The King Blues were never the biggest band on the planet, but they used to feel important.  Lead singer Itch was a man with opinions and even if you didn’t  necessarily agree with them all, his ability to deliver lyrics in a way that made them seem important, brought a lot of issues to people who might otherwise have never thought about them.  When they went their separate ways, it felt like a loss and their return should be a celebration.  It is a shame then that Off With Their Heads feels like nothing of the sort.
Fastlane Review
Fastlane is behind us and despite WWE’s reported resolve to turn it into a big show, it managed to feel like nothing of the sort.  If you were the kind to predict things – like me – you should have been able to get 99% of the results spot on and the in-ring action rarely got above good.  One or two matches aside, this was a bit of a dud.  With that in mind, please read my review.
A Bigger Splash (2016)
A Bigger Splash is a film stuffed with narcissistic people that are really hard to like.  While that doesn’t have to be a problem, it often can be, and it takes a talented director to turn a film about twats into something worth watching.  Italian director Luca Guadagnino may just be that man and he is certainly helped by one hell of a cast.
Fastlane Preview
Fastlane is just around the corner and with WWE truly gearing up for Wrestlemania season it is looking to at the very least, be an interesting show.  Seeds will be planted and more than one of them will sprout come Wrestlemania weekend.  So with all of that in mind, here’s what I think will happen at the last stop before the big one.
Deadpool (2016)
Deadpool’s journey to the big screen has been a tough one.  It went through the horror that was X-Men Origins: Wolverine and the destruction of everything that makes that character beloved. If one good thing came out of that, though, it brought one of its biggest fans into the fold, and Ryan Reynolds has fought tooth and nail to bring an adult version of that character to life.  When test footage was leaked online in 2014, the fans response was huge, and Fox finally gave into demand and greenlit a relatively small budget version of the Merc with a Mouth.
Download So Far
The Download line-up is shaping up and, as usual, it is setting itself up to be one hell of a weekend. While the headliners all felt a bit same old, same old the real joy is usually to be found on the lower stages, where you can see the bands that will hopefully be headlining in 10 years ripping it up in front of a handful of fans.
Goosebumps (2016)
Goosebumps has no right to be good. Based on the works of R.L. Stine, it should be a soulless cash grab. However, with the helpful hand of Rob Letterman in control and Jack Black playing the role of Mr Stine himself it has somehow come to be, as a Joe Dante-inspired family horror film, as likely to make you laugh as it is to make you jump.
Trumbo (2016)
Hollywood self-reflection is always a bit strange.  When the vapidest of places turns the camera on itself, you never quite know what to expect.  So a film detailing the period where they turned so anti-communist that they created the infamous blacklist (which prevented communists from working) and even had several prominent communists chucked in jail, is even stranger.  But that is where Trumbo takes us.  With, unsurprisingly, particular focus on Dalton Trumbo, the writer of films like Roman Holiday and Spartacus and one of the biggest critics of said list.
Agoraphobic Nosebleed – Arc
The first in a series of four EPs from legendary grindcore act Agoraphobic Nosebleed, Arc is a three track release that comes in at twenty-seven minutes long.  It’s also bloody good.
Daniel Bryan
The first time I saw Daniel Bryan wrestle was during his iconic feud with Nigel McGuinness. Â I’d heard from the online chit chat that this guy was good, the best in the world according to some, and I was naturally intrigued. Â Yet, when Bryan came out, it was a bit underwhelming. Â Sure, the fans loved him, but to look at him, it was hard to be impressed.
