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Thursday, March 4, 2010: TRIANGLE (UK/Australia, 2009) 7/10 Tuesday, March 9, 2010: THE ARMY OF CRIME (France, 2009) 7/10 Friday, March 12, 2010: CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORY (USA, 2009) 7/10 Friday, March 19, 2010: THE DESCENT: PART 2 (UK,...

Posted at 10:28 PM in Cinema

Wednesday, March 3, 2010: LUFTSLOTTET SOM SPRENGTES (BD, Region ABC, Norway) Wednesday, March 3, 2010: TRIANGLE (BD, Region B, UK) Wednesday, March 3, 2010: 36 (BD, Region B, UK) Wednesday, March 3, 2010: LADY VENGEANCE (BD, Region B, UK)...

Posted at 10:18 PM in Blu-ray / DVD

The good news is that it fits in my current case. With about a centimetre to spare. Which is a relief, because I'm still very happy with my Sonata III. It does a great job of cancelling out fan...

Posted at 8:38 PM in Technology

I've made a few changes to my proposed list of components for my Summer 2010 computer upgrade. Over the last couple of days, I've been reading reviews of the Corsair H50 cooling solution and have come to the conclusion that...

Posted at 10:42 PM in Technology

SPOOKS: SEASON SIX (DVD, Contender, Region 2, UK) The one season of SPOOKS that I don't own a copy of (I have review copies of 1-5 and recorded 7-8 off Freeview), nicely discounted to under a tenner at Zavvi,...

Posted at 8:35 PM in Blu-ray / DVD

The new system I mentioned in my previous post is still several months from fruition, giving me plenty of time to research and change my mind, but at the moment, I'm looking at going for the following components: CASE: Corsair...

Posted at 10:07 PM in Technology

DUMBO (BD, Buena Vista, Region BC, UK) No original mono on this UK release - just a 7.1 remix. For shame, Disney. By the way, I'm afraid there are unlikely to be any further BD impressions pieces in the...

Posted at 9:44 PM in Blu-ray

Quelle surprise. To be fair, the look of these transfers appears to be deeply inconsistent. Some shots look pretty damn good, and I get the impression that things improve with each subsequent film (bearing in mind that my memory of...

Posted at 5:34 PM in Blu-ray

What do you do when you're sitting on the rights to one of the best horror movies - scratch that, THE best horror movie - of the last decade? Answer: you make a shameless cash-in that lifts the core elements...

Posted at 8:45 PM in BD Impressions

ZOMBIELAND (BD, Sony Pictures, Region ABC, UK)...

Posted at 6:33 PM in Blu-ray

BROKEN EMBRACES (BD, Sony Pictures, Region A, USA) Second time's a charm... THE DESCENT: PART 2 (BD, Pathé, Region B, France)...

Posted at 4:02 PM in Blu-ray

TOY STORY 2 (BD, Buena Vista, Region ABC, USA) Why is all the good stuff coming out at the same time?...

Posted at 10:07 PM in Blu-ray

I have mixed feelings about the direction in which John Lasseter has taken Disney animation since taking over leadership a few years back. While the situation now is undoubtedly far better than it was towards the arse-end of the previous...

Posted at 8:58 PM in BD Impressions

THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG (BD, Buena Vista, Region A, USA)...

Posted at 11:25 PM in Blu-ray

THE BAADER MEINHOF COMPLEX (BD, MPI, Region A, USA)...

Posted at 4:59 PM in Blu-ray

I just had to share this with you. "Catchphrase!"...

Posted at 9:15 PM in Cinema

TAKEN: in which ex-secret service man Liam Neeson travels to Paris and basically kills everyone. I'd be lying if I said this was a thought-provoking or particularly inventive film, but damn it if it isn't hellishly entertaining. Produced and co-written...

Posted at 8:46 PM in BD Impressions

TOY STORY (BD, Buena Vista, Region ABC, USA)...

Posted at 4:30 PM in Blu-ray

A BD release of the Disney classic (not the naff-looking Tim Burton version currently playing in cinemas) appears to be coming out in Italy on May 2010: Clicky! Source: Blu-ray.com...

Posted at 10:14 PM in Blu-ray

CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORY (BD, Anchor Bay, Region A, USA)...

Posted at 9:10 PM in Blu-ray

If you're a PC gamer, chances are you've heard about the fiasco surrounding the latest insidious digital rights management (DRM) system designed to screw legitimate customers... sorry, I mean't to say "designed to combat piracy". Funny now the two always...

Posted at 11:17 PM in Games

I wasn't really a fan of Christopher Smith's first feature, CREEP. Actually, that's putting it mildly: I thought it was, on the whole, dull and not particularly well-made or acted. I haven't seen his middle child, SEVERANCE, yet, but TRIANGLE...

Posted at 11:07 PM in BD Impressions

An unexpected mega haul today. First, the two discs that I'd ordered online: LUFTSLOTTET SOM PRENGTES (BD, Nordisk Film, Region ABC, Norway) Known in its native Sweden as LUFTSLOTTET SOM SPRÄNGDES and in English-speaking territories as THE GIRL WHO KICKED...

Posted at 11:31 PM in Blu-ray