Minute44 - Dan Schonhaar

I think you know the drill by now. If you check out my top 5 vampire movies you’ll see what I’m getting at. As a sci-fi lover (yet one who couldn’t give two shits about Star Wars or Star Trek) I love movies about aliens. They can be action packed, heart-warming or absolutely terrifying. There have been a lot of stinkers but at the same time there have been some truly great movies about what may lurk on planets other than our own. So here are my 5 favourites!

continue reading My top 5 Alien movies

Stress. Weather it’s from work, home or other it can be a real pain in the arse. It can kill your productivity and make you lose sleep. Companies have made millions… no, billions out of treating stress. From hypnotherapy to stress toys, to self help techniques there are a huge number of things available to help with your stress. Personally I manage mine with some fairly simple objects. Here are my top 5 stress busting…. erm… toys, I guess?

continue reading Five objects that help me de-stress.

Living in England, most people look at you like some kind of horrific leper when you say you don’t like football. I know this first hand. I don’t like football. In fact, I loathe it. It’s not like other sports that I just don’t have an interest in. I actually cannot stand football (soccer to some of you). So here are my 5 reasons why.

continue reading 5 Reasons I loathe football (soccer)

December sees the release of a movie 15 years in the making… well, actually two or three years in the making. James Cameron had the idea for Avatar some fifteen years ago but didn’t make it until now. Why? Because the required technology didn’t exist yet. Hell, it didn’t exist when his patience ran out and he decided to make it anyway. He thought “Fuck it.” and invented the tech himself. With the help of visual effects super-giant Weta, James Cameron is finally releasing a film that, he says, will not only amaze and dazzle audiences but will change the face of cinema forever. The main key to his celluloid renascence; digital 3D.

continue reading Dawn of the third dimension.

Directed by: Neill Blomkamp
Starring: Sharlto Copley

Every so often, even seasoned movie geeks get blindsided. We can be so focused on what the big guns like Jim Cameron and Martin Scorsese are doing that we miss an absolute blinder sneaking in under the radar. Well for me, District 9 was nearly one of these. Due for release in North America in August, I didn’t even know of the film’s existence until July. Odd considering that it’s right up my street. A modern sci-fi story with plenty of aliens, gore and giant robots. What makes this even more shocking is that it’s produced by cinema uber-giant Peter Jackson. Well, after a delayed UK release (Seriously, guys. It’s 2009. Worldwide release dates please.) I finally saw what all the fuss was about.

continue reading Review: District 9 (15)