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I’m a newbie to the Paper Mario series. A noob, if you will. I’ve played plenty of other games in the series, whether that involved venturing through the stars in my main series favourite Super Mario Galaxy, yeeting friends and foes off the stage in New Super Mario Bros or serving a fresh can of whoop ass to anyone who dared enter my dojo in Mario Kart Wii. 

Continue reading “Review: Paper Mario – The Thousand Year Door”

Various members of the household have had nice holidays away recently, so I felt justified to have a nice holiday of my own. In the house. By myself, mostly. Hooray.

Continue reading “Faux Holiday Fun”

The spectacle of the human figure on film is hardly a new thing. One of Thomas Edison’s first images back in the late nineteenth century detailed the flexing muscles of French bodybuilder Eugine Sandal. The bare torso of Steeve Reeves dominates the poster of Pirates of Malaysia, as does that of Reg Park in Hercules the Avenger. Commando acts as an extended advertisement for Arnie’s bulky physique, beginning not with a calm wide shot of green vistas but an extreme synecdochic close up of the actor’s ripped bicep. The camera is the perfect vessel to exhibit the human body in all its physicality.

Continue reading “Physical Bodies, Physical Violence: The ‘Ripped’ Figure in Love Lies Bleeding, Road House and Monkey Man”

Not exactly sure what the motivation was behind putting on this season (I guess the 4K restoration of Trainspotting has recently been released?), but Cineworld have chosen some good ones from Boyle’s filmography. Let’s give ‘em a mini review.

Continue reading “Cineworld Danny Boyle Season: Sunshine, Shallow Grave, 28 Days Later, Trainspotting”

I wanted to cosplay as Furiosa when Fury Road came out almost a decade ago, but the mechanical arm props were selling online for about £600, so no dice. I’d still like to do it at some point, though.

Continue reading “Review: Furiosa – A Mad Max Saga”