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Movie Review: Lars and the Real Girl
Reel Weekend | 28 March 2008
The tale of a man and his relationship with a life-size sex doll is not what you'd immediately consider could make a genuinely moving love story, but Lars and the Real Girl somehow manages to combine humour with a poignant look at loneliness and the fragility of the human mind. The emotionally troubled Lars meets Bianca, the girl of his dreams, however unfortunately for Lars he believes she's a living, breathing human being...
Gadget Reviews | 07 April 2008
From the moment you take it out of its flashy box, you know the Nokia 8800 Arte fashion phone is something special. Building on the original 8800, it sets its sights on the luxury end of the market. With a 3.2-megapixel camera and a Web browser, is it worth its premium price?
Movie Review: Meet the Spartans
Reel Weekend | 20 March 2008
Meet the Spartans is, without doubt, the worst film we've reviewed on Reel Weekend to date. It's the latest in a line of comedies that began with Scary Movie and can only end when the likes of Friedberg, Seltzer and the Wayans brothers are publicly hanged. Like its predecessors, it has a habit of replacing actual jokes with irrelevant references to recent pop culture, and to top it off, finds it necessary to explain those references seconds after they've been screened...
Reel Weekend | 18 April 2008
Protégé is a gritty new Hong Kong thriller that's been a massive hit in its homeland. It's a hard-hitting anti-drugs tale in which a cop called Nick has spent seven years infiltrating a heroin gang, run by grey-haired Lin Quin (Andy Lau). It manages to mix some old-school cop high-jinks with a tough addiction drama, and although you've seen it before, the cat-and-mouse game between gang boss and undercover rozzer is grippingly told, with some first-rate acting from upcoming star Daniel Wu, as well as veteran Lau.
Ford Focus CC-3: Voice-controlled car-bot
Car Tech | 06 March 2008
Meet the Ford Focus CC-3, the Optimus Prime (well, maybe Bumblebee) of cars you can actually buy. Not only does it transform from coupe to convertible like some crazy metallic origami gadget on wheels, but pretty much everything inside it can be controlled by your voice. Want to skip CD tracks, change the radio frequency or set the precise temperature in the cabin? Just hit the voice-activation button, say the words, and the Focus CC does the rest...
Movie Trailers | 30 January 2008
After producing the sci-fi blockbuster Cloverfield, JJ Abrams returns to the director's chair with this eagerly anticipated rebooting of the Star Trek franchise.
Reel Weekend | 25 April 2008
Based on a graphic novel, the beautifully hand-drawn, black-and-white Persepolis is an autobiographical story of Marjane Satrapi, an Iranian woman who spent the first decade of her life living a relatively happy childhood in Tehran, before being packed off to Vienna by her liberal parents. The film is a masterclass in economic story-telling, effectively condensing many years into just over 90 minutes, and Satrapi and writer-director Vincent Paronnaud manage to find verbal and visual humour in even the darkest of situations.
Reel Weekend | 11 April 2008
William Shakespeare might be the world's greatest ever playwright, dealing with all facets of the human condition, but if he'd been around today he's almost certainly be working in movies. Probably churning out scripts for Adam Sandler vehicles. But since we don't have the man himself, his plays continue to provide rich source material for the cinema screen. The Banquet is the latest movie to take inspiration from the bard, in this case Hamlet. This is the classic tale of murder, revenge and royal power struggles, as relocated to 1st century China.
Gadget Reviews | 25 February 2008
The Cowon A3 is the most capable video player we've looked at to date. It has the best screen we have ever seen on any media player. Playback for most videos is smooth and glitch-free and audio quality is close to perfect, supporting multiple codecs, making it a killer for its price of £250.
Episode 2: Party games, Xbox LIVE movies and Burnout Paradise
Start/Select | 24 January 2008
Guy Cocker and his panel of experts are back for more gaming goodness in this second episode of Start/Select. This week they look at games for the party season – in particular SingStar for the PS3 and Sony's card-playing game The Eye of Judgment. They also review the new high-definition movies that have been released on to the Xbox LIVE Marketplace and have a gander at the Burnout Paradise demo.
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