When you hear the words "garden gnome", the first things that come to mind are (probably) pointy hats, fishing rod, reassuring smile, big white beard and so on. The sweet and innocent things you'd find decorating your nan's backyard, in between the plants. Probably the last thing that comes to … [Read more...]
Girlfriend Resurrection – Life After Beth – Dork Review
As I mentioned before, October is a prime month for scary movies in all kinds of flavours. If you like your gore with a side of giggle, Life After Beth is right up your street. Up-and-comers Aubrey Plaza (BBC Four's Parks and Recreation) and Dane DeHaan (Chronicle, Amazing Spider-Man 2) star in this … [Read more...]
Warm Bodies – because we don’t have enough zombie films
A quirky zom-rom-com with a largely unknown cast, starring Skins alumni Nicholas Hoult and John Malkovich doing what he does best (.... being John Malkovich of course). All the ingredients are there, but does this book adaptation translate to the silver screen? … [Read more...]
T-shirts for every cult film: Shaun of the Dead
Look away now if zombie killing makes you queasy. These Shaun of the Dead t-shirts have quite a bit of red on them. I had to work a little harder (all the way to the *second* page of Google) to find these gems. My usual source left me quite uninspired, but the unique artists at Redbubble.com … [Read more...]
The ultimate geek stag do
When you're part of the inner wedding circle – or when you're due to be married yourself – having a stag do can seem like a daunting experience, particularly if you're a bit of a nerd. If you shudder at the thought of a 'typical' stag party and want to avoid wearing a slogan t-shirt branding you a … [Read more...]
What to do until The Walking Dead returns
Now that The Walking Dead Season 2 has come to an explosive end we have a long and arduous walker-free summer ahead of us. But! fear not loyal readers, help is here in the form of this handy guide of Zombie-centric things to do that will keep your brrraaaaaaaiiiiiins sufficiently filled with enough … [Read more...]
The Walking Dead: Pretty Much Dead Already – Dork Review
The second season of The Walking Dead has been split into two parts, one of seven episodes and the other of six. To be fair, such trickery is more common in the US, with shows often taking a hiatus over the holidays – the zombies are just having a few months off instead of one. So, will this … [Read more...]
The Walking Dead: Secrets – Dork Review
With the mid-season finale looming, it’s time for everything in The Walking Dead to come to a head, in time for big-but-not-quite-climactic events next week. And with a host of characters keeping stuff from one another, there’s plenty of flames to stoke. Especially since that Glenn kid just can’t … [Read more...]
The Walking Dead: Chupacabra – Dork Review
Throughout the second season of The Walking Dead, redneck savant Daryl Dixon has been taking the lion’s share of the cool and heroic moments. While alpha chaps Rick and Shane have been angsting and killing their own people, Daryl is stoically searching for a missing girl and battling his inner … [Read more...]
The Walking Dead: Cherokee Rose – Dork Review
This week’s Walking Dead is the closest we’ve had so far to a day in the life of a bunch of zombie survivors. They ran errands, took stock of their position and, yes, there was even a few romantic moments or two. Well, in a way. It’s hard to tell. Of course, this sort of thing could be boring, … [Read more...]
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