There are reunions that we all want and then there are those that just happen.  I don’t want to put words in my fellow musics fans mouths, but I’m pretty sure I’m not alone in saying that Coal Chamber fall into the latter category.  It may just be that I missed them first time round, I was eleven when they broke up, but I just don’t care.
Pitch Perfect 2
It has been said before and it will be said again, comedy sequels ain’t easy.  Keeping what is good about the first, but not treading over old ground is a hard game to play.  However, it has never stopped Hollywood churning them out at a rate of knots and with Pitch Perfect having been ten times more successful than anyone could have predicted, it is hardly a surprise to see number two hitting our screens.
Samoa Joe
Last night, The Samoan Submission Machine pulled a fast one on pretty much every dirt sheet out there, when he appeared at NXT Takeover: Unstoppable.  This was despite having only recently booked a whole bunch of indie dates for later in the year.  Samoa Joe has been linked with the move to WWE since he left TNA earlier in the year and considering the talent set Joe has, it would have been a huge mistake by WWE not to leap at the chance.  However, we have seen talented guys go in and out of WWE before and you have to ask whether Joe is one of the guy to make it to the top of the ladder?
Faith No More
Some bands are just special.  They have that little bit of something that makes them better than everyone else.  It doesn’t matter whether you like their music or not, you have to respect them, because they are just that good.  One of those bands is Faith No More.  Until their break up at the end of the 90s, they were one of the most challenging and out there bands we had.  When they got back together in 2009, the question was always hanging there as to whether they could be that again.  With Sol Invictus, we finally get our answer.
Payback, what’s the point?
It’s hardly revolutionary to claim that WWE need to cut back on the number of PPVs they do (although with the Network they can’t really be called PPVs now), however Payback was one of those shows that reinforced that point.  The post Wrestlemania season is always a bit flat in WWE, as they take the foot off the gas after the ‘Showcase of the Immortals’ and you can’t help but feel that the long-term implications of Payback are, well nothing.
Mad Max: Fury Road
George Miller’s Mad Max series was always the odd one out in terms of this years summer blockbusters.  Going up against Marvel, The Terminator and Jurassic Park, it had almost been shoved to the side, forgotten for its more illustrious peers.  Therefore, it may come as a bit of a shock that Mad Max: Fury Road stands a very good chance of being the best of them.
Far From the Madding Crowd
Adapting classic literature is never an easy game.  As with all books, people have a very clear mind as to how they view the characters within them and with the classics, you also have many years of history to compete with.  Therefore, I don’t know if it is an advantage or a disadvantage to me and the film, that I come into Far From the Madding Crowd with a completely fresh pair of eyes.  Having never read the book or seen the 1967 version, this is my first experience of the world of Bathsheba Everdene.
Trials Fusion
A quick (and possibly silly) video about Trials Fusion. Â Enjoy.
The Intercontinental Title: What Comes Next?
So in a horrible case of deja vu, last night saw Daniel Bryan turn up on Raw and hand over his Intercontinental Title because of injury. Â Nearly a year on from him doing the exact same thing with the World Title, this somehow feels even worse. Â Two major injuries so close together suggest that Bryan’s body might not be able to keep going and you can’t help but worry that his career is drawing to a close. Â However, as I am not Bryan’s doctor and even if I was would be completely unqualified to talk about whether his injury was career threatening, that’s not what we will focus on here. Â Instead, lets take a look at the IC Title.
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WOAHNOWS
The internet can be a bit shit.  I’ve mentioned in the past how depressing going through Metal Hammer’s Facebook page is and a general scroll through Twitter can convince you that the world is going to end or that it is full of cunts.  However, it does have it’s upsides and one of thoseis the way it can be used to spread the word about great bands.  For example, WOAHNOWS a band that until a few days ago I had never even heard of.
