100 Words or Less Games – Canabalt (Steam Version)

Title – Canabalt Genre – Action, Indie Developer – Finji , Kittehface Software Publisher – Finji Release Date – 30 Apr, 2015 Platform – PC (Steam) Review – You probably remember Canabalt. You can go play it for free right now. But is it worth paying for? Well, yes, I think it is. The game itself is excellent, a crazy one-button game […]

100 Words or Less – 3000 Miles to Graceland

Title – 3000 Miles to Graceland Released – 2001 Director – Demian Lichtenstein Starring – Kurt Russell, Kevin Costner, Courteney Cox, Christian Slater Review – In a word: unpleasant. 3KMTG is weird, horrible in every way yet exceptionally entertaining. The cast is amazing, the action is hyperviolent and explosive and the Elvis impersonations are spot-on. It’s over the top and unsure what […]

100 Words or Less Games – Fish Tycoon

Title – Fish Tycoon Genre – “Business Simulation Game” Developer – Last Day of Work Publisher – Big Fish Games Release Date – May, 3rd, 2004 Platform – PC (Steam) or from their website Review: Any business building type and you’ve got my interest, but Fish Tycoon? It looks appealing: you have a fish tank, some fish, and even a […]

100 Words or Less Games – Organ Trail: Director’s Cut

Title – Organ Trail: Director’s Cut Genre – Indie, Strategy Developer – The Men Who Wear Many Hats Publisher – The Men Who Wear Many Hats Release Date – 19 Mar, 2013 Platform – PC (Steam) Review – Based on the famous ‘edutainment’ game Oregon Trail, Organ Trail takes the player on a journey through post-apocalyptic America with 4 of their friends. Or anyone […]

100 Words or Less – Basic

Title – Basic Released – 2003 Director – John McTierman Starring – John Travolta, Connie Nielsen, Samuel L. Jackson Review – Basic should have been awesome. John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson? John McTierman? At least it should have been goofy fun. And it is for the most part, at least up until the last 15 minutes. Never before have I […]

100 Words or Less – Kill Bill Volume 2

Title – Kill Bill Volume 2 Released – 2004 Director – Quentin Tarantino Starring – Uma Thurman, Michael Madsen, David Carradine Review – Kill Bill Vol. 2 is more of a Tarantino movie than the first. Long scenes of his unique dialogue and more substance to equal the abundance of style. Kill Bill Vol.2 follows The Bride as she […]

100 Words or Less – Kill Bill Volume 1

Title – Kill Bill Volume 1 Released – 2003 Director – Quentin Tarantino Starring – Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Daryl Hannah Review – Kill Bill Vol. 1 is not director Quentin Tarantino’s best film, but it is still great and occasionally excellent. Kill Bill is a story of revenge centred on Thurman’s ‘The Bride’ as she enacts vengeance on The […]

100 Words or Less – Constantine

Title – Constantine Released – 2005 Director – Francis Lawrence Starring – Keanu Reeves, Rachel Weisz, Shia LaBeouf Review – Constantine is an underrated supernatural film staring the incomparable Keanu Reeves. Reeves brings his own unique acting style to the film, and along with other great actors like Peter Stormare Constantine becomes something really special. Sure, it isn’t faithful to its comic […]

100 Words or Less – The Mask of Zorro

Title – The Mask of Zorro Released – 1998 Director – Martin Campbell Starring – Antonio Banderas, Anthony Hopkins, Catherine Zeta-Jones. The Mask of Zorro is a classic swashbuckling tale from the seasoned director behind some of the best Bond films. Hopkins stars as the ‘classic’ Zorro and Banderas is the young upstart he trains to take up the mask […]

100 Words or Less – Fortress

Title – Fortress Released – 1992 Director – Stuart Gordon Starring – Christopher Lambert, Kurtwood Smith, Loryn Locklin. Fortress is amazing, a cult classic in every way. Christopher Lambert ends up in the future’s most secure prison run by a half-robotic Kurtwood Smith. Surrounded by a group of colourful side characters (including cult favourite Vernon Wells!) he plans his escape. […]