ReviewScifi
Great North Road by Peter F. Hamilton (book review)
I have completed the ‘Great North Road’ and it’s an epic trek taking you to places you would never otherwise visit, meeting both…
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ReviewFilms
Alex Cross – Frank’s take (film review)
The good news is that Tyler Perry has temporarily exchanged his trademark frumpy ‘Madea’ gowns for masculine guns in his latest trite conventional…
ReviewHorror
Paranormal Activity 4 – Frank’s Take (film review).
Well, at least there is the consistency of churning out another repetitive ‘Paranormal Activity’ installment around the Halloween festivities that is still in…
ReviewHorror
Shock Value by Jason Zinoman (book review).
They sure don’t make them like they used to. ‘Shock Value’ by New York Times film critic Jason Zinoman covers how a few…
ReviewScifi
Assault On Precinct 13/Dark Star by Alan Howarth (album review)
This album features music from John Carpenter’s 1976 cult classic ‘Assault On Precinct 13’ and his debut film ‘Dark Star’ from 1974. Given…
ReviewHorror
Sinister (film review) – Frank’s Take.
Director/co-writer Scott Derrickson (‘The Exorcism Of Emily Rose’) creates a slow burn of macabre-oriented mayhem in the creepy caper ‘Sinister’. Derrickson and fellow…
ReviewMusic/Audio
Moon Breakers Soundtrack by Bear McCreary (album review)
Scoring an online role-playing game can be a tricky affair. Gamers who will log hundreds of hours on a game won’t want to…
ReviewMusic/Audio
The Dark Knight Rises by Hans Zimmer (album review)
No film this year polarised peoples’ opinion quite like ‘The Dark Knight Rises’. It was the cinematic equivalent of Marmite. Fans and laymen…
ReviewCulture
From Inside (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by Brett Smith (album review).
An apocalypse tale is never going to be the source of the most upbeat music and you don’t get any less upbeat than…
ReviewMusic/Audio
Legend: Music From The Motion Picture by Tangerine Dream (album review).
It’s an age-old story: boy meets girl, boy falls in love with girl, boy and girl are charged with saving the last two…
ReviewHorror
Zombies – A Compendium Of The Dead edited by Otto Penzler (book review)
Zombies! Surrounding us! With the success of ‘The Walking Dead’ comic and TV series, the grateful undead have shuffled back into fashion and…
ReviewBooks
The Palace Job by Patrick Weekes (Book Review).
I normally start a review with a small plot summary, but so much happened in this novel, my plot summary would not be…