Recommended entertainment

Everyone loves a bit of great entertainment. We love it too, and here is the top reviewed content for your TV, projector or hi-fi. Simply put, this is the best of the best. The top Games, Movies and Music – as rated by us.

Game review: GTA V on PC (PEGI 18+)

Game review: GTA V on PC (PEGI 18+)

Grand Theft Auto V has finally arrived on the PC some 18 months after its initial release on Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. It was originally scheduled to come out with the its fellow remastered editions for PS4 and Xbox One but …read more

Film Review: Mad Max – Fury Road

Film Review: Mad Max – Fury Road

Fury Road sees the long awaited return of the wasteland’s forgotten son, Max. Captive in an unfriendly citadel, fate turns in his favour as he finds friends and freedom on the road. Every aspect of this franchise came together with all …read more

Album Review: Villagers – Darling Arithmetic

Album Review: Villagers – Darling Arithmetic

Dublin group Villagers are one of those bands that are occasionally a real band and sometimes just main-man Conor O’Brien. Their 3rd album ‘Darling Arithmetic’ is strictly in the main-man only mode, written, performed and recorded by O’Brien in his own home …read more

Review – Birdman

Review – Birdman

Birdman (or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) is a fantastically spun yarn of faltering egos. Alejandro González Iñárritu directs the story of Riggan Thomson (Michael Keaton), an actor in the twilight of his career who struggles to escape his role as …read more

Review – Big Hero 6

Review – Big Hero 6

Don’t worry, you haven’t missed the first five movies. As a brand new Walt Disney animation, can it rival its production partner Pixar’s output? When Hiro loses a loved one he finds an escape in what is left behind: a …read more

Review – Interstellar

Review – Interstellar

Can we expect a less than stellar performance, or is this new sci-fi epic out of this world?… 2013’s Gravity challenged sci-fi to be much more inventive, but does Interstellar deliver the goods with Christopher Nolan backing it? The Earth has …read more

Review – Nightcrawler

Review – Nightcrawler

…Old news or criminally good? Crime films are all the rage but can a television news angle create anything new for the genre? When Louis Bloom sees someone recording a roadside accident for money he decides he can do it …read more

New album reviews

New album reviews

Thurston Moore’s 19th album, Inspiral Carpet’s first album for 20 years, The Coral’s latest effort – 12 years after their debut, and …Trail of Dead’s 9th LP, 16 years after their first release. The Coral are back with their fifth …read more