Archive for the 'reviews' Category

Smokin’ Aces 2: Assassin’s Ball DVD review

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

Smokin’ Aces 2: Assassin’s Ball is the straight-to-DVD sequel (actually it’s a prequel, but is being marketed as a sequel) to the big screen flick that starred Alecia Keys, Andy garcia, Ben Affleck and more.
The star power is considerably less this time out (erm… Vinnie Jones? Seriously?), but there are appearances from Tom Berenger, Ernie [...]

Star Trek DVD and Blu Ray: The Starstore Review

Friday, November 20th, 2009

The new Star Trek movie has had its release on DVD and Blu Ray in time for Christmas, and has been released to a good amount of fanfare. Quite rightly so, as well. The film itself was a bold and exciting way to renew the Star Trek universe after it had fizzled out with Star [...]

Doctor Who: The Waters Of Mars – The Starstore Review

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

The penultimate Doctor Who story to feature David Tennant as the tenth Doctor has now aired, and all that remains is the two part finale to his era, is this episode treading water to the big ending? Not in the slightest. In fact, as we head to the downfall of the tenth Doctor, we have [...]

Disney Pixar’s UP: The Starstore Review

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

Pixar’s latest foray into feature length productions has all the hallmarks of a future classic. When a widower in his late seventies decides to fulfil his lifelong dream (and that of his late wife) by adventuring, he ties hundreds of balloons to his house and escapes his everyday life, which had become ever more depressing [...]

Personal Effects: Dark Art – The Future of Storytelling?

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

The new novel by J.C. Hutchins (author of the acclaimed 7th Son trilogy of podcast novels) is here, and it has been getting a huge amount of interest around the world, and quite rightly so. The book, a psychological thriller with some very unnerving supernatural elements, is more than just a good book.
How come? Personal [...]

Book review: ‘Empties’ by George Zebrowski

Wednesday, August 12th, 2009

We don’t get sent books a great deal from publishers, but when we do they tend to be superb. This excellent hardcover of George Zebrowski’s latest, ‘Empties’ is beautiful even before you start reading it. The edition is printed on heavy stock with a very glossy and well composed dust-jacket.
Despite the book’s scant length (only [...]

STAR TREK: The Starstoreblog review of JJ Abrams’ blockbuster movie

Friday, May 15th, 2009

Wow. It’s been out a little while now, and I was a few days behind the rest of the staff in seeing the new Star Trek film, but I saw it yesterday and am still trying to compute what I saw onscreen. It’s kind of a ‘Did I really see that? moment. Everyone I’ve [...]

Coraline: A review of the Neil Gaiman movie adaptation

Sunday, May 10th, 2009

The Coraline novel by Neil Gaiman is one of the most beloved books for younger readers of recent years, and thus when the news came down that a Coraline movie was in the works, it filled a few fans with dread over whether or not it would ruin the power of the book and cheapen [...]

WATCHMEN: Thoughts on a second viewing

Sunday, March 15th, 2009

I went to see WATCHMEN again yesterday, with a friend who hadn’t seen it until then. He was a huge fan of the Watchmen graphic novel (and indeed comics in general), so I was interested in seeing his reaction as well as gauging my own on a second viewing. How did it go? The film [...]

WATCHMEN: THE STARSTORE REVIEW

Sunday, March 8th, 2009

Sitting in a cinema packed with long-time Watchmen fans and new converts was a strange thing. The sense of palpable anticipation was noticeable. After two decades, all the hype about the book and now all the hype about the film itself, would it live up to all the praise? Lights dimmed, half an hour of [...]