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Day Of The Dead Remake: Uh Oh

By Dan ⋅ November 7, 2006 ⋅ 2 comments

First things first – and this isn’t the point of this post – I’m not really looking forward to the Day Of The Dead remake. Why bother? Yes, I said the same thing about Dawn remake, and I really like that. And the Night remake is a really good zombie movie too – but why [...]

DVD Review: Masters of Horror – Incident On And Off A Mountain Road

By Dan ⋅ November 1, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Some horror directors seem to become associated with a particular writer’s work during their careers. Maybe they feel a certain affinity with an author, or understand and admire their work to such a degree that they are compelled to bring it to the screen. Two good examples of this are Stuart Gordon’s fascination with the [...]

Movie Review: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning

By Dan ⋅ October 30, 2006 ⋅ 4 comments

Sullied. That’s how I felt as I left the screening of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning. I felt unclean. Not because of the film’s desperate attempts at shocking gore and violence – and it’s not as grotesque as it likes to think it is – but because it feels the need to further diminish [...]

Review: Torchwood – Episode 2: Day One

By Dan ⋅ October 26, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

After the dark, rain drenched start of episode one, Torchwood‘s second episode seems a strong contrast. There’s an atmosphere of happiness as Gwen and her boyfriend are out bowling and having a good time. Presumably, they’re celebrating Gwen’s transfer to “Special Ops”. Things are cut short when a meteor of some description strikes Cardiff, and [...]

Review: Torchwood – Episode 1: Everything Changes

By Dan ⋅ October 23, 2006 ⋅ 19 comments

It begins with a CSI style sweep over Cardiff, and a crime scene. There’s blood, a corpse, rain, forensics and the police. Before anyone can do pretty much anything, they’re all cleared out. Torchwood, apparently, have told them to clear the area. Who are Torchwood? The attending officers are as in the dark as we, [...]

Vista RC2 + Mac Mini = Failure!

By Dan ⋅ October 12, 2006 ⋅ 8 comments

As reported by TUAW here, Vista RC2 doesn’t work on the Mac Minis. Or at least, it doesn’t work on mine. I’ve heard reports of some Mini users getting the install to work with no problems. On my machine, the Vista installation routine doesn’t like the smell of the partition that Bootcamp creates, and refuses [...]

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