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Well, yesterday was a laugh and a half for me as I spent it wrangling with a web site whose performance when it came to PHP and CGI scripts had become nothing short of outrageous. As I've mentioned a few...

Posted at 12:58 PM in Web

If you've been trying to post a comment or use the search function within the last twenty-four hours, you may have noticed that the site seems to be executing CGI scripts more slowly than normal. It's been a little sluggish...

Posted at 12:00 PM in Web

Firefly: The Complete Series (BD, 20th Century Fox, Region AB, Canada) I finally stumped up the cash for this series, which for some reason I've never seen, despite how much I enjoy its movie continuation, Serenity. I picked this...

Posted at 6:22 PM in Blu-ray

Blizzard Entertainment recently confirmed that their two upcoming games, Starcraft II and Diablo III, will not support local area network (LAN) games. Instead, players who want to play the games' multiplayer mode will have to connect to the company's Battle.net...

Posted at 3:15 PM in Games

I suppose it's tempting to see Night of the Living Dead as a bit twee these days, and to a certain extent I agree. On the one hand, the unconvincing make-up effects and wooden acting do detract to a degree...

Posted at 2:14 PM in BD Impressions

Flame and Citron (BD, Metrodome, Region ABC, UK) Birthday present from my brother....

Posted at 10:46 AM in Blu-ray

Personally, I've always found children to be creepy little fuckers, so the idea of a horror movie in which a group of them turn into murderous psychopaths and start bumping off their parents is an incredibly potent one. I didn't...

Posted at 2:27 PM in BD Impressions

Can you tell I'm on holiday? I'm positively barrelling through my "to watch" pile. I'm back to work on Saturday so I'm making the most of what little time I have left. A quote on the front cover of Franklyn...

Posted at 1:39 PM in BD Impressions

Critics and fans alike continually shower Joss Whedon's Serenity with praise for its witty dialogue, adrenaline-pumping action and rich characterisation, and rightly so, but it always surprises me that very few of them mention Jack Green's striking cinematography. It's beautifully...

Posted at 4:46 PM in BD Impressions

My copy of Eden Lake has a sticker on the cover proclaiming it to be "from the producer of The Descent". It really should have said "and the composer too", for David Julyan's bombastic score is the most prominent of...

Posted at 12:05 PM in BD Impressions

Watched Martyrs last night, and it was... well, an experience, and one that I've yet to develop a definite position on. I certainly didn't hate it, but I came away from it feeling decidedly unfulfilled, which may or may not...

Posted at 12:25 PM in BD Impressions

My good friend the Baron informs me that the original My Bloody Valentine has the reputation of being one of the better examples of the 80s slasher cycle. This could well be the case, but conversely the 2009 remake is...

Posted at 2:35 PM in BD Impressions

I got the following for my birthday: Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 6 (DVD, Warner, Region 1, USA) The Children (BD, E1 Entertainment, Region ABC, UK) Eden Lake (BD, Optimum, Region B, UK) Martyrs (BD, Optimum, Region B, UK) My...

Posted at 11:47 PM in Blu-ray / DVD

Going out for pizza now......

Posted at 11:10 AM in General

Donkey Punch is a low budget British horror movie from 2008. It was, for the most part, shredded by the critics when it came out, but personally I thought it was better than its reputation suggested. It genuinely surprised me...

Posted at 11:43 PM in Cinema

I started watching this today, although given the sweltering heat I kind of wish I'd chosen something that wasn't set in the Deep South. Anyway, despite the fact that it did nothing to cool me down (seriously, if this fucking...

Posted at 10:20 PM in Television