Games Addict
13:01 - 14 May 2008
Format: Wii (also on Nintendo DS) Age rating: 3+ Price: £29.99 FED up with Mario Kart on the Wii yet? No, of course you re not, but if you re looking for something else to do with the Wii wheel that came bundled with the game, then Speed Racer will certa... Full Story »
12:59 - 14 May 2008
WITH more than 300 million copies sold, Rubik s Cube is one of the most popular (and annoying) puzzle games ever invented. Not surprisingly, then, someone s had the bright idea to use the iconic puzzler as the inspiration for a couple of videogames. Rubik... Read More »
10:33 - 15 May 2008
Grand Theft Auto IV Format: Xbox 360 Price: £49.99 Simply put, Grand Theft Auto IV is the biggest, most-detailed, most-addictive game that has ever been released. This could well be the game against which all others will from hereon be judged. In GTA IV y... Read More »
CD Reviews
13:13 - 16 May 2008
THIS best of, released by the band s former label, attempts to encapsulate all that was great about The Vines. Their mix of 60s psychedelia with post-grunge garage rock was arguably a Nirvana for the post-Britpop brigade, but up to now they ve yet to bett... Full Story »
10:16 - 15 May 2008
DESPITE looking good for a career as a professional trumpet player, Jack McManus decided to chase a dream with his upright piano instead. Either Side Of Midnight is proof that you can, sometimes, get what you want. Th... Read More »
09:57 - 08 May 2008
Brighton s Blood Red Shoes have garnered many a fan for their propulsive, stripped-down and rough-edged tales of frustration, ennui and ADHD, devoting an entire song to the latter. In a reverse-White Stripes fashion, Laura-Mary Carter fronts the duo on gu... Read More »
DVD Reviews
13:47 - 16 May 2008
FOLLOWING hot on the spaceship afterburners of Alien Vs Predator, a new-born PredAlien hybrid causes a homebound Predator ship to crash near a small American town. Several Aliens escape and are soon face hugging everyone in sight until our everyday suburb... Full Story »
10:09 - 15 May 2008
THE Wonder Emporium is a colour-filled magical toyshop in a grey metropolis where the toys are alive and anything is possible. The shop is run by lisping, bouffant-haired Mr Magorium (Dustin Hoffman) who has plans to giv... Read More »
16:46 - 09 May 2008
This little gem of a film stars Glen Hansard of Irish rock group The Frames as a busker and Marketa Irglova a Czech flower seller. The pair are working the streets of Dublin and it turns out that she is a talented musician as wel... Read More »
Book Reviews
10:06 - 15 May 2008
THIS witty, romantic and hilarious story is definitely one for the ladies, and is hard to put down. You can t help but become totally immersed as three women struggle in the pursuit of happiness. High-flying li... Full Story »
09:49 - 08 May 2008
THERE is a saying that inside every journalist there is a novelist dying to get out. Gavin Esler attempts to prove the point – and he does not make a bad job of it either with his political thriller. Certainly, there is much that can be believed in his ta... Read More »