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Fiction Reviews

Popco review

Popco review Popco is a wild ride filled with codes, secrets, quirky loner romance, humanitarian comment and vegan recipes - all wrapped up in a deliciously eclectic story about a toy company and sweatshop labour...


Movie News & Reviews

The Last Airbender Controversy

The Last Airbender Hollywood is filled with casual racism. Inter-racial kisses are rare. The black guy rarely survives. And now in the Last Airbender we have a bunch of asians played by white leads. Nice gesture, M. Night Shyamalan - shame about the values.


Fiction Reviews

The Lies of Locke Lamora

The Lies of Locke Lamora The Lies of Locke Lamora: This fantasy novel by Scott Lynch lures you in with its decadent descriptions... then hurls you headlong into magical murderous madness. Sound appetizing?


Vampire literature

The Real Twilight

The Real Twilight The sparkly chaste vampires of Twilight are a fiction. What about the real thing? 'The real Twilight' is a book about the modern day vampire, working from the premise that vampires do exist.


Movie Reviews

Bright Star review

Bright Star review Movie reviews: Bright Star (2009) is a romantic costume drama following the tragic love affair between John Keats, one of Britain's best loved romantic poets, and Fanny Brawne.


Movie Reviews

Dead Snow review

Dead Snow review Dead Snow is a horror film with zombies and Nazis. Nazi zombies. Brush up your German and prepare for a little Ein... Zwei... Die.


Book Reviews

The Woman in Black

The Woman in Black Horror fiction: 'The Woman in Black' is a modern version of a traditional Gothic horror - but it feels as classic as Dracula...


Girl Gamer ~ Game Reviews

ModNation Racers review

ModNation Racers review Computer game reviews: ModNation Racers is a PS3 only gaming first - a fully customisable kart racing game. Mario Kart meets Little Big Planet!


Girl Gamer ~ Game Reviews

Deus Ex Human Revolution

Deus Ex Human Revolution Game reviews: Forget the first awful sequel to Deus Ex! Mookychick gamer gals devour and review the new Deus Ex: Human Revolution game trailer. Bladerunner, anyone?


Girl Gamer ~ Game Reviews

Super Street Fighter IV - bring on the super

Super Street Fighter IV Super Street Fighter IV revamps your favourite old-skool characters and introduces a host of new ones to test your gaming reflexes to the limit. Watch out for button-bashing blisters!


Film Reviews

Kamikaze Girls

Kamikaze Girls Japanese movies: Like Japanese clothing and culture? Kamikaze Girls is a secret japanese gem of a movie. A Lolita and Bosozoku (biker girl) become unlikely friends as they search Tokyo for frilly dresses and the meaning of life...


Girl Gamer ~ Game Reviews

Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light

Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light Game reviews: Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light lets you and a friend battle the denizens and deathtraps of an ancient Mayan temple for $15. Let's hope your boobs don't get in the way.


Girl Gamer ~ Game Reviews

Nier review

Nier review Game reviews: Nier is an action RPG from the makers of Final Fantasy filled with buried secrets, intricate plotlines and unforgettable characters. Not to mention dungeon bosses, farming and fishing. Hurrah!


Film Reviews

Whip It! See it! Do it!

Whip It! review Film reviews: Skinny indie boys & feisty inked rollergirls jam it out in 'Whip It!', a teen movie about Roller Derby!. Exhilarating & damn good fun.


Film Reviews

Perfume: The story of a murderer

Perfume by Patrick Suskind Cult films: 'In C18 France there lived a gifted and abominable personage in an era that knew no lack of gifted and abominable personages.' Welcome to Perfume.


Film Reviews

Zombieland review

Zombieland Zombie movies: Zombieland is a zombie rom-com that has no interest in explaining how the zombie apocalypse happened. Who cares? We just want to enjoy the 33 rules of zombie survival and Bill Murray...


The Arts

The tattoo art of Angelique Houtkamp

The tattoo art of Angelique Houtkamp Tattoo art: Renowned tattooist Angelique Houtkamp has moved through sailor tattoo styles (anchors, hearts, swallows, pinups) and burlesque/cabaret influences to bring tattoo art to a most unlikely resting place... the delicate world of water colour.


Fiction Reviews

Graceling - fantasy fiction

Graceling - fantasy fiction review Fantasy fiction: In the male-dominated genre of fantasy fiction, 'Graceling' by Kristin Cashore reveals a female perspective. Learn of children who each have their own fantastical 'grace' or skill...


Girl Gamer ~ Game Reviews

Final Fantasy XIII review

Final Fantasy XIII review Game reviews: After much hype and anticipation, Final Fantasy XIII is finally in the shops. Hardened gamer Laura Ford finds out if it matches the glory of Final Fantasy X.


Film Reviews

10 Indie romcoms for perfect comedy romance

10 Indie romcoms for perfect comedy romance Indie romantic comedies: Let's take the alternative route to love with these 10 quirky, offbeat indie romcoms. What girl doesn't want imagination, mental hospitals and the afterlife along with the sweet comedy and romance?


Fiction Reviews

All my friends are superheroes

All my friends are superheroes Fiction reviews: What's it like to be normal in a world of superheroes - like Copycat, who steals your style so well you're the one who looks like the imitation? Tom knows, and he wants to share his story with you.


Anime / Comics Reviews

Full metal alchemist - brotherhood

Full metal alchemist - brotherhood Anime reviews: Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood is a remake of the original classic anime about two young alchemists trying to regain their lost bodies after breaking the ultimate taboo...


Film Reviews

District 9

District 9 Sci-fi films: District 9 is a welcome return to politics in sci-fi. It begins like an Apartheid spin on Brazilian ghetto drama City Of God, mutates into The Fly, and winds up pushing emotional buttons in a way reminiscent of ET...


Film Reviews

Firefly

Firefly Cult TV: Joss Whedon (Buffy, Firefly, Dollhouse) is the king of character development and successfully independent mainstream TV and movie making. Be it 2010 or 2517, humans still need love, equality and - according to Firefly - most of all, freedom.


Anime / Comics Reviews

The Wallflower - anime

The Wallflower - animeAnime reviews: Four handsome boys are hired to turn a 'dreary' goth girl into a true lady... 'The Wallflower' is classic, darkly humorous 'ugly duckling' anime with a sprinkle of harajuku and scene.


Film Reviews

MOON

Moon review Sci fi movies: MOON is the first feature film by David Bowie's son. It's an intimate and beautiful sci-fi thriller that has already won awards and is being ranked with Alien, Blade Runner and 2001...


Fiction Reviews

Vampire novels - My love lies bleeding

Vampire novels - My love lies bleeding Dark romance: Yes, it's another vampire novel. The twist is that we've got an entire first chapter for you to read for free!


Anime / Comics Reviews

Does Death Note live up to the hype?

Does Death Note live up to the hype? Manga reviews: A battle between genius detective L and a man called Light who can kill anyone once he knows their name and face, Death Note is a classic manga / anime franchise that's spreading thin...


The Arts

NaNoWriMo!

NaNoWriMo Creative writing: NaNoWriMo is here! For many, 1 November is just a dreary day, but for crazy pen-grabbers around the world it is THE day to start writing a novel. It's the day when 'one day' becomes... today!


Anime / Comics Reviews

Marvel 1985

Marvel 1985 - graphic novel reviews Graphic novel reviews: Imagine being a kid in the eighties. Imagine supervillians laying waste to your world. Marvel 1985 is a liberating comic by Mark Millar that plays with expectations...


Film Reviews

The Last Day of Innocence gothic fashion DVD

The Last Day of Innocence gothic fashion DVD Film reviews: We checked out underground gothic fashion video 'The Last Day of Innocence'. See Wave Gothic, Cyber Goth, Gothic Lolita, Wave Punk, Victoriandustrial, Fetish fashion and cool goth guys with metal legs come alive before your very eyes!


Girl Gamer ~ Game Reviews

Women's Murder Mystery Club

Women's Murder Mystery Club - Games of Passion for the Nintendo DS Game reviews: 'Games of Passion' is a Nintendo DS murder mystery featuring 4 women who solve murders. As seasoned gamers, we gave this suspenseful adventure game a try.


Anime / Comics Reviews

Utena anime

Utena anime Anime reviews: 12 years after the Utena anime series was created, intelligent people are still trying to analyse it. Riddled with greed, enlightenment, love and a new way to look at the world, Utena is anime you should be watching if you're not, and you're glad you watched if you did.


Film Reviews

The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus

The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus Movie reviews: Terry Gilliam has always had a vividly imaginative approach to making films. When Heath Ledger died in the making of Dr Parnassus, the obvious solution was to split his character with Johnny Depp, Jude Law and Colin Farrell...


Fiction Reviews

Vampire horror romance - Dunraven Road

Vampire horror - Dunraven Road Vampire horror: Dunraven Road is a refreshing change of pace from the bloated, sugary-sweet Twilights of this world. A novel about the often bittersweet pain of passionate love set against a backdrop of sadism, vampires, drug abuse and violent inhumanity.


Fiction Reviews

Elephants on acid

Elephants on acid review Book reviews: 'Elephants on Acid and other Bizarre Experiments' is an absorbing book dedicated to fringe science experiments - to zombie kittens, the Mozart effect on babies and the real difference between Pepsi and Coke. A worthy edition to anyone's bookshelf!


Film Reviews

Repo! The genetic opera

Repo! The genetic opera Horror movies: Horror film fans take note! If you can imagine Sweeny Todd, Brazil, Rocky Horror and Blade Runner mixed with daily plastic surgery and drug addiction then Bam! You have Repo! The Genetic Opera...


Fiction Reviews

Wetlands

Princes et Princesses Book reviews: Helen, the feminist heroine of Wetlands by Charlotte Roche, is a walking, talking, bleeding, masturbating, avocado-fancying, haemorrhoid-hampered apologist for A levels (the rude kind) and DIY tampons...


Anime / Comics Reviews

Princes et Princesses

Princes et Princesses Anime reviews: 'Princes et Princesses' is an animated movie released in Japan under Studio Ghibli comprised of 6 fairytales, though the settings range from a French Rococo garden to ancient Egypt to even the year 3000...


Girl Gamer ~ Game Reviews

Wii jOG review - gaming that won't stand still

Wii jOG review Game reviews: Wii jOG is a device that makes your character in Wii games only move when you jog on the spot. Perfect for getting fit while engaged in immersive, adrenalin rush gaming like Twilight Princess and Resident Evil.


Fiction Reviews

Kayla Steele: Vampires with a bit of bite

Kayla Steele - Natasha Rhodes Vampire fiction: Real vampires don't sparkle. Real heroines don't pine because some dead guy has left them. The Kayla Steele Series by Natasha Rhodes is a horror series that delivers.


Anime / Comics Reviews

Lucky Star Anime

Lucky Star Anime Anime reviews: If you love randomness, live for being eccentric, and don't mind pointless plots in the slightest then Lucky Star is the anime for you.


Fiction Reviews

Killer Tease - Pulp fiction for the modern girl

Killer Tease - Pulp fiction for the modern girl Pulp fiction: 'Killer Tease' is a modern take on the classic pulp fiction thriller. Set in sleazy Brighton, it tells the tale of a burlesque dancer with a murderously bad temper...


Fiction Reviews

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies Zombie fiction: "It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains". This is a retelling of Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice'. With zombies.


Fiction Reviews

The Zombie Survival Guide

The Zombie Survival Guide Zombie fiction: Could you survive a zombie apocalypse? Could you turn your home into a fortress against zombie infestation? Could you reach the safety of your friends in time? Find out with the Zombie Survival Guide.


Fiction Reviews

Minor Characters - the dark side of the beat generation

Minor Characters - the dark side of the beat generation Book reviews: 'This is the muses's side of the story. It turns out that the muse could write as well as anybody' - Angela Carter. Jack Kerouac's mostly-ignored girlfriend wrote a memoir of the beat scene that flipped the lid on the dark side of the Beat Generation...


Fiction Reviews

It's different for girls

Its different for girls - a teenage comedy punk novel by Jo Brand Book reviews: Jo Brand was a teenage punk and she's written a punk coming of age teenage novel about 2 girls growing up as punks in a seaside town. Teenage kicks, seaside sex & soggy chips...


Fiction Reviews

Lovecraft's life and legacy

Lovecraft Horror literature: H.P.Lovecraft is one of the world's most beloved horror writers, with eerie tales of indescribable beings and maddening alien geometries. M delves into Lovecraft's upbringing (racism, fear of change - the horror! The horror!) and his fearful legacy (Cthulhu plushies...)


Anime / Comics Reviews

Runaways - American comics of the future

Runaways comics review Comic reviews: Move over, manga - Runaways is a manga-fusion American comic (Joss Whedon is a die-hard fan) featuring a group of children who hate each other but are forced to live on the streets as runaways when they discover their parents are supervillains. From Gert the anti-capitalist to Alex the funky computer nerd and Nico Minoru the loli goth, discover Runaways and open your eyes to a bright new future of American graphic novels.


Film Reviews

Top Five Bad-Ass Females in Movies

Tough women in cinema Film reviews: Though women are still fighting for their right for equal pay, when it comes to being bad-ass, they're equal all the way. To celebrate the release of Dragonball Evolution (2 feisty females show boys a thing or two about feminism via kicking ass), the DE people have put together a list of 5 of the toughest women ever to fight their way across the screen. Okay, we've never seen Dragonball Z, but the list still made us giggle.


Film Reviews

The Age of Stupid

The Age of Stupid review Comic reviews: The Age of Stupid is a film that will either change you or remind you why you bothered in the first place. Sometimes we need a kickstart to climb out of the doldrums and back into a state of empowered action. And with the Copenhagen climate change talks coming up, there's never been a better time to get involved...


Anime / Comics Reviews

The Watchmen - A reader's plot guide

The Watchmen - A reader's plot guide Comic reviews: Watchmen is often described as a multi-layered story and has been described in places as hard to read. Some of this is true, but the Watchmen is in many ways a very straight, enjoyable read where all the action happens at the edges. We tell you how to read between the lines, and get as much out of the Watchmen plot as you can...


Film Reviews

Big, blue and badass: Watchmen, we love you all...

Watchmen review Film reviews: In September of 1986, DC Comics released a series that would forever change the face of the comic book industry: Watchmen, one of the most well-known and well-loved comic books ever. Like LOTR, Watchmen is a book they said could NEVER be turned into a film...


Vegetarian Recipes

Innocent - vegan-friendly smoothie recipes

Innocent vegan smoothie recipes Recipe book reviews: Everyone from vegans to omnivores can delight in the Innocent Smoothie Recipe Book, which has bog-standard and unusual smoothie recipes using ingredients that are readily and cheaply available anywhere. God bless smoothie recipes and brutalising fruit!<


Film Reviews

Girls Rock Camp - the movie

Girls Rock Camp - the movie DVD reviews: Girls Rock! The Movie is a music documentary follows the journey of four 8-18-year-olds as they are transformed by the liberating powers of music at the Rock 'n' Roll Camp for Girls. Given the opportunity to bash the drums, wail like a banshee and take up space, the girls jettison gender stereotypes like old hats on their way to a joyous final concert that will change their lives forever.


Fiction Reviews

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

Neil Gaiman - the graveyard book review The award-winning Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman explains what happens to you after death, sort of. The Graveyard Book. The creaking cemetary gate is ajar. Wipe your feet, then come in.


Fiction Reviews

War of the Witches

War of the Witches review War of the Witches is intelligent teenage witch fiction with a magical plot. War of the Witches has some real meat to it - more witches in one book than you've ever seen in your life.


Vegetarian Recipes

Vegan cupcakes take over the world

vegan recipes - Vegan cupcakes take over the world Vegan recipes: Vegan cupcake recipes are hard to find - most vegan cookery books don't have much happening on the cake front. However, there is a solution! Vegan cupcakes will take over the world!


Film Reviews

A girl's guide to J-Horror

j-horror - japanese horror We in the West turn simple ideas into contrived, messy concepts. The horror film is no exception. Back in the 1950's, the Japanese horror film ('J-horror') was already taking shape...


Film Reviews

What makes a perfect slasher movie - and how to survive one

Forget the gore pr0n - Classic slasher movies and how to survive a slasher film Film reviews: Some people just don't get slashers. Some people are looking for an intellectual, thought-provoking, abstract piece of cinematic entertainment that supplies more than a predictable bloodbath. These people are missing the point entirely...


Fiction Reviews

Down the rabbit hole - Philosophy and social comment in 'Alice in Wonderland'

Down the rabbit hole - Philosophy and social comment in 'Alice in Wonderland' Book reviews: You may think that Alice in Wonderland is just a children's tale you happen to take too seriously. Good news - there are more than a couple of reasons to completely justify your obsession with it! And people will be delighted to join you in discussing social issues in Wonderland over tea and treacle...


Fiction Reviews

Invisible Monsters

Invisible Monsters Book reviews: Transsexualism. Models. Riches. Shotguns. Makeup. Drugs. Disfigurement. Fire. Sexually transmitted disease. Estrogen. Real Estate. Weddings. Homosexuality. High Fashion. There's only one book that has it all from practically the first page - and that's Chuck Palahniuk's 'Invisible Monsters'.


Film Reviews

Twilight - Nice film, shame it's not the dawn of cinema

twilight film Film reviews: "When you can live forever, what do you live for?" With fans going to see Twilight in droves, non-fans wondering what all the fuss is about, and the media delighted to spend column inches worrying about the perceived abstinence-pushing in the book, our intrepid reporter watches 'Twilight' on the big screen. Yes, but is it art?


Fiction Reviews

Fan fiction - by the fans, for the fans

fan fiction Book reviews: Whether you love it or hate it, fan fiction is a cult phenomenon. Harry Potter dating Draco? Romping hobbits? Spock and Kirk behaving illogically? Despite the controversy of copyright laws, fan fiction is now so deeply entrenched in internet culture that - for better or for worse - it's truly beyond our control...


Fiction Reviews

The Punk Directory

Punk directory review Book reviews: Some time in the early months of 2007, a group of people got together to try to redefine the youth with the Mohawk and covered in leather. The kid on the street corner smoking and spitting, waving a middle finger in the air. Yeah, that wonderful image of a 'punk'. And let me tell you, says Emma Wright, they weren't all too successful.


Film Reviews

UK horror: Outpost review

Outpost review DVD reviews: Recent years have put Britain back on the horror map, right bang where it belongs. So, what's Outpost all about? Apart from being a well-made low budget UK horror film about undead Nazis? And what is its position in UK horror history?


Film Reviews

And now for something completely different... Monty Python

And now for something completely different... Monty Python DVD reviews: Before Michael Palin travelled the globe and Terry Gilliam directed some of the best films ever made and John Cleese stopped being funny, there was Monty Python's Flying Circus.


Film Reviews

This town ain't nothing but a Ghost Town

Ghost Town Review 'Ghost Town', a very mainstream film about a rude short stocky bloke, is an odd choice for a Mookychick review. But it has Ricky Gervais in it. And that makes everything better.


Vegetarian Recipes

Clever cooking for one or two

Clever cooking for one or two Book reviews: There comes a point in your life where you find out you actually enjoy cooking. And not just the little cupcakes you baked under a lightbulb when you were six in your Easy Bake Oven for Girls. With handy tips and basic creative recipes that show you how to re-use ingredients a few days in a row, 'Clever Cooking for One or Two' is a fine recipe book for students or people living with flatmates/partners/parents who like to be cooked for. Hurrah.


The Arts

The sexy side of circus - Tabu

no fit state tabu circus nouveau

Events: Where in the world can find middle-aged theatre snobs fraternising (getting drunk) with a bunch of artsy lefty young things whilst being harassed by a wild-haired woman creating phallic symbols out of children's toys? In an inflatable spaceship in Newport, that's where. Welcome to the circus nouveau of 'Tabu'...


The Arts

Digital radio - wave hello to a PURE future

pure digital radio

Music Hardware reviews: There's something in between vintage radio and MP3s - and that's PURE digital radio. A crystal clear sound, with radio stations bringing you sounds you love but have not yet heard before. Oh, and it's enivronmentally friendly, and you can plug your MP3 player into it, too. Welcome to PURE radio.


Anime / Comics Reviews

Ergo Proxy: The Major's Rave

ergo proxy

Anime reviews: Made by quality newish anime studio Manglobe, "Ergo Proxy" is a thinking person's anime series with twists, turns, beautiful anime stylings and robots so cute they contravene all laws of physics. If anime fans haven't got their teeth around Ergo Proxy, now's the time to take a bite.


Film Reviews

Ben-X

benx Film Reviews: Ben-X is a film about an autistic emo teenager who's bullied at school and retreats to a world to online roleplaying games, aided only by Scarlite, a beautiful princess. But what happens when he meets her in real life? If you like Sigur Ros, Requiem for a Dream, geek references and gut-wrenching lip-chewing tension, it's time to find out more about the darkly intriguing world of Ben-X.


The Arts

Street cred - Banksy's latest UK exhibition

banksy Art Reviews: A hoodie/grim reaper self-harming and the council worker cleaning off cave paintings. It's got to be the artwork of Banksy! Holly Kirkwood takes a look at how graffiti artist Banksy came to be the latest darling of the art world, and wonders if graffiti can make the transition from pavement to art gallery.


Film Reviews

Freaks - the movie

The movie freaks Film Reviews: Freaks is one of the all-time horror movie greats. It has hugely overblown acting and it's made in the 1930s, but the plot is fantastic and its B-movie royal status lies in all the freaks in the cast being genuine. From the 'human worm' to the 'pinhead' family to the question of what a freak really is, this film is a novelty must-see.


Fiction Reviews

Tank Girl: Armadillo!

Tank Girl: Armadillo Graphic Novel Reviews: Join the return of everybody's favourite beer-swilling, kangaroo-luvvin' punk grrl . Violence! Time travel! Midgets! Yes, it's Tank Girl: The Novel!


The Arts

'Canon' by Ani diFranco

Canon by Ani diFranco Music Reviews: On Sep 11th Ani DiFranco (activist folk-hero) released a 'best of' entitled 'Canon'. Ani DiFranco has reworked modern folk and deserves a place in musical history.


Film Reviews

Frightfest!

frightfest Film Reviews: If you love your horror, Frightfest 2007 brings the most exiting in gore, shock and schlock to Leicester Square this bank holiday weekend...


Fiction Reviews

Top 10 alternative summer reads

alternative summer reads Book Reviwes: Our lovely Wendy says: 'I am the most voracious reader I know. While many of my friends are absorbed in manga and Wikipedia, I still prefer literature. Over the summer, I've managed to read quite a bit. So, I have decided to release the top 10 books that have graced my shelves over the past few months...'


The Arts

PostSecret.com - We all have secrets...

postsecret We all want to know what is going on in someone's head. Roswell Ivory uncovers the nosy girl's Holy Grail, a website that lets you see other people's secrets and confess your own.


The Arts

Alegria: The greatest show on earth

cirque du soleil alegria Culture Reviews: Cirque du Soleil gives us the breathless wonder of circus culture and none of the animal cruelty. The Cirque du Soleil is 100% human, and the talent shines through.


The Arts

Casino Royale

daniel craig is sexy Film Reviews: Daniel Craig has brought the sexy back! Holly Kirkwood puts her money where her mouth is - and says that, yes, Casino Royale is a safe bet.


Film Reviews

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

jack sparrow Film Reviews: There are comparisons to be made to the Star Wars trilogy and Pirates of the Caribbean is definitely borrowing heavily from The Empire Strikes Back. But any film which has the amazing Captain Jack Sparrow cannot be faulted...


Fiction Reviews

Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood

divine_secrets_of_the_yaya_sisterhood Book Reviews: The 'Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood' is a collection of cuttings and momentos kept in a scrapbook by a band of girls - the mad, bad, dangerous and hysterical Ya Yas.


Fiction Reviews

Bite Me: Vampire magazine

Jane Goldman: Haunted Magazine Reviews: People interested in vampires will adore getting their elegant, crimson-nailed hands on 'Bite Me' magazine as it celebrates all things vampire with a fresh new voice and masses of style...


Anime / Comics Reviews

Fables: Legends in Exile (graphic novel)

Fables: Legends in Exile Graphic Novel Reviews: In 'Fables' the DC Vertigo stable has brought out a fantasy world where famous characters from fairy tales have to run away from their homeworlds and build a secret city in crime-filled stinking New York...


Film Reviews

Nell

nell Film Reviews: Jodie Foster shines as Nell, the girl raised as a wild animal who speaks her own eerie, unearthly-sounding private language and runs by moonlight. Although it's not a horror film, you'll find yourself thinking about the spooky spine-tingling atmosphere of the film for days, says Amanda Prouten.


Anime / Comics Reviews

Easy guide to online comics

wigu Comics: They say comics are the new rock'n'roll. Okay they said that in the eighties, but they're saying it again. So it's okay to look at comics online and not feel nerdys. If you haven't checked out comics online already, Amber Rules gives you a map to a whole new (free) online world.


Film Reviews

Bad Girls: Tough Girl Cinema

chick flick: run lola run Film Reviews: Film heroines kick righteous ass but never smudge their lipstick... they look to a guy for smooches, not for assistance. Tough girls of cinema, we salute you!


Fiction Reviews

Facercise: The natural facelift

facercise Book Reviews: We all want to look as sexy as we can (in our own way, sure) so that boys will, well, know we're sexy. This book will show you how to facercise your way to the top of the heap!


Fiction Reviews

Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim

Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim Book Reviews: If you haven't heard David Sedaris yet, don't waste another second. His anecdotes of growing up in a family even more eccentric than yours have created an army of fans you'll be proud to join...


Film Reviews

Brief Encounter

brief encounter Film Reviews: It's too easy to get turned off by black-and-white films but you really should see 'Brief Encounter'. It's kitsch, it's slow-moving, it's old-fashioned, it's black and white, there are no sudden plot twists and it's so, so British...


Fiction Reviews

As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning

laurie lee Book Reviews: In winter you need a magic spell to transport you into a world of freedom, light-heartedness and sunshine, and this book has no plot, no philosophy, no agenda - it is that spell.


Fiction Reviews

MR STARLIGHT

mr starlight Book Reviews: Sel Boff makes his way from downtown clubs to the lights of Vegas, wooing the ladies with his smarmy showmanship and hiding his liasons with young sailors on the way...


Fiction Reviews

HOW TO CATCH HIM AND KEEP HIM

catch him and keep him Book Reviews: Have you ever known halfway through a fumble that romping with the guy you just met really wasn't a good plan after all? Sue Nedwell reports on an E-book that promises to cut down on life's romantic blunders.


Fiction Reviews

THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES

secret life of bees Book Reviews: How would you feel if your father made you believe you murdered your mother? Amanda Prouten reviews 'The Secret Life of Bees', a tale of civil rights and sixties America wrapped up in a magical story of two child fugitives.


Fiction Reviews

AS MEAT LOVES SALT

as meat loves salt Book Reviews: Literature about gay boys is still fun to read for girls! Stephanie Minns coos over a gay love story between two men, set in the English Civil War. Not a good time to be gay, we suspect.


Book, comics, game and anime reviews

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