Games Addict
14:48 - 04 July 2008
Format: Xbox 360 (also on PS3, PC, Wii, PS2 and DS) Age rating: U Price: £39.99 WITH his cute binocular-like eyes and high pitch bleeping, Wall-E is the robotic rubbish-collecting star of Pixar s latest animated movie. As such, his impish (and somewhat r... Full Story »
14:47 - 04 July 2008
PROMISING more than 250 additions and enhancements over last year s kickabout, FIFA 09 is already shaping up to be a quality game of football. Improvements include faster and more controlled dribbling, better ball control and a more responsive first time... Read More »
14:48 - 04 July 2008
Price: £29.99 Format: PSP Age rating: 12+ WHILE the majority of fighting games require the player to execute a fiendish number of button combinations the Naruto series has always made combat far more accessible. A single button is all you need to attack... Read More »
CD Reviews
15:01 - 04 July 2008
NOW a ubiquitous force, Icelandic mavericks Sigur Rós beautifully transcendental anthems have been used on practically every TV channel in recent months. On this, their fifth album, some tracks on Með suð... (in English, With a buzz in our ears we play... Full Story »
09:42 - 03 July 2008
THE second release from ex-Libertine Carl Barât and his cronies is remarkable only in its unremarkable-ness. The rose-tinted romanticism and spring-heeled exuberance of lead single Tired Of Engl... Read More »
13:17 - 02 July 2008
A collaboration between the frontman of the Arctic Monkeys and the lead singer of The Rascals was always going to create a stir. But this album is much more subtle than you would imagine. It creates all the drama and excitement you would expect from the... Read More »
DVD Reviews
15:03 - 04 July 2008
ENTERTAINING British heist movie about an actual 1971 Baker Street bank robbery which was subject to a 30-year government gagging order amid rumours of a royal sex scandal. A car dealer (Jason Statham) and other amateur crooks are gathered together to un... Full Story »
09:38 - 03 July 2008
YOU know when you wiped that video of RoboCop with Strictly Come Dancing? That was annoying, hey? Well this video shop worker (Jack Black) has wiped the whole shop s collection after becoming magnetised in a vigilante attack on a pow... Read More »
13:10 - 02 July 2008
PUSHING Daisies is a lovable and entertaining show that follows a young man called Ned (Lee Pace) who discovers he can bring the dead back to life. When his gift is discovered by a private detective he agrees to use his ability to solve murders. However... Read More »
Book Reviews
09:30 - 03 July 2008
THERE can be few sisters to match the Mitfords. The six girls, born between 1904 and 1920, had everything to keep the gossips mesmerised. They were aristocrats, the daughters of the eccentric 2nd Baron Redesdale and his w... Full Story »
12:49 - 02 July 2008
THE setting for this book is Nigeria in the 1960 s at the time of a military coup. It is told from the point of view of Kambili, a 15-year-old girl. She lives with her parents and 17-year-old brother Jaja. Her father is a wealthy pillar of the community,... Read More »
09:47 - 26 June 2008
RED TAPE AND WHITE KNUCKLES by Lois Pryce TO most 30-something women, tottering across the street in excrutiating high heels to get a skinny latte and the latest copy of heat is an all-terrain task in itself. But Lois Pryce isn t any woman. In her 20s,... Read More »