Royal Rumble Predictions

The Royal Rumble is most wrestling fans favourite PPV of the year. Screw ‘Mania, although we tend to love that too, the Rumble is where it is at. While we have had disappointing Rumbles over the years, it is fair to say it very rarely fails to deliver at least couple of fun moments and it also sets us on the ‘Road to Wrestlemania’. We get to know who will be competing for the big one on the ‘Grandest Stage of Them All’. I can’t think of anymore WWE buzzwords to throw in now, so lets just get onto some of my predictions.

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23/01/2015 0

American Sniper

At this early stage of the year, I don’t think it’s a stretch to call American Sniper the most controversial film released so far. It is yet another one based off of a book, this time the autobiography of Chris Kyle, American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in US History. A title that should probably flash a big red blinking light in the direction of where this film could go wrong.

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23/01/2015 0

Wild

It would be easy to dismiss Wild by its trailer. It looks like the latest in a long line of self-help films. Movies like Eat, Pray, Vomit, which hide behind some faux spiritualism and in reality are just a load of old shite. Yet, within minutes of this film starting you are quickly stripped of that feeling. As Reese Witherspoon, portraying Cheryl Strayed, pulls the nail off of her big toe, there was an audible gasp around the cinema I was in. For the faint of heart this is not.

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22/01/2015 0

The Last Ten Seconds of Life – Soulless Hymns

After the usual quiet start to the year, the music is starting to flow out again. Big hitters like Marilyn Manson and Fall Out Boy have already dropped new albums and as usual there is a whole new world of music to find out there. One of these new bands, at least for myself, is The Last Ten Seconds of Life who hail from Mansfield, Pennsylvania.

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21/01/2015 0

Whiplash

I can’t claim to know much about jazz. In fact, I can barely claim to know anything about it. While I have some fleeting knowledge of most musical genres, jazz continues to be a mystery to me. I also doubt I’m alone in that. Jazz isn’t a genre that gets much love in the here and now. However, no one, and I mean no one, should allow that to stop them going to see Whiplash.

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20/01/2015 0

Live Review: Slipknot w/ Korn and King 810

It has become accepted that Slipknot can fill venues like the Hydro. However, when you sit down and think about it, that fact is insane. 9 masked men wearing boiler suits and playing pretty extreme metal, should not be coming close to filling places like this. Yet, here we are.

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19/01/2015 0

Into The Woods

Dark fairy tales are all the rage at the moment. With authors like Neil Gaiman proving popular and cinema adaptations of classic Disney fare like Snow White and Maleficient, it seems like the classic stories are back in vogue. Therefore, an adaptation of Steven Sondheim’s musical, Into the Woods, seemed like an inevitability. The musical tells the story of several classic fairy tale characters; Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk, Little Red Riding Hood and Rapunzel, but rather than ending the stories at the traditional time, we go beyond that and see what happens after the happily ever after. Sadly, it’s not quite as happy as you might suppose.

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16/01/2015 0

Foxcatcher

Foxcatcher is a film that gives a lot of people a chance to shine. A look at the lives of David and Mark Schultz, both of whom were Olympic amateur wrestlers and John E. Du Pont, an American millionaire and wrestling fan who runs Foxcatcher Farms on his mansion estate and wishes for it to be the headquarters of the USA’s wrestling program. It’s a true life story and one that I shall not spoil for those of you that are unaware of its outcome, needless to say, there is a reason it has made its way onto film.

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14/01/2015 0

WWE Hall of Fame

Last night the WWE took a step towards giving their Hall of Fame some credence in the eyes of fans, by announcing that at this years Wrestlemania Randy Savage will finally be inducted. Ignoring the fact it took his death for this to finally come about, it is a relief to fans who have known that Savage was a man who was truly worthy of such a spot. However, it doesn’t change the fact that the Hall of Fame still has some major issues, most of which stem from who is included.

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13/01/2015 0

The Theory of Everything

The Theory of Everything is the story of Stephen Hawking, a figure that even the most scientifically block headed will be well aware of. Directed by James Marsh and based off the memoir of Hawking’s first wife, Jane Wilde Hawking, it stars Eddie Redmayne as the scientist who goes from a young and hopeful Cambridge PHD student, to a disabled, but world-renowned, scientist. Hawking’s story is fascinating and even if this film occasionally views like a hagiography, it still has a lot in it to recommend.

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09/01/2015 0