Reviews

Halloween Movie Challenge – Day 2 'Near Dark'

October 3, 2014 Brian Dunster

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The month is young but my goal is clear and I am determined to complete this #HalloweenMovieChallenge. Halloween is my favourite time of the year. There’s something special about the night; the smell of fireworks, the various costumes; the mountains and mountains of junk food; the Halloween episodes of The Simpsons. I revert back to a […]

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Halloween Movie Challenge 2014 – Day 1 ‘Dr. Rage’

October 2, 2014 Brian Dooley

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The Halloween Movie Challenge has some very simple rules, well it’s just the one rule really. All you have to do is watch one horror film, every day in October, right up to Halloween. Now, this might sound easy. But this is a month long commitment. Thirty one days. Thirty one horror movies. And I […]

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Halloween Movie Challenge 2014 – Day 1 'Dr. Rage'

October 2, 2014 Brian Dunster

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The Halloween Movie Challenge has some very simple rules, well it’s just the one rule really. All you have to do is watch one horror film, every day in October, right up to Halloween. Now, this might sound easy. But this is a month long commitment. Thirty one days. Thirty one horror movies. And I […]

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Forgotten Childhood – The Secret of NIMH

October 2, 2014 Thérèse Lyons

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Do movies from our childhood captivate us now as they once did? If so, is it for the same reason? We explore this is The Secret of NIMH THE INITIAL RELEASE (1982) The year was 1979; frustrated with Walt Disney Studios, Don Bluth, Gary Goldman and John Pomeroy were determined to make strongly executed full-length animated […]

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Rewind Review: Enough Said (2013)

October 1, 2014 Jack Dempsey

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Following a prior article detailing 2005 thriller Hard Candy, we at The Arcade are launching a new review format. The Rewind Review. The premise is simple – at The Arcade we review (among other things) recent cinema releases. That said, we also review older films (and games, and TV shows etcetera) in a format known as the Retro […]

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Review: NHL 15

September 30, 2014 Alan Horgan

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I’ll admit right here – I’m a huge nerd. My experiences with Ice-Hockey are exclusive to: a Toronto Maple Leafs hat and the Mighty Ducks. So why did I bother take the opportunity to review NHL 15? Take a look at the sport of Ice-Hockey: men covered in armor with blades on their feet gliding around a […]

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Review: Doctor Who S8, Episode 6: “The Caretaker”

September 29, 2014 Ryan O' Connor

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Writers: Gareth Roberts and Steven Moffat. Director: Paul Murphy. Starring: Peter Capaldi, Jenna Coleman, Samuel Anderson. It’s always an amusing thing, watching the Doctor attempt to blend in with our normal, everyday society. Different incarnations are better at it than others, of course, but seeing how each Doctor stacks up in this situation is generally […]

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Review: Doctor Who S8, Episode 6: "The Caretaker"

September 29, 2014 Ryan O' Connor

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Writers: Gareth Roberts and Steven Moffat. Director: Paul Murphy. Starring: Peter Capaldi, Jenna Coleman, Samuel Anderson. It’s always an amusing thing, watching the Doctor attempt to blend in with our normal, everyday society. Different incarnations are better at it than others, of course, but seeing how each Doctor stacks up in this situation is generally […]

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Otaku Digest: Free! Eternal Summer and DRAMAtical Murder

September 28, 2014 Céire Ní Dalaigh

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The fall season is almost upon us and before we dive into the droves of new anime that it has for us to experience I am giving a look back to what was probably the most anticipated anime of the summer season for fans: Free! Eternal Summer. The second season of the fan favourite Free! […]

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Review: Maps To The Stars

September 26, 2014 Anthony McGlynn

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A new David Cronenberg film is something that garners equal parts excitement and trepidation these days. Excitement because his films are nothing if not a consistent exploration of various themes and ideas centering around the human body and mind that always give some food for thought afterwards, and trepidation because, given his track record, and […]

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