Friday 30 January 2009



Polythene

Polythene
Feeder



5.0 out of 5 stars ha ha this is the ****!!!!!!, 29 Aug 2007
so then this where it all began then really(not including the mini album).
and i for one think this is the best,and the most consistent,the other albums are all very impressive but they all have a track here or there that i want to skip and this one doesnt have that holding it back, every song is fantastic in all their different ways.
from the quirky pop rock of polythene girl and cement through to the heavy grungy rock of stereo world and tangerine to the just epic and majestic radiation and descent.
the real secret is that although a bit noisier than the later output the songs were still held together buy grant nicholas's fantastic voice and introspective lyrics.
these form the main hooks of all the songs!!!! proof is int ehpudding and my perfect day will be stuck in your head for days!!!!!
absolutley brilliant.....but i would say if you have discovered feeder through pushing the senses approach this one delicately as it quite a different beast to what they are now!





Picture of Perfect Youth

Picture of Perfect Youth
Feeder



0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars oh the memories, 28 Aug 2007
this is a cracking album.
1 because of the sheer size of the thing and the value offered because of that and 2 because of the quality of the songs on display.
feeder were always on eof those bands that would put out 3 versions of their singles and every version had different songs on it and because of that it lead to there being a hell of alot of songs out there by them.
at their most prolific these songs were consistently great,in the early days that is and that is where the majority of these songs are picked from.
it display expertly how the band have evolved even better than the singles collection in my eyes!!!
the downside being that a few of my faves are missing but on the plus side my fave feeder song of all time "undivided" is here for the rest of the world to finally see!!!!
a great collectio well worth checking out!!!





Tim Burton's Corpse Bride [2005]

Tim Burton's Corpse Bride [2005]
Dvd ~ Johnny Depp



1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars masterpeice, 27 Aug 2007
this film is absolutely stunning in every last detail.
the script is great, very funny and the voice casting is perfect and the actors really breathe some life into the script.
unsurprisingly it looks amazing,even slightly slicker than the nightmare before christmas and the songs are phenominally catchy!!!!
danny elfman for a knighthood soon i hope.
the story then....ok victor is going to his arranged marriage but keeps getting his vows wrong and goes out into the woods to pratice, he says them to what he thinks i s a tree stump and ends up married to a dead girl!!!
i know it sounds odd but it all makes sense at the time!
but he then has to make the decision as to whether stay in the afterlife when he finds out that it is actually quite good fun down ther or to go back to his dreary existence in the realm of the living!!!
and somehow all of this is crammed into a little over 70 minutes of film!!!
so you dont need much of an attention span for it!!! and it is cute enough that most children will be able to watch it alongside the adults
utter genius from start to finish!!





Respectable [2006]

Respectable [2006]
Dvd ~ Jodi Albert



2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars a pleasant surprise, 26 Aug 2007
this is a great little show and im glad the dvd has arrived.
i fisrt watched it on channel 5 if im honest purely for the prospect of jodi albert in a small outfit.
that happens....alot...but on the plus side it was also very,very,very funny with some cracking lines that give a good giggle and atleast one huge laugh out loud moment per show.
the acting is top rate and the humour is surprisingly older in style...almost carry on in style at times.
well worth a look if you dont expect a cheap sustitute for soft core porn!!





Doom (Extended Edition) [2006]

Doom (Extended Edition) [2006]
Dvd ~ Lorenzo di Bonaventura



3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars oh dear, 26 Aug 2007
this film is poor.
the direction is sub standard,the fx are ok but not great, the acting is boneheaded rubbish from a pretty poor script and what little plot there is is mauled by the terrible editing.
the standard lost contact with a distant outpost thing that needs saving type thingy forms the basis of the plot.
instead of the beasties being hell spawn like the game they are mutants!!!!
rubbish.
the only saving grace is that there is a really well done sequence at the end where it goes full on first person shooter and its awesome.
but then it just reverts back to guff!!!!
avoid...or just play the game for like 2 hours and you will have the same...no sorry a better effect





The Descent [2005]

The Descent [2005]
Dvd ~ Shauna Macdonald



0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars hell yes, 26 Aug 2007
right then another nice cheap brit horror filck!!!
but the difference being that this one is pretty dammed good!!!
the basic story is there only to put the characters in a spot where creepy things can happen!!! so all the better for it then!!
the story is about a group of adrenaline junky women who go caving in an incharted set of caves and get trapped.
once they are trapped they find some strange cannibal things who unsurpisingly try to eat them....cue much splatter.
this film works really well if you dont like tight spaces as the caving scenes are really uncomfortable and then it satisfies the gore hounds at the end.
so in short it ticks all the boxes.
the direction is fantastic and the soundtrack ooozes atmosphere, the acting is just above standard horror fare so score another there too.
the script is the standard horror guff but the film just rips along at a frantic pace so you never get a chance to be bored.
check it out its well worth a try.





Violent Demise - the Last Days

Violent Demise - the Last Days
Bodycount



4.0 out of 5 stars i feel what you are doing..., 26 Aug 2007
ok then first things first....if you are easily offended do not buy this album....if you dont like harsh language by the truck load do not buy this album.
if on the other hand you answer no to the above grab this album sharpish as its great.
the best bit about this is the fact that although the vocalist is the mighty ice-t he is very firmly of the mind of the rocker and does very little in the way of rap and to be fair is a pretty good rock/metal vocalist.
the guitar work is fantastic, a much beefier sound in comparison to the previous albums.
the songs are great, veering from the downright silly and very funny "strippers" to the slightly more serious "i used to love her" and the title track where ice tells us how it is, and the worst bit is i know that he's right.
in short perfect proof that rock and hip hop artists coming together can create brilliant music.





Family Guy - Season 1 [1999]

Family Guy - Season 1 [1999]
Dvd ~ Seth MacFarlane



1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars giggedy giggedy, 20 Aug 2007
so here is where it all began!!!!
and yes this is very,very,very funny.
the animation is a bit clunkier and the scripts are a bit softer in comparison to what would come later.
the main focus in these early episodes are pretty much peter and stewie, witha little bit of time for brian, the rest of the family just seem to be there to fill up the screen and as such this feels a little one dimensional in comparison to what would come later.
the support characters too suffer in the fact that there is again very little time for them.
but that said the jokes come thick and fast and the shows just fly past.





Family Guy Season 5

Family Guy Season 5
Dvd ~ Seth MacFarlane



1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars good but have done better, 20 Aug 2007
ok then this isnt the best season of family guy but it is still very,very funny.
yes ok the humour has drifted slightly towards a cruder level but it is still funny and the best bit is that it isnt repeating itself.
each episode is unique and the support characters are really starting to stake a claim in the stories.
there is less of the family and more of stewie and brian....which for me works just fine!!!!
the main highlight being stewie beating the hell out of brian!!!! that for me will never get old!!!!





Passenger

Passenger
Mnemic



1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars tredding water, 8 Aug 2007
mnemic are,sorry were a fantastic band the expertly blended the electronic elements of fear factory with the noisy thrash of meshuggah.
a quite unique and effective sound. it would appear that now they have abbandoned the noisy element and have gone for a slightly harsher sounding fear factory feel to their music.
unsurprising really considering christian olde wolbers produced this album!
so ok the songs are ok,they arent great and they arent bad,they just feel very,very samey,and not even half as unique as they did.
the new vocalist fills the shoes of michael very well but the cold harshness in their sound that made them sound alot heavier than most and gave them a cold sharp egde has now gone.
"in the nothingness black" and "psykorgasm" are great songs but the rest just blur into one with little varity and pace,style,structure or difference for want of a better word!
a shame really considering how much better the other albums are

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