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3D Or Not 3D, That Is The Question
After two years and five months, it was time to retire our trusty 32” LG LCD. The picture was starting to show signs of deterioration, with the very edges of the screen looking a little darker than the centre. It had given us sterling service, our first full 1080 capable high definition telly, and I had been saving up in my piggy bank for its replacement since its second birthday. I’d been holding back from getting a new set for a couple of...

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X: NIGHT OF VENGEANCE X-plodes onto DVD on February 20, 2012 “A slick Australian erotic thriller…raw and tough” - Sunday Mirror Behind every passion lies a dark secret… VIVA BIANCA (Spartacus: Blood & Sand) and HANNA MANGAN-LAWRENCE (Acolytes) star as a jaded call-girl and a fledging hooker caught up in a night from hell in the action-packed, sizzling X: NIGHT OF VENGEANCE, coming to DVD on 20th February 2012 (RRP £15.99) Holly...

ThumbnailHannsG announces its new affordable HL9 LED monitor series
HannsG is launching a new series of affordable LED monitors. The HL9 series combines energy efficient performance with super sleek design, and has a comprehensive selection of display sizes and specifications designed to serve a variety of applications, from demanding to modest. The HL9 series will initially include widescreen models between 18.5” and 24”. Each HL9 monitor boasts a high quality minimalist look with a slim profile that is...

ThumbnailAuslogics Antivirus Gets the VB100 Award from Virus Bulletin
Auslogics Antivirus has received the VB100 Award in the latest Virus Bulletin comparative review. The VB100 award is a prestigious independent security software certification that acknowledges the quality of anti-malware solutions. The latest version of Auslogics Antivirus received a RAP score of 96.6%, which is one of the highest scores among the tested antivirus solutions. VB100 is a combination of independent security software tests that...

ThumbnailHannspree is the second most popular selling TV brand in Ireland
Hannspree is celebrating its success in the Irish TV market today after receiving news that it has ranked 2nd in a report of TV sales. Only Samsung managed to outsell Hannspree in Ireland in Q3 of 2011 according to the TV sales report from industry analyst Meko, with Tier 1 brands such as LG, Phillips and Sony trailing behind. In 2011 Hannspree increasingly demonstrated strong TV sales in Ireland, with its market share rising incrementally...

ThumbnailAnime Review Roundup
No news is good news. It’s the first week in 2012 that no anime company has closed its doors, downsized, or announced that it is suing someone. No releases have been cancelled, downgraded, or delayed. Nothing much of substance has happened; I can breathe a sigh of relief and just get to talking about what I’ve been reviewing of late. First up last week was Samurai Girls: The Complete Series on DVD. It’s the first release this year from Kaze...

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Ninja Battle (DVD)
Blood-soaked, Ninja-powered mayhem from cult director Seiji Chiba (Alien vs Ninja). Stars Ben Hiura (Zatoichi) & Kentaro Shimazu (Tokyo Gore Police). Set in war-torn feudal Japan, the Iga ninja make a final stand as the overwhelming armies of Warlord Oda Nobunaga and the deadly Koga ninja approach. This is the ultimate battle to the death where surrender is not an option.

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Seiji Chiba has cornered the market in cheap and cheerful ninja action movies, and over the last year, they have been making their way to the UK en masse courtesy of Revolver Entertainment, who released Alien vs. Ninja, and MVM, who subsequently released Rogue Ninja, and Ninja Girl. It’s MVM who now release this, Ninja Battle, a.k.a. Sengoku: Igo no Ran, if you’re looking it up on IMDB. You’d...
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Midori Days: Volume 2 - Wrong Hand Man (DVD)
Seiji's beset on all sides by assertive females! Shiori wants to live with him because her father is remarrying. Ayase is trying to ask him out, but he's too dense to notice. His crazy sister Rin is trying to toy with his emotions, and Midori is still his right hand. Even Takamizawa is getting in on the...action. But Seiji's biggest challenge is yet to come. He's about to wake up and find that he's...

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Those crazy Japanese!” is a cry I often hear when someone spies just what the latest fantastic anime show that I’m watching is. I don’t know exactly when the complaint began, but every other show elicits constant looks of bemused tolerance in those who aren’t familiar with a different cultural worldview. It isn’t just anime, I’ve been hearing that cry ever since I was a boy watching Clive James...
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March of the Dinosaurs (DVD)
The Arctic: 70 million years ago. It is a world of extremes. Tropical summers of 24hr sunlight are replaced by freezing winters of continuous night. The remarkable dinosaurs that lived under the Northern Lights had to make a choice, brave the winter or head south to find the sun. Join Scar, a young Edmontosaurus embarking on his first thousand-mile migration. It is a journey for survival that is...

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March of the Dinosaurs is an amazing adventure and one that anyone who loves dinosaurs will enjoy. Made by the same people who created Walking with Dinosaurs this is one of the most impressive things I have ever seen. The creation of the dinosaurs makes what Spielberg achieved in Jurassic Park look silly and the whole feel of it is definitely the very definition of the word: Epic. One of the main...
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Romany Jones: The Complete Series 2 (DVD)
On the Buses creators Ronald Chesney and Ronald Wolfe chart the hilarious misadventures of two couples living side by side under strained circumstances. Dad’s Army star James Beck, Jo Rowbottom, Queenie Watts and Arthur Mullard take the lead roles in this comedy of bad manners and one-upmanship amidst the mud, poverty and outrageous fashion sense of a run-down 1970s caravan site. The characters of...

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g29KmD_9vkk After a few seasons of the grittily working class comedy classic ‘On the Buses’ you would have been forgiven for thinking that British comedy had reached the bottom of the social barrel, portraying a multi-generational family all squeezed in under the roof of a modest council house where the only mod-cons were on the ‘never never’ relying on overtime...
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Girl On Approval (DVD)
Sheila's 14. Her father abandoned her as a baby, her mum's in jail and she's stuck in a children's home. Every family that's tried to look after her has found her too difficult. Now Anne and John Howland want to foster Sheila. But if they can't make a home for her, her future looks bleak... Starring Oscar Nominated actress Rachel Roberts (This Sporting Life, O Lucky Man!) as Anne and...

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Filmed and edited in 1961, this low-budget British kitchen-sink melodrama (arguably a representation of the British New Wave alongside ‘Saturday Night Sunday Morning and ‘This Sporting Life’) is still a potent and emotive tale told well. Oh sure, it’s a bit stilted, with an air of ‘jolly hockey sticks’ and stiff upper lips amongst the social workers and foster parents, but it is also...
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Top 10 Rated
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Janacek: Jenufa (Bolton) (DVD)
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March of the Dinosaurs (DVD)
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Ninja Battle (DVD)
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Romany Jones: The Complete Series 2 (DVD)
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Girl On Approval (DVD)
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Midori Days: Volume 2 - Wrong Hand Man (DVD)
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Midori Days: Volume 1 - A Helping Hand (DVD)
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Castle Of The Living Dead (DVD)
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Samurai Girls (DVD)
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Yamada: Way Of The Samurai (Blu-ray)
Flashback
6 Months Ago

Review for WWE Extreme Rules 2011 (Review) (DVD)
A word of advice for anyone who is planning on buying this DVD... those of you who (like me) have terrible memories and don't remember who...
Posted by David Simpson

1 Year Ago

Review for Tajomaru: Avenging Blade (Review) (DVD)
ThumbnailBased on Rashomon and In A Grove by Ryunosuke Akutagawa." The last time I wrote that sentence, I was reviewing the classic Rashomon...
Posted by Jitendar Canth

3 Years Ago

Daphne In The Brilliant Blue: Volume 4 (Review) (DVD)
There is a singular lack of justice in the world, if I have to wait over eighteen months for a series like Mushi-shi to be concluded,...
Posted by Jitendar Canth

5 Years Ago

Review of Don`t Look Now: Special Edition (Review) (DVD)
ThumbnailAfter making the extraordinary `Performance` and the achingly beautiful Walkabout, Nicolas Roeg`s third feature was based on a Daphne Du...
Posted by David Beckett

10 Years Ago

Review of Rat Race (Review) (DVD)
Rat Race is a film you`re either going to love or you`re going to hate. I admit I`m one of the former, but I`ve heard a number of people...
Posted by Mark Oates

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It Never Rains, But It Pours: Part 1 I had thought 2008 was anime’s Horrible Anus, the year when everything fell apart, when the bubble burst and companies dropped like flies. Well 2012 is turning out to be a Horribler Anus, as the New Year’s...
Posted by Jitendar Canth

Happy New Year, My Arse!
Where Bandai Goes, Beez Follows It’s been a miserable New Year if you’re an anime fan, and at this point there doesn’t seem to be any light on the horizon. On the 2nd of January, the announcement came from across the pond, just in time for last...
Posted by Jitendar Canth

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Bye Bye Bandai... update Following yesterday's bombshell regarding Bandai Entertainement's retreat from distribution, Anime News Network has posted an interview with Bandai Entertainment's Ken Iyadomi that states the reasons for, and the timeline...
Posted by Jitendar Canth

Anime Review Roundup Update
Anime on Demand... On Subscription I mentioned yesterday that Anime on Demand had been down for the weekend while it shifted to new servers and updated its front end interface. Last night it came back online, and with it a development that was...
Posted by Jitendar Canth

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MVM Have Two Licences Forthcoming Just a heads up, as MVM announced today on their Facebook page that they have acquired two new titles for UK release. They say that they have never been released in this country before, and all being well, they...
Posted by Jitendar Canth

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Facebooking the Tweets Once upon a time, companies used to issue press releases, hard information that you could take the bank, could rely upon, until said information would be retracted or altered in a subsequent press release. Now it's all...
Posted by Jitendar Canth

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Ist Media iDocument is a high accurate and easy-to-use multilingual application designed specifically for Mac users only. The Mac document manager is great for keeping all of your documents together in one place and is allowed you to organize Mac...
Posted by IST Media PR Team

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Darker Than Black: Gemini of the Meteor - Blu-ray Cancelled Or should I say postponed? Season 2 of the fan favourite Darker Than Black was set to be Manga Entertainment's last big hitter of the year, coming out on DVD and Blu-ray just when eager...
Posted by Jitendar Canth

ThumbnailOnly 40 shopping days until Christmas!
So here comes one of our Christmas gift guides to get your mind working... CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR HIM  It's a match made in petrolhead heaven. The limited-edition TomTom Top Gear sat nav brings fans of the show a combination of a Stig mode (silent!...
Posted by Reviewer News

ThumbnailAction comedy 30 Minutes or Less arrives in the New Year on both Blu-ray and DVD
30 Minutes or Less Hilarious All-Star Cast Features Jesse Eisenberg, Danny McBride, Aziz Ansari and Nick Swardson From the Director of Zombieland Outrageous Special Features Include Deleted Scenes, Outtakes, Behind-the-Scenes Featurettes...
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Once again I've been left chasing after the bandwagon long after it has left the village. This time it's for Hanasaku Iroha, the most talked about slice-of-life anime this summer just past. Its wonderful collection of characters, its gentle story,...
Posted by Jitendar Canth