The Music of Marvel’s Avengers: An Interview with Bobby Tahouri
“For me it was watching The Untouchables and hearing Ennio Morricone’s score,” Bobby Tahouri says, about what it was that made him want to become a film composer. “My father […]
The Music of Ghost of Tsushima: An Interview with Ilan Eshkeri
“I wanted to be a guitarist in a rock and roll band,” Ilan Eshkeri tells me, “but it all went terribly wrong!” Given how acclaimed, prolific and talented Ilan Eshkeri […]
TV Review: WandaVision – S1/E2 Review
Despite the intriguing reveal from the end of the first episode, it’s straight back into the comfortingly familiar 1950s monochromatic, white picket fenced sitcom setting for the second episode of […]
TV Review: WandaVision – S1/E1 Review
The Marvel Cinematic Universe is often accused of being a bit too cookie cutter at times, in terms of tone and content. Though the now-sprawling universe of interconnected characters is […]
Keeping Fit with Ring Fit Adventure
Having now conquered the main campaign in Ring Fit Adventure, I think I’m definitely in a position to move beyond my first impressions of the game. Prior to the first […]
TV Review: We Are The Champions
As someone who’s never been into traditional competitive sports, less mainstream types of competition really appeal to me. What I love about Netflix’s We Are The Champions is that it […]
Board Game Review: A Game of Cat & Mouth
Both party games and dexterity games tend to get a bad rap from ‘serious’ board game players, but there’s definitely merit in both types of game in many cases; for […]
Board Game Review: Bob Ross: Happy Little Accidents
I was a little late to the party with my appreciation of Bob Ross; I don’t recall ever seeing The Joy of Painting, his wonderfully chilled out and encouraging show, […]
Film Review: Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020)
After a few decades of false starts and dashed hopes, it was a huge relief when the third Bill & Ted movie went into production. Following the surprise cult hit […]
Board Game Review: Here to Slay
Though hugely popular – in thanks due to its superb visual design and excellent production values – I’ve never really been a fan of TeeTurtle’s Unstable Unicorns. It’s a straightforward […]
Film Review: Mulan (2020)
I was 21 when the original, animated Mulan movie was released; far too cool for those Disney cartoons. They’re for kids, right? It’d take until the release of Tarzan in […]
TV Review: Star Trek: The Next Generation – Season One
Though it had a rock solid foundation, with classic Trek’s TV series remaining perennially popular and the Trek movies – with the Spock Trilogy, starting with Star Trek II: The […]
Book Review: Pirates: Dead Men’s Tales
If you’ve been keeping up with my blog recently, you’ll know that I’ve been sailing the seven seas quite often in the last few months – and I’ve been increasingly […]
My Favourite Video Game of 2020
I picked up my Xbox One X in late 2019, having sat out Microsoft’s console for much of the generation thanks to its absolutely disastrous launch reveal and all of […]
My Favourite Board Games of 2020
Though last year was an absolute nightmare for many of us, being stuck at home for long periods and needing to find ways of keeping ourselves entertained meant that conditions […]
Board Game Review: Monopoly Arcade – Pac-Man
I’m not a huge fan of standard Monopoly, as I find it to be a very outdated design that’s far too reliant on the luck of the dice to be […]
Rebellion Specials 2020 (Part 2)
Yesterday, I covered the first half of 2020’s one-off special comics that were published by 2000AD owner Rebellion. There were some fantastic titles in there, so if you haven’t read […]
Rebellion Specials 2020 (Part 1)
Despite all of the hurdles and challenges faced in 2020 – not least some restrictive lockdown procedures that many of us endured for several months of the year – Rebellion […]
