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Dell's 20-inch laptop takes the Tube
Crave TV | 01 November 2007
CNET.co.uk's brave PC editor lugs Dell's massive XPS M2010 from one side of London to the other using the Tube and bus.
Reel Weekend | 14 March 2008
Director Brian De Palma returns to his low-budget roots with Redacted. The film was shot on high-def video for an American cable channel and looks at life in Iraq for a squad of American soldiers in typically controversial style. It focuses upon the brutal rape of an Iraqi girl by out-of-control American soldiers, and while it's not exactly subtle and doesn't tell us much we don't already know, it's pretty powerful stuff.
Reel Weekend | 07 February 2008
There seems to be an unofficial rule in Hollywood that every year a small unassuming indie movie does battle with the big budget goliaths for box office and Oscar success. Last year it was Little Miss Sunshine, and this year it falls upon the slender shoulders of Juno. This witty comedy drama is the surprise fifth Oscar nominee for Best Picture this year, and more than holds its own against its more high profile rivals. It's the story of a 16-year-old girl from a small town who upon the discovery that she has fallen pregnant decides she must find more responsible parents for her as-yet unborn child...
Reel Weekend | 18 April 2008
Acclaimed playwright Martin McDonagh's debut feature In Bruges is probably the first hitman movie to be set in Belgium, a country better known for worryingly fruity beer, Poirot and Jean Claude Van Damme than a violent criminal underworld. The hitmen in this case are a pair of Irishmen, played by Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson, who come to the quaint medieval town of the title to cool off after a hit back in London goes wrong...
Album Focus: Blood Red Shoes – 'Box of Secrets'
Encoded | 18 April 2008
Blood Red Shoes' debut album Box of Secrets is so good we've made them band of the week in Encoded's Album Focus show. Although they've been around for quite some time, it's clear from album opener Doesn't Matter Much that their frenetic clatter hasn't been dulled by the passage of time, smacking just as hard as it does live, and introducing the band in a manner befitting a returning hero...
Video View: Black Kids, Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip and Young Galaxy
Encoded | 08 April 2008
This week music video fans we've got three little beauties for you. First up is the debut video from Black Kids, one of 2008's most exciting new bands, whose first single, I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You comes out on 7 April. This is followed by the twin pioneers of electronic preaching and exceptional facial hair, Dan Le Sac and Scroobius Pip, with their video Look For The Woman; and bringing up the rear are Young Galaxy, whose track Come And See is out as a single next month. Enjoy.
Reel Weekend | 04 April 2008
Anyone who goes to see Funny Games at the cinema expecting a raucous night out is going to be in for a nasty shock – this film is far from funny. Director Michael Haneke's 2008 English-language version is almost a shot-for-shot remake of his original 1997 German-language version, with the same levels of kidnap, brutal torture and murder. The only real addition to this recent version is Naomi Watts, who spends a lot more time in her underwear than the original actress had to.
Reel Weekend | 20 March 2008
The Orphanage is very much in keeping with producer Guillermo del Toro's brand of chiller, which blends visceral shocks with moving character-based drama. It's the story of a couple who decide to reopen an old orphanage, but find their lives torn apart when their adopted son goes missing. In general it relies on a build-up of tension and uncomfortable psychological anguish rather than traditional shocks, however it does contain one of the single best jump-out-your-seat frights since Carrie decided that being buried wasn't much fun after all...
Reel Weekend | 14 March 2008
The Cottage, directed by Paul Andrew Williams and starring none other than Brookside's Jennifer Ellison, is a worthy entrant to the splatter comedy genre. It fuses broad comedic farce with gory horror thrills, with plenty of limbs getting lopped off, farm implements being put to inappropriate use and shovels through faces. It manages to be a whole lot of fun once it hits its stride...
Episode 5: Far Cry 2 and Rainbow Six: Vegas 2
Start/Select | 21 February 2008
In this episode of Start/Select, GameSpot UK's Guy Cocker travels to snowy Montreal to talk to the developers of two of this year's biggest releases: Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 and Far Cry 2. While he's there, he's also treated to a taster of what it's like to work at Ubisoft, one of the biggest independent game publishers in the world. Can they really call this work?
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