Reviews

Review: Deadly Class Vol. 1 – Reagan Youth

October 30, 2014 Marcus Deehan

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What if someone took the secret schooling from Naruto, the grit, gangs and violence from Reservoir Dogs, the drug addled ramblings from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and sprinkled it all with a few exaggerated memoirs to keep it all semi-grounded in the real world?

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Halloween Movie Challenge, Day 20 – 23

October 28, 2014 Brian Dunster

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The laptop Gods are still avoiding me. Hopefully I’ll be back online soon. How I miss the digital world. But that doesn’t mean I have given up watching horror. Here are the latest films I had the pleasure of viewing over the last few nights. RUBBER A killer tire is loose in a small desert […]

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Otaku Digest – Sora no Method/Ore, Twintail ni Narimasu/Donten ni Warau

October 26, 2014 Céire Ní Dalaigh

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Another week down and needless to say another week of amazing anime viewing. This week’s line up is Sora no Method, Ore, Twintail ni Narimasu and Donten ni Warau. Donten ni Warau Up first is historical action anime Donten ni Warau which originally aired on the 4th of October. In the eleventh year of the […]

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Forgotten Childhood – Hocus Pocus

October 23, 2014 Thérèse Lyons

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Time to get a bit “Halloween-y” on the Arcade, as Hocus Pocus puts a spell on us! THE INITIAL RELEASE (1993) Released in 1993 Hocus Pocus, is a Halloween-themed fantasy/comedy film and the staple of many a child’s Halloween watching back then. Directed by Kenny Ortega (High School Musical, Dirty Dancing), Hocus Pocus tells the […]

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Review: The Book of Life

October 23, 2014 Richard Drumm

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By all accounts, this hasn’t been a standout year for animation aimed at younger viewers. Even the most successful and acclaimed example, The LEGO Movie, was, if anecdotal evidence is to be believed, more popular with older audiences with many children being reportedly quite bored amidst all the post-modern gags and clever, subversive humor. Many […]

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7 Anime for Halloween

October 22, 2014 ArcadeAdmin

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Halloween comes but once a year… unfortunately! Movies don’t have the monopoly on horror and soin the spirit of All Hallow’s Eve, I have gathered a list of must-see, terrifying, suspenseful and gore-fuelled horror anime guaranteed to send chills up your spine! Soul Eater – Series Nothing will get you in the mood for October 31st […]

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Review: Hans Zimmer – Revealed

October 21, 2014 ArcadeAdmin

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I had the absolute pleasure and privilege of attending the concert of a lifetime – Hans Zimmer: Revealed, with a friend. This opportunity took place in the Eventim Apollo in Hammersmith, London, Saturday October 11th 2014. It was an eventful evening and the skies were thankfully bright and clear on my way to the venue. […]

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Review: Deadcore

October 21, 2014 Marcus Deehan

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“What if someone made a First Person Shooter, combined it with a Platformer, filled each level with Puzzle elements and finally gave the player a special gun that changes the behavior of the environment?” This is the beast that 5-Bit Games have decided to tackle with DeadCore. I know that most of you are probably thinking […]

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Halloween Movie Challenge – Day 16 – 19

October 20, 2014 Brian Dunster

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Due to circumstances out of my control I was left without a laptop all weekend. The thing just up and died on me. Technology, you can’t live with it and you can’t live without it. I haven’t abandoned my Halloween challenge, not by a long shot. I continued to watch horror films despite my inability […]

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Review: American Horror Story: Freak Show – ‘Massacres and Matinees’

October 20, 2014 Anthony McGlynn

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Director: Alfonso Gomez-Réjon Writer: Tim Minear Given that American Horror Story‘s seasons are self-contained, there can be an occasional tendency to almost rail-road plot points in order to provide set-up for more ongoing feuds and relationships. This week’s second episode of Freak Show exemplified this to a tee. Several characters were not only given progression, […]

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