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Comic Reviews- Week of 26th Oct 2011
This comic is exactly what I expected from monthly comics when I first considered getting into them. A story-line, mission or adventure that is done in one issue, but plays a part in an overarching narrative. Admittedly, I’ve seen that comics can be much more than this, but its a method of storytelling that works well, and I’m glad that this run of Superman is going with it. This issue…
Marvel’s Next Film Hero is Dr. Strange
Marvel is slowly rebuilding its expansive, interconnected comic book universe on the silver screen, and it seems that one of their, if you’ll excuse the pun, strangest heroes is on his way to join the likes of Iron Man, Thor and Captain America. Marvel have approved a script for a Doctor Strange motion picture written … Read more
Nintendo CEO Apologises for 3DS Price Cut
Giantbomb has provided the English reading internet with a translation of one of the oddest open letters a large company, let alone a game developer has ever released. Nintendo CEO himself, Satoru Iwata has responded to the fan backlash over the 3DS’s recently announced price-slash with a letter of apology to fans. This is doubly … Read more
Meet Your New Ultimate Spider-Man
Marvel have revealed the successor to Peter Parker’s Spider-Man mantle in their Ultimate comics range, an all new character by the name of Miles Morales. Readers can see the new web slinger don the suit for the first time in Ultimate Fallout #4 before the Ultimate Spider-Man title is re-launched in September with a brand new #1 … Read more
Going Out In Style- Dropkick Murphys
It is always sad when the biggest selling point of your album is a guest appearance from another artist, but that’s just what Celtic-punks Dropkick Murphys have ended up with on their 2011 release ‘Going Out In Style’. The 7th release from Quicy’s Irish-hardcore masters ultimately ends up not differing much from the previous six, … Read more
Lady Gaga- Born This Way
When Lady Gaga released her track Born This Way as a single, a lot of people were underwhelmed. There were cries of it “shamelessly ripping off” Madonna’s ‘Express Yourself’, of it being too blatant with its pro-LGBT message (more on that later) or if it being plainly just not as good as her … Read more
Toy Story 3
The Academy may as well not open the voting for ‘Best Animated Picture’ this year, nothing is going to stop that little gold man from joining Buzz and Woody’s gang after what Pixar have pulled off with Toy Story 3. Never before has there been a trilogy of films where each subsequent picture is as … Read more
Failsafe For Tomorrow- Give Up The Ghost EP
Failsafe For Tomorrow’s second EP ‘Give Up The Ghost’ reminds me a lot of an undercooked cake. It has the potential to be really tasty, and you can tell the ingredients that went into it were chosen with the best of intentions, but you just can’t enjoy it. Instead, I was left overwhelmed by a … Read more
Introducing: Dinosaur Pile-Up
Hailed as the next big thing by indie darling radio station XFM, Dinosaur Pile-Up seem to be gradually spreading their name around the industry as the next big band to watch. The big question however is, are they any good? Well, this 3 piece from Yorkshire are certainly trying hard, floating around the peripheries of … Read more
Meat Loaf- Hang Cool Teddy Bear
Let me get this out in the open before I begin. I have never been a fan of Meat Loaf. For such a legend of rock, I found his music incredibly tame, and bordering on quite sappy and bland. He was just an artist I didn’t get. Popular? Undeniable. To my tastes? Barely, which is … Read more
