Bi-Weekly Bugle – Issue 6 – I’m Back!

Ok, So I’ve been away for ages, and my last column is still in Griff’s inbox somewhere, so I’ll just move on…. Gears of War 3 was announced today. Hoorah. Who isn’t happy? I don’t care. You’re not important. The teaser is pretty decent, and it features 4 player co-op (yay!) and a double barreled shotgun (boo). With a year to wait, we have Halo Reach to look forward to, unless you’re me and couldn’t care about Halo, so you can get in line at Game with me and get pre-ordering. I’m already booking a week off work for it. I particularly liked the fact that Anya will be included in the game as a…

Bi-Weekly Bugle – Issue 5 – Oscars Edition

Back to regular viewing this week, with probably the only time I’ll type this in a place that isn’t directed at my girlfriend: Sorry, I was wrong. A few weeks ago, I posted a top 5 of 2009, but up until that point I hadn’t seen one of the films, which has had the most amount of well deserved critical acclaim mixed with equal parts of stellar reviews everywhere, but I missed it in the cinema, thinking it was all hype, choosing District 9 over it. But I regret that. Because, this film, that I discovered this week, is in fact a near perfect film. I have nothing original to say about the film that…

Bi-Weekly Bugle – Issue 4 – Superhero Movie Edition

I’m back. I wrote this column last week, assuming that there wouldn’t be any more news in the coming week, but I didn’t count on Marc Webb being announced as Spider-Man’s new director, So now I’m just gonna wing it…. I thought Raimi’s first Spider-Man was alright, when it came out, and it still has its moments – the second does too; I suppose, but it’s not a movie that I want to ever watch again. I didn’t ‘get’ Tobey as Peter, and I didn’t like any of the other casting except Willem Defoe, I thought the franchise was poor from the ground up, but the third particularly sucked – and no, not the dancing…

B-Weekly Bugle – Issue 4 – My Problem With Superhero Movies

I get pigeonholed a lot into this kinda… ”you read comics, bet you loved that Ghost Rider film, eh?” “Proper true to the character that was!”, idea, but in reality, I only love a few comic book movies – the ones that are good films, regardless of their Comic Book origins: Nolan’s Batmans’, Singer’s X-men & Superman, A History Of Violence, Iron Man, Road To Perdition to name a few, but there are far, far too many that were made based solely on the cash-in factor, which is upsetting to people who like comics and movies alike. I like GOOD movies and I like GOOD comics, but I’m aware there’s plenty of shit out there,…

Bi-Weekly Bugle – Issue 3

So I think this column may be a bit late, but never mind, eh? It was because I had plans to write it Wednesday night, but ended up watching Avatar instead. And no, I won’t be reviewing/talking about Avatar, except for the fact that it is as good as every 5* review it’s been given by Empire, Total Film, or whoever it is you choose to read. And although some jerk-offs who call me a faggot often will say, the editing in this is the best editing I’ve seen outside of an Aronofsky film. So go see it. And be wowed. I don’t really have much to say this week; I haven’t seen or played…