CSI: Crime Scene Investigation – Hard Evidence (2007, Point-and-Click Mystery Game, 360) – 4/10 review

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Hard Evidence (2007) 4/10 This should be a fascinating, informative, wonderfully polished game but a clunky interface (for example, you cannot select menu items using the left stick), genre limitations (you are sometimes expected to see something you need a flashlight to see before you are allowed to use a flashlight) [...]

Flushed Away (2006, Computer-Animated Adventure Movie) – 4/10 review

Hugh Jackman: Roddy Kate Winslet: Rita Jean Reno: Le Frog Bill Nighy: Whitey Andy Serkis: Spike Shane Richie: Sid Ian McKellen: The Toad Director: David Bowers Director: Sam Fell Producer: Cecil Kramer Producer: Peter Lord Producer: David Sproxton Writer (Story): Sam Fell Writer (Story): Peter Lord Writer (Story): Dick Clement Writer (Story): Ian La Frenais [...]

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987, Super-Hero Movie) – 4/10 review

Director: Sidney J. Furie Christopher Reeve: Superman / Clark Kent Gene Hackman: Lex Luthor Movie Series Instigator: Alexander Salkind Jackie Cooper: Perry White Marc McClure: Jimmy Olsen Jon Cryer: Lenny Sam Wanamaker: David Warfield Mark Pillow: Nuclear Man Mariel Hemingway: Lacy Warfield Margot Kidder: Lois Lane Writer (Characters’ Creator) Superman: Jerry Siegel Writer (Characters’ Creator) [...]

The A-Team 1.01,02 Mexican Slayride (1983, TV) – 4/10 review

George Peppard: John "Hannibal" Smith Melinda Culea: Amy Amanda Allen Tim Dunigan: Templeton "Face" Peck Dwight Schultz: "Howling Mad" Murdock Mr. T: Bosco "B.A." Baracus Executive Producer: Stephen J. Cannell Co-Executive Producer: Frank Lupo Writer (Series’ Creator): Frank Lupo Writer (Series’ Creator): Stephen J. Cannell Writer: Frank Lupo Writer: Stephen J. Cannell Director: Rod Holcomb [...]

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (2007, Game, 360) – 4/10 review

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (2007) 4/10 This is a real shame. For a good while, this game works well. It’s simple to play (though, typically for movie games, the controls feel more complicated than they are), looks quite nice and progress is tangible and smooth. As we reach the At World’s End [...]

Alone in the Dark (2008, Game, 360) – 4/10 review

Director: David Nadal Lead Game Designer: Hervé Sliwa Alone in the Dark (2008) A man comes to in an apartment building in New York City but has not idea who he is and why the building appears to be eating people and crumbling to pieces around him. 4/10 How come no-one at any point during [...]

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008, Movie) – 4/10 review

Producer: Mark Johnson Director: Andrew Adamson Writer (Original Book): C.S. Lewis Georgie Henley: Lucy Pevensie Skandar Keynes: Edmund Pevensie William Moseley: Peter Pevensie Anna Popplewell: Susan Pevensie Ben Barnes: Prince Caspian Peter Dinklage: Trumpkin Pierfrancesco Favino: General Glozelle Sergio Castellitto: Miraz Producer: Andrew Adamson Producer: Philip Steuer Writer (Screenplay): Andrew Adamson Writer (Screenplay): Christopher Markus [...]

Dollhouse 1.02 The Target (2009, TV) – 4/10 review

Eliza Dushku: Echo Harry J. Lennix: Boyd Langton Fran Kranz: Topher Brink Tahmoh Penikett: Paul Ballard Enver Gjokaj: Lukov Dichen Lachman: Sierra Olivia Williams: Adelle DeWitt Writer (Series’ Creator): Joss Whedon Amy Acker: Dr. Claire Saunders Reed Diamond: Laurence Dominic Matt Keeslar: Richard Connell Miracle Laurie: Mellie Rich McDonald: Park Ranger in Truck Mark Sheppard: [...]

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008, Movie) – 4/10 review

Director: Rob Cohen Writer: Alfred Gough Writer: Miles Millar Brendan Fraser: Rick O’Connell Jet Li: Emperor Maria Bello: Evelyn O’Connell John Hannah: Jonathan Carnahan Luke Ford: Alex O’Connell Anthony Wong: General Yang Isabella Leong: Lin Liam Cunningham: Maguire David Calder: Roger Wilson Russell Wong: Ming Guo Michelle Yeoh: Zi Yuan Mummy, The: Tomb of the [...]

Dollhouse 1.01 Ghost (2009, TV) – 4/10 review

Eliza Dushku: Echo Harry J. Lennix: Boyd Langton Fran Kranz: Topher Brink Tahmoh Penikett: Paul Ballard Enver Gjokaj: Lukov Dichen Lachman: Sierra Olivia Williams: Adelle DeWitt Writer (Series’ Creator): Joss Whedon Amy Acker: Dr. Claire Saunders Reed Diamond: Laurence Dominic Kurt Caceres: Gabriel Crestejo Producer: Eliza Dushku Executive Producer: Joss Whedon Writer: Joss Whedon Director: [...]

Entrapment (1999, Movie) – 4/10 review

Director: Jon Amiel Writer (Screenplay): Ron Bass Writer (Screenplay): William Broyles, Jr. Writer (Story): Ron Bass Writer (Story): Michael Hertzberg Sean Connery: Mac Catherine Zeta-Jones: Gin Ving Rhames: Thibadeaux Will Patton: Cruz Maury Chaykin: Conrad Greene Entrapment (1999) In a world where trust is paramount, insurance investigator Gin Baker goes undercover to try to entrap [...]

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007, Game) – 4/10 review

Producer: Paul Weaver Director: Paul Weaver Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007) The Fantastic Four attempt to get to the bottom of the arrival of a silver super-being on a, well, surfboard and track his unique signature around the earth but are unaware that his presence is only the harbinger of real doom. [...]

Far Cry Instincts: Predator (2006, Game) – 4/10

Senior Producer: Bertrand Hélias Associate Producer: Antoine Guignard Creative Director: Jean-François Dugas Lead Programmer: Patrice Zink Artistic Director: Jonathan Jacques-Belletête Lead Graphic Design: Jonathan Jacques-Belletête Game Designer: Philippe Baude Lead Level Design: Philippe Baude Far Cry Far Cry: Instincts: Predator (2006) Jack Carver is a little less than pleased when his recently acquired boat is [...]

Need for Speed: ProStreet (2007, Game) – 4/10 review

Cast / crew Director: Rod Chong Model: Krystal Forscutt Model: Sayoko Ohashi Need for Speed 11 Need for Speed: ProStreet (2007) Take your street racing machines around a host of international racing tracks partaking in drift challenges, drag runs, wheelie competitions, normal races, top speed runs and speed challenge races. Keep earning victories for the [...]

All the King’s Men (2006, Movie) – 4/10 review

Sean Penn: Willie Stark Jude Law: Jack Burden Kate Winslet: Anne Stanton James Gandolfini: Tiny Duffy Mark Ruffalo: Adam Stanton Patricia Clarkson: Sadie Burke Kathy Baker: Mrs. Burden Jackie Earle Haley: Sugar Boy Anthony Hopkins: Judge Irwin Producer: Steven Zaillian Writer (Original Book): Robert Penn Warren Writer (Screenplay): Steven Zaillian Director: Steven Zaillian All the [...]

24 7.00 Redemption (2008, TV) – 4/10 review

Kiefer Sutherland: Jack Bauer Cherry Jones: Senator Allison Taylor Bob Gunton: Ethan Kanin Colm Feore: Henry Taylor Powers Boothe: President Noah Daniels Robert Carlyle: Carl Benton Peter MacNicol: Tom Lennox Gil Bellows: Frank Trammell Hakeem Kae-Kazim: Colonel Ike Dubaku Siyabulela Ramba: Jon Voight: Jonas Hodges Executive Producer: Kiefer Sutherland Executive Producer: Jon Cassar Executive Producer: [...]

House M.D. 5.07 The Itch (2008, TV) – 4/10

Hugh Laurie: Dr. Gregory House Lisa Edelstein: Dr. Lisa Cuddy Omar Epps: Dr. Eric Foreman Robert Sean Leonard: Dr. James Wilson Jennifer Morrison: Dr. Allison Cameron Jesse Spencer: Dr. Robert Chase Writer (Series’ Creator): David Shore Peter Jacobson: Dr. Chris Taub Kal Penn: Dr. Lawrence Kutner Olivia Wilde: Thirteen Todd Louiso: Stewart Nozick Jennifer Crystal [...]

A Study in Terror (1965, Movie) – 4/10 review

Producer (Presents credit): Michael Klinger Producer (Presents credit): S. Tony Tenser John Neville: Sherlock Holmes Donald Houston: Doctor Watson John Fraser: Lord Carfax Cecil Parker: Prime Minister Georgia Brown: Singer Barry Jones: Dukes of Shires Robert Morley: Mycroft Holmes Terry Downes: Chunky Writer (Characters’ Creator): Arthur Conan Doyle Writer (Story): Donald Ford Writer (Screenplay): Donald [...]

Smallville 8.03 Toxic (2008, TV) – 4/10

Tom Welling: Clark Kent Allison Mack: Chloe Sullivan Erica Durance: Lois Lane Cassidy Freeman: Tess Mercer Samuel Witwer: Davis Bloome Justin Hartley: Oliver Queen Writer (Characters’ Creator) Superman: Jerry Siegel Writer (Characters’ Creator): Joe Shuster Developer for Television: Alfred Gough Developer for Television: Miles Millar Ron Selmour: Writer: Caroline Dries Director: Mairzee Almas Smallville 8.03 [...]

Dhoom 2 (2006, Movie) – 4/10

Hrithik Roshan: Aryan “A”Abhishek Bachchan: Jai DixitAishwarya Rai: SunehriUday Chopra: AliBipasha Basu: Sonali Bose / Monali BoseWriter (Story): Aditya ChopraChoreographer: Vaibhavi MerchantChoreographer: Shiamak DavarComposer (Lyrics): SameerWriter (Screenplay): Vijay Krishna AcharyaWriter (Dialogue): Vijay Krishna AcharyaMusic: PritamProducer: Aditya ChopraDirector: Sanjay Gadhvi Dhoom 2 (2006) Dixit investigates his next case alongside old flame Sonali Bose and is on [...]

10,000 BC (2008, Movie) – 4/10

Director: Roland EmmerichWriter: Roland EmmerichWriter: Harald KloserProducer: Roland EmmerichExecutive Producer: Harald KloserMusic: Harald KloserSteven Strait: D’lehCamilla Belle: EvoletCliff Curtis: Tic’TicNarrator: Omar Sharif 10,000 BC (2008) When D’leh’s would-be wife Evolet is taken away from his village to work as a slave, he pouts a bit then chases after her in rescue. 4/10 An instant lack [...]

The Forbidden Kingdom (2008, Movie) – 4/10

Forbidden Kingdom, The (2008) An teen American oik falls out of time to become the fulfiller of a 500-year-old prophecy and trustee of a magic staff that must be returned to the immortal Monkey King in order to restore peace to the land. 4/10 Clearly having decided that making one movie each with Jackie Chan [...]

Smallville 7.15 Veritas (2007, TV) – 4/10

Smallville 7.15 Veritas (2007) Brainiac turns up at the Kent farm and offers Kara a way to restore Krypton and all who perished. Presuming it to be a trick she refuses but realises that both she and Clark are going to need all their powers, including flight, to defeat him. Meanwhile, Lois and Jimmy investigate [...]

Smallville 7.14 Traveler (2007, TV) – 4/10

Smallville 7.14 Traveler (2007) Clark is kidnapped by, guess who. Meanwhile, Lionel finds himself accused of murder by the daughter of Dr. Virgil Swann who wants to meet the Son of Krypton. 4/10 For the first time in a few episodes, Smallville doesn’t lose all the audiences’ goodwill before the title sequence and, while this [...]

Hot Rod (2007, Movie) – 4/10

Hot Rod (2007) Despite all his stunts ending in painful humiliation, Rod Kimble has only one thought when his step-father needs a $50,000 heart transplant. He’ll put on a huge stunt – jumping fifteen buses, one more than hero Evil Knievel – and raise the cash himself. 4/10 As a rule, I don’t understand what [...]

Love Soup (2005, TV) – 4/10

Love Soup (2005) 4/10 A mildly interesting framework (following two separate characters destined, we presume, wrongly, to meet and fall in love) was scuppered in the first series by Tamsin Grieg’s lack of charisma and by each episode being too long at fifty minutes each. It was scuppered in the second series by Tamsin Grieg’s [...]

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