Ninja Battle - DVD review

CoverHaving been discovered next to the dead body of an Iga ninja, Sawa is immediately suspected of his murder. The arriving Iga take her prisoner to discover the truth behind the death of Yoshimori... Ninja Battle is another in the cult series of ninja film from Seiji Chiba. The film stars Aiko Ito, Shuji Kashiwabara and Daisuke Nagakura... [click here...]

 

Tekken: Blood Vengeance - DVD review

CoverThere is something very strange going on with Shin Kamiya. Supposedly an ordinary student he is the lone survivor of a strange incident where his whole class disappeared. Sent to the same school as Shin, Ling Xiaoyu is tasked with investigating the boy, while a rival organisation dispatches a robot, Alisa Bosconovitch, for the same purpose... [click here...]

 

JAG in Space: Burden of Proof - Book review

CoverLieutenant Junior Grade Paul Sinclair works both as part of the military personnel of the Starship USS Michaelson, but also acts as its legal officer. When a devastating explosion and fire engulf the engineering section, the investigation smells more like a cover up... [click here...]

 

JAG in Space: A Just Determination - Book

CoverIn 2098 Paul Sinclair takes up his new position aboard the United States long-endurance space cruiser, the USS Michaelson. Having had a month out from his duties Paul is also trained as a legal advisor. When the USS Michaelson is sent to patrol an area of space under United States jurisdiction it runs into what it perceives to be a South Asian Alliance ship. The intercept goes horribly wrong with complete loss of life on the other ship, the ship which turns out to be an unarmed research vessel... [click here...]

 

Dark Star - Blu-ray review

CoverBombed out in space with a spaced out bomb! Talby, Doolittle, Pinback and Boiler comprises the remaining crew of the Dark Star, a deep space craft which clears the way for human colonisation. The mission is to blow-up unstable planets with ‘smart bombs’, of which there are twenty. The men have been together for so long that they are unkempt and pretty much uncaring. Talby dreams of seeing the ultra-rare Phoenix Asteroid, Doolittle misses his surfboard, and Pinback is actually an imposter. When an asteroid storm causes damage to the automated systems, the intelligent Bomb 20 arms itself and begins a countdown to disaster. The answer might lie with Commander Powell, but Commander Powell is dead and in the cryogenic freezer after his seat mechanism exploded. Time is fast running out, but Powell’s memory isn’t what it was when he was alive... [click here...]

 

Tank Girl: Bad Wind Rising - Graphic novel

CoverOh no! Can it be true? Is the greatest romance since Wills and Kate torn asunder? First there was Tristan and Isolde. Then there was Romeo and Juliet. Finally, there was the Kalashnikov-mouthed, Primark-tastic Princess of Panzers and her marsupial paramour - Tank Girl and Booga! But the honeymoon is over, and the greatest inter-species love story since Catherine the Great and her horse lies bleeding in the Outback, triggering a chain reaction that threatens the very existence of the universe! Will love conquer all? Or will space/time vanish up its own black hole...? [click here...]

 

Sherlock: (Original Television Soundtrack)

CoverThe BBC One season of three Sherlock Holmes films was the summer hit of 2010 with over 7.5m viewers watching the first episode. This contemporary adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic novel was created by Steven Moffat (Doctor Who, Coupling) and Mark Gatiss (The League of Gentlemen, Doctor Who) and the series stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes, Martin Freeman as Doctor Watson and Rupert Graves as Inspector Lestrade... [click here...]

 

Samurai Girls: The Complete Series - DVD

CoverThe story takes place in Japan in the early 21st century, in an alternate reality where the Tokugawa Shogunate has remained in power. In this reality, student councils are tasked with oppressing schools. Yagyuu Muneakira is a high school student who rebels against his student council with the help of girls who've had the names of famous samurai heroes passed onto them... [click here...]

 

Doctor Who: The Sensorites - DVD review

CoverWhen the Doctor and his companions land aboard a spacecraft in flight, something is decidedly wrong. Although the crew appear to be dead, they are, in reality, kept in a state of sleep, fed and presumably toileted by the race of Sensorites. This telepathic race has kept the earthmen in the Sensesphere for fear that their discovery will mean the end of their way of life. The Doctor discovers that, although powerful, the Sensorites do have weaknesses, including their fear of the dark. He uses this information to force a meeting with their leader, only to discover that the Sensorites are a dying race, plagued by an unexplainable disease... [click here...]

 

Welcome to the N.H.K: Complete Series - DVD

CoverTatsuhiro Sato is a 20-something NEET (Not in Employment, Education or Training), a miserable failure, and a reclusive loner suffering from acute social withdrawal. A paranoid mess of deep-rooted anxieties and a true believer of conspiracy theories, he is also under the delusion that a secret organization known as the Nihon Hikikomori Kyokai (Japan Social Withdrawal Association) is trying to produce a world filled with brainwashed, jobless recluses just like him... [click here...]