Tag Archives: review

The Final Destination – Are We There Yet?

For those who aren’t privy to my Facebook and Twitter rants, my last non-family related vacation was invaded by the filming of [...]

Will Someone Please Repo the Repo Men?

Some of you may have heard about Jude Law’s upcoming movie Repo Men (or as it may have originally been titled, Repossession [...]

Battlestar Galactica: The Plan – Review

In brief: Confused, unspectacular, and did we really need it?
In detail: Dean Stockwell must have been chuffed when he first [...]

District 9 Review

In Brief: Brilliantly fascinating, if flawed.
In Detail: Most of what I’ve seen written about District 9 is about its analogous resemblance [...]

Torchwood: Children of Earth: Day One Review

In brief:  Zoom. BOOM.
In depth:
Torchwood is back.
After an undisclosed period of time after the deaths of Owen and Toshiko, [...]

Review: Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen

In brief:
Boom! Smash! Plot! Smash! Boom!
In depth:
Firstly, a little tip:
Never, ever sit in the front row of the cinema when watching [...]

Star Trek Review

In Brief:  It’s lived long, and now it finally prospers.
In Detail:  It’s been a very, very long time since I’ve watched the [...]

Red Dwarf : Back to Earth Special

After a long wait with several rumours of a return in the form of a movie, ten years on and we – [...]

Doctor Who: Easter Special 2009: Planet of the Dead

image In brief: Fun!

In-depth:

One down.

Three more to go.

Let’s get serious people!

To elaborate – this is it folks. Strap yourselves in for this adventure because it’s fun, tongue in cheek and a fast, furious ride. If you’ve read any interviews you’ll know that this is probably what RTD might call his last chance for a ‘light hearted’ romp in the Whoniverse. If you can call strangers on a London bus being dragged halfway across the universe by a wormhole and then being hunted down by an alien swarm ‘light hearted’.

But this episode doesn’t really dwell on the scary moments for longer than, well, a few moments. It’s about crashing through…

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Star Trek: Alternate Realities DVD

With the vast number of releases sweeping through the genre at the minute, this DVD could easily forgiving for slipping out under [...]