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Jamie Ewbank
Monday, December 01, 2008 12:33
After a year in which we’ve been inundated with superhero movies, all of which have been, to a greater or lesser extent, better than expected, we finally come to Hancock . On paper, it has the edge over all its rivals - it isn’t hampered by an original
Filed under: Blu-ray, Blu-ray Disc, Dolby True HD, DVD, The Leisure Lab, movies, Samsung, film reviews, reviews, Will Smith, Charlize Theron, Hancock
Jamie Ewbank
Wednesday, November 19, 2008 15:16
If Batman Begins was a surprisingly dark and serious take on the Batman mythos, then its all-conquering sequel, The Dark Knight , sees director Christopher Nolan heading into even grimmer territory to produce an excellent and unpredictable blockbuster
Filed under: Blu-ray, Blu-ray Disc, Dolby True HD, DVD, The Leisure Lab, movies, Samsung, film reviews, reviews, Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight, The Joker, Batman
Jamie Ewbank
Friday, November 07, 2008 12:11
Age may have caught up with Harrison Ford, but in this fourth Indiana Jones movie he turns his advancing years into a virtue. Sadly, the same can’t be said for Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, who direct and produce this rather disappointing sequel.
Filed under: Blu-ray, Blu-ray Disc, Dolby True HD, DVD, The Leisure Lab, movies, film reviews, reviews, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Harrison Ford
Jamie Ewbank
Thursday, October 23, 2008 12:43
Wanted puts a twist on the standard zero-to-hero plotline by having white collar Wesley Gibson inducted into a fraternity of assassins who can’t honestly claim that their actions are justified by anything more concrete than fate. It's an interesting idea,
Filed under: DVD, The Leisure Lab, movies, Samsung, film reviews, reviews, James McAvoy, Angelina Jolie, Wanted
Jamie Ewbank
Friday, October 17, 2008 12:13
If you’ve ever lamented the fact that blockbuster movies just don’t grab you the way they used to, then Iron Man is the film to restore your faith in the genre. For starters, the special effects are genuinely special. The titular armour is all gloss and
Filed under: Blu-ray, Blu-ray Disc, DVD, The Leisure Lab, movies, film reviews, reviews, Iron Man
Jamie Ewbank
Monday, September 29, 2008 14:42
Hollywood remakes of successful Asian horror films all tend to hit the same snag: when stripped of the subtitles and cultural differences present in the original, the audience no longer have the added thrill of unfamiliarity to enhance the chills, and
Filed under: Blu-ray, Blu-ray Disc, DVD, The Leisure Lab, film reviews, The Eye, Jessica Alba, The Eye Review
Jamie Ewbank
Thursday, September 04, 2008 14:01
Lars and The Real Girl is a softly spoken, melancholic indy comedy that takes a Carry-On film plot and turns it into a mature and poignant story. Ryan Gosling stars as Lars, a small-town lad so shy that his only solution to loneliness is to buy a lovedoll
Filed under: DVD, The Leisure Lab, movies, film reviews, reviews, Lars and the Real Girl
Jamie Ewbank
Wednesday, September 03, 2008 09:21
Adapted from a pair of hefty graphic novels, Persepolis is Marjane Satrapi's illustrated autobiography and tells the story of her youth in Iran and Austria, with the Iranian revolution providing a contrast to Marjane's feisty personality and leftist leanings.
Filed under: Blu-ray, Blu-ray Disc, DVD, The Leisure Lab, movies, Persepolis
Jamie Ewbank
Monday, August 11, 2008 16:46
It's going to be a strange week at The Leisure Lab , one in which we'll be mixing conspiracy theories, mindless gunplay and psychedelic electronica to produce a diverse set of reviews. For starters we've been indulging our trigger fingers with the long
Filed under: Blu-ray, CD, DVD, The Leisure Lab, movies, games, reviews, music
Jamie Ewbank
Thursday, August 07, 2008 16:10
The Leisure Lab , our software reviewing sister site, is growing up fast. We've just added a new music review channel and we're moving from weekly to daily updates. Among the goodies going up this week are Brian DePalma's controversial Iraq movie, Redacted
Filed under: Blu-ray, Blu-ray Disc, Blu-ray Audio, Stuff.TV, CD, DVD, The Leisure Lab, whathifi.com, MP3, movies, Samsung, What Hi-Fi? Sound and Vision, film reviews, music reviews