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Dead Man’s Shoes (2004) – Dir: Shane Meadows (This is England, Twenty-Four Seven)

Shane Meadows is an interesting voice for British film, and this is one of his best works. Richard (Paddy Considine) returns home from the war to find that his little brother has killed himself. But there is more to the story, and Richard knows the truth. Led by Sonny (Gary Stretch) a low level hoodContinue reading “Dead Man’s Shoes (2004) – Dir: Shane Meadows (This is England, Twenty-Four Seven)”

Bottom Live: The Big Number 2 Tour (1995) – Dir: Dominic Brigstocke (Smith and Jones, Ricky Gervais)

Rik Mayall as Richard Richard and Adrian Edmondson as Eddie present to the audience in this live format pure toilet humour and slapstick at its very best. The story is about two friends who share an apartment in England and have no money. Unemployed, pathetic, disgusting, and horny, but loyal friends – they have aContinue reading “Bottom Live: The Big Number 2 Tour (1995) – Dir: Dominic Brigstocke (Smith and Jones, Ricky Gervais)”

Tromeo and Juliet (1996) – Dir: Lloyd Kaufman (The Toxic Avenger, Class of Nuke’em High, Sgt Kabukiman NYPD)

Lemi from Motorhead narrates a 90’s punk retelling of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, in true Troma films fashion – with lots of gore, deviant sex and silly humour. Feeling like America’s response to our own Bad Taste (1987) – but with a more thorough plot which arcs on our satirised heroes and feeds offContinue reading “Tromeo and Juliet (1996) – Dir: Lloyd Kaufman (The Toxic Avenger, Class of Nuke’em High, Sgt Kabukiman NYPD)”

Crash Cancelled

A video on Youtube brings us the first peek of Crash Landed – the unreleased demo of a cancelled Crash Bandicoot game for DS by Renegade Kid studios. Other games by the studio: Moonan FPS that looks like a cross between Doomand Alien Trilogy (PSX) and yet has a very slick and cool feel toContinue reading “Crash Cancelled”

Nintendo Dreams – Bionicle Heroes DS

Learning to jump, I feel like a baby deer learning to walk. What’s a baby deer called? Venison. The enemy robots roll up in ball form. So far I have been unable to emulate this maneuver. They also come at me incredibly quickly, which would be menacing if they weren’t so easy to destroy. TheContinue reading “Nintendo Dreams – Bionicle Heroes DS”

Nintendo Dreams – Star Trek: Tactical Assault DS (part four)

There is a destination on the warp screen called The Neutral Zone, which means I’m not actually in the Neutral Zone, like I thought I was. So I hit the warp button. It’s becoming less fun now. As soon as I arrive, we receive a distress signal from some planet that’s being attacked. We warpContinue reading “Nintendo Dreams – Star Trek: Tactical Assault DS (part four)”

Nintendo Dreams – Star Trek: Tactical Assault DS (part three)

I hit him. He’s damaged. But my ship is almost a wreck. I back out of range while my photon torpedoes recharge. I decide to chance it and overclock them, (overclocking increases their power, but also increases recharge time.) Once recharged, I can’t afford to get hit anymore, so I swoop in on tilt. CarefullyContinue reading “Nintendo Dreams – Star Trek: Tactical Assault DS (part three)”

Nintendo Dreams – Star Trek: Tactical Assault DS (part two)

There are drones in space that I need to track, shoot and destroy. But they will shoot back, so I have been informed that we will need to go to red alert to turn on the shields and the weaponry. So I click the ‘red alert’ button. I’m not joking, it’s that simple and obvious.Continue reading “Nintendo Dreams – Star Trek: Tactical Assault DS (part two)”

Nintendo Dreams – Star Trek: Tactical Assault DS (part one)

…When I return to the place where I destroyed the tanks, that colourful arrow reappears on my screen and my superior tells me there’s an enemy Mech nearby. All I have to do is get close to it and attach the claw and I can steal the Mech. That doesn’t sound too difficult. The obligatoryContinue reading “Nintendo Dreams – Star Trek: Tactical Assault DS (part one)”

Nintendo Dreams – Mech Assault: Phantom War DS (part three)

It’s surprising how many hits the elementals can sustain from me, due to their being so miniature. I haven’t tried stomping on them, mainly as they’re much stronger than humans, they intimidate me. I know they’re killable, though. The first just exploded. I had to unleash a barrage of plasma, but I did it. IContinue reading “Nintendo Dreams – Mech Assault: Phantom War DS (part three)”