Joshua Philpott

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Review: Conan The Barbarian

When watching something like Conan the Barbarian it is advisable not over complicate the experience. So first off, try not to put too much thought into plot, a barbarian’s life is really quite simple, there is usually some larger arcing story around him, however, his job consists of saving some girl from some thing while …

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Review: Transformers – Dark of the Moon

“Transformers: Dark of the Moon” is directed by Michael Bay and written by Ehren Kruger. It stars Shia LaBeouf, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Josh Duhamel, John Turturro, Alan Tudyk, Tyrese Gibson, Patrick Dempsey, France McDormand, John Dunn, Julia White and John Malkovich. It is playing nationwide as of today. Ok, let’s get this out of the way: …

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Tech: How To Make your Netbook Useful Again!

Netbooks have been around for a while now and though some of the new designs may seem like a viable alternative to the current tablets on the market, poor saps like myself that spent good cash on one of the earlier models find ourselves pondering what to do with it now? The earliest of these …

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Game Review: Bulletstorm (360/PS3/PC)

Gaming used to be fun. The experience was about distraction for a small period of time before returning to our mundane day to day tasks. When we look at gaming today some titles seem to forget this, lost somewhere amongst hours of adding layers of eye popping graphics, orchestral scores and big name actors. Don’t …

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Geek Flick: A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

As I have said before in the Geek review for “Friday the 13th” (link) the world has become a lot more desensitized as years have passed. What would have terrified a child in the 90s is now regular viewing in some households, and films that would have genuinely scared us are now used for light …

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Forgotten Films: Ninja (2009)

You can understand how films like Ninja are often overlooked. If you are not into the joys of bad cinema it can understandably seem like a bizarre idea to watch a film that is universally canned. These films are by nature, utter garbage and it is usually quite obvious from the moment you pick up it’s …

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