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 […]

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) Review

“My name is Max. My world is fire. And blood.” A lot has changed since George Miller’s first Mad Max film back in 1979. Firstly, Mel Gibson is no longer the star in the latest film in the ozploitation franchise that kick started his career. Instead he’s been replaced by Tom Hardy who does the whole tough […]

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 […]

CeX Review – Fury

This is my review of the excellent Fury I wrote for CeX. Fury (2014) Review Out now on DVD and Blu-ray we have Fury. A film the quote on the case says is “the best war film since Saving Private Ryan and Platoon”. That’s lofty praise. Does Fury live up to it? Fury follows an American tank crew […]

CeX Review – Dying of the Light

The blog has been a little empty as of late. It’s the essay writing time of year. Here’s a review I wrote of the interesting Dying of the Light for CeX. I couldn’t help but post it. Enjoy! Dying of the Light (2014) Review Things have been going in a strange direction for Nicolas Cage as of late. The […]

CeX Review – Horns

Horns (2014) Review (This is an excerpt from a review I wrote for CeX UK) Out now on Blu-Ray and DVD comes Horns,the tale of a young man who, after being accused of killing his childhood sweetheart, suddenly wakes up horns growing out of his forehead and rocking a devilishly persuasive attitude. Directed by schlock director Alexandre […]

Artz on Books: The Lost World by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

For this review, I reached back in the past and plucked out this piece of classic literature: The Lost World by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Arthur Conan Doyle, of course, is well known for Sherlock Holmes. The Lost World wasn’t as successful as Sherlock Holmes, but it did inspire a TV series The Lost World […]

Hannibal Season 1 Review

The Hannibal Lecter story had been told a few times now, all with varying results. Most of them are pretty good, such as the original source material by Thomas Harris and the film adaptations of his 1981 book Red Dragon (first by Michael Mann in Manhunter and later by Brett Ratner in Red Dragon). Occasionally though the Hannibal Lecter story has […]

Artz on Books – Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishguro

It took me quite a while to choose my next book. I searched the best-selling on kindle, searched for sci-fi, for fantasy all without really knowing what it was I wanted. Last year I read some Haruki Murakami novels and seems as I enjoyed those, I decided I’d try another one of his. However I […]