wee bit here. A sequel to Wreck-It Ralph has not been announced beyond “we’ve talked about it”. But there should be a sequel. Not entirely in a… Continue reading

Sim Games We’d Love To Play

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By Hedge with supergood input from G-Funk Prison Architect is a game by Introversion Software, in which the player is tasked with building and maintaining their own prison facility. It covers everything from… Continue reading

Anastasia (1997) vs The Swan Princess (1994)

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For this installment of Showdown! we will compare two much loved non-Disney animated films: Anastasia (1997) and The Swan Princess (1994). Plot: The tale of Princess Anastasia and her family’s demise during the… Continue reading