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WHAT’S INSIDE THIS MONTHS ISSUE...

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- - - - - - - TV & DVD - - - - - - DVD CHART (pg86)

JAPANFOUR (pg4) SPEECH SYNDICATE (pg8) MUSIC QUIZ (pg10)

TOP 10 DVD’S THIS MONTH

DVD WALL - OUT THIS MONTH (pg87)

New music quiz - answers on (pg134)

Some DVD’s being released this month

WHAT’S ON GUIDE (pg12)

TV: AMERICAN HORROR STORY 3: COVEN (pg88) TV: THIS IS ENGLAND ‘90 (pg92) TV: THE MOANING OF LIFE (pg96)

What’s on in the local area.

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DVD REVIEWS (pg100) BLACK MIRROR / V FOR VENDETTA / VHS 2 / THIS IS THE END / BLACK ROCK / DYLAN DOG / FRANKENSTEINS ARMY

KOREAN CINEMA - The Future ?(pg20) 5-A-SIDES (pg24) FEEDMENOW - with Miss.Insomtua (pg28)

MOVIE YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED (pg109) James M’s MYMHM, well Mr Suits anyway - WHITE NOISE: THE LIGHT

PHONE APPS (pg30) GTA iFRUIT / FLIGHTRADAR 24 PRO ANDROID/iOS APPS CHARTS (pg32)

Our top 10 FREE and PAID apps charts for Android and iPhones.

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- - - - - - - GAMES - - - - - - GAME CHARTS (pg112)

Top 10 games across PS3, Xbox and PC.

GOLF FITNESS (pg34) WITH T.O.D.

REVIEWS & FEATURES

WWE 2414 (pg116) BATMAN ARKHAM: ORIGINS (pg120) BEYOND: TWO SOULS (pg126)

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FEATURES

O&A (pg132)

MOVIE NEW RELEASES (pg48)

Out and about with some great indoor and outdoor stuff to get up to in the local area

All the new releases in cinemas this month.

MOVIE QUIZ (pg49)

This month its a new quiz - movie posters - answers on (pg134)

QUIZ ANSWERS (pg134)

THIS MONTHS BOXOFFICE TOP 10 (pg52)

Music and Video Quiz answers

REVIEWS & FEATURES

CARRIE (pg56) JACKASS PRESENTS: BAD GRANDPA (pg62) KICK-ASS 2 (pg68) MACHETE KILLS (pg76) R.I.P.D (pg82)

CLASSIC MOVIE POSTERS (back page 136)

We take a look back at some classic movie posters.

FEEDMENOW Japanfour

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GOGUIDE is a local online magazine for the West Lothian area.

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We try to be less focused on local ‘news’ and more a targetted on, ‘what’s on’ or ‘happening’ in the local area. We do try to have a pretty modern approach to GoGuide content and eventually hope to produce articles on subjects outside our usual stuff such as Clubbing, Theatre, Internet, Sport etc..

In Augusts ‘The Amorettes’ article we stated that they were managed by Jonathan Tait which is not the case, Mr Tait has never managed the band. We also hinted that their 2nd album was already released which is also not the case, some wishful thinking on the part of our writer perhaps? I can confirm that the band have still to release their 2nd album. GG

With the vast majority of our content sourced from local contributors we are always on the lookout for new people to join us and help provide input to this content hungry mag so if you’re keen on writing stuff and getting it published in the mag feel free to drop us a message at content@goguidemagazine.co.uk

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J M RECORDINGS offers high quality, polished recordings at very reasonable price across ALL genres. Working with full bands, duoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and solo artists is never a problem and there are special rates for multiple track recordings such as EPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s or Albums. For a quote please email me with your band name as the subject and include how many songs you would like to record, ideal recording dates and any website info. I also offer remixes, mastering and tracking services, please email for a quote. If required, drum tracks are recorded at a location/studio of your choice with bass,guitars and vocals all tracked and mixed at my Edinburgh based home studio.

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Contributor

Words by Mr Suit for GoGuide Magazine

THERE’S SOMETHING DISTINCTLY ROCK ’N’ ROLL ABOUT JAPANFOUR…

istinctly Rock ‘n’ Roll and distinctly Scottish, courtesy of vocalist Dave Mackenzie’s lazy’esque, sneering drawl that find itself lounging nonchalantly over the Japanfour sound like a cool, long lost uncle, who comes to stay on your couch for a while with his Marlborough Red’s in one hand and a half drunk bottle of Jack D in the other.

Having just picked up a sample of their up and coming material it’s refreshing to hear just how much the guys have matured over the years and have kept up the cool vibe and style from their last EP ‘No Power To The People‘. It’s a wee bit strange then to have not heard or seen much from the guys in recent times as having played in all the best venues across Scotland and shared stages with the likes of Glasvegas, Idlewild, Ocean Colour Scene and The Sex Pistols everything seemed to be rosy in the JP garden a few years back. Like everything else in life however other things tend to have a habit of taking over your life and before you know it 5 years have gone down the line and you don’t know where the time has gone. So what’s been happening and what’s in the pipeline for Japanfour in 2014? Well if their 5 track ‘Live Studio’ demo EP and our sneak peek listen to the first fully recorded track ‘Exile’ is anything to go by, we’re in for a pretty big indie rock treat hopefully in our Christmas stocking this year, well maybe, if the guys get their fingers out… please… pretty please? Track 1: ‘Exile’ sounds pretty sweet on the demo, with a nice raw crunchy sound to it but truly gets a new lease of life when you crank up the mastered version, all the elements are there for it to be a big hit with the JP fans out there and they even include a wee eclectic blast of moothie to give it a proper cool rock vibe.

Driving drums and pounding bass just barrel the tune along to a kinda 3 chord thrash which doesn’t go out of its way to take any prisoners… ‘Whooo hoo’

Track 3: ‘(Better) The Devil You Know’ is again another song like ‘Francis’ that I can see being shouted right back at the guys when it’s played live. A more mature approach to the JP song writing, intentional or not, sees the guys not shying away from a simpler more repetitive vibe and letting the overall tune breathe a little by taking it down just enough between those power chords. Track 4: ‘She Doesn't Learn’ is probably the most accomplished tune of the five with a wee bit of everything and I’m sure it will sparkle a whole lot brighter after the remix/ re-master/re-record process is complete. There is cool guitar work, a really cool undercurrent, a sing-along chorus and a shoutback finish… what more could you ask for? Track 5: ‘Seize The Night’ is probably my favourite track on the EP and the one that shows the biggest journey for Japanfour. It’s the purest rock tune on offer across the five tracks and actually started to remind me of another local rock band for a bit… then it smacks you in the teeth and bites back at you with a typical JP sneer and you can hear it spitting a ‘how dare you compare us…’ message at you. It’s the JP way, it’s been that way since day one and it’s all still there, the tunes might be a tad mellower but the message is still the same, the music means just as much now as it did back then, when they first started playing school halls all those years ago, they were too good for it then and they are too good for it now so anyone looking for a fix of genuine homegrown gritty, sleazy indie rock with a real Scottish swagger about it…. look no further.

Japanfour are: Dave Mackenzie - Guitar/Vox Joss Brown - Bass/Vox Zach Tarimo - Lead Guitar/Vox Allan Ramsay - Drums/Vox

Track 2: ‘Francis’ is a rawkus 2 minutes of no nonsense, shout out, working class rock.

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The GoGuide Interview... GG: How did the band name come about, any amazing, heartwarming or uplifting story behind it? JF: There is no heartwarming or amazing story behind the name. Japanfour is the universal Safe-word and is also the definition to anything that can’t be explained. GG: How long have you been a band?

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JF: We’ve been together as a band since we were 15 years old, although we’ve been a four piece and gigging/recording material for the past 6 years. GG: Who are the members, what do they do in the band and how did you all meet?

GG: So far where has been the best place you have played LIVE? JF: Too many to pick from – Always get a good crowd in all local venues, but best sound we’ve had from a venue has to be the Glasgow Barrowlands ballroom.

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JF: Joss (Bass), Zach (Guitar) and Allan (Drums) were all friends from primary school and eventually became friends with Dave (Vocals) once we met in high school.

GG: Who are the major influences for the band? JF: Our influences range between Guns n roses, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Limmy, Johnny Cash, Conway Twitty and Electric Six. GG: Describe your sound in three words? JF: Energetic, Fun, Loud GG: What song of yours best sums up the band? JF: Hard to pick, but probably ‘The Preacher’. It’s one of the oldest songs in our set but seems to be one that we most enjoy to play and gets one of the best crowd reactions. GG: Every band hates being pigeon holed... if you had to pick a genre for yourself what would it be? JF: Rock ‘n Roll GG: What do you think of the Scottish music scene just now? Image by Phil Dunsmore

JF: A lot of good bands with not enough recognition. GG: What local/unsigned bands do you like at the moment? JF: A lot of the local bands are producing a lot of good tunes and put on a good live performance: The Barrels, Phantoms and Alan Smithee to name a few. GG: We haven’t heard about you playing a lot in the local area, what have you been up to? JF: We’ve been writing and recording new material and hope to showcase them before the end of the year. We hope to put on our own local gigs very soon. We done this earlier on in the year and it was a very successful night with 5 local bands planning to a sold out venue. GG: The new EP sounds more mature, do you think that’s a natural thing or something you intentionally aimed for? JF: Natural. We never intentionally try to give a song a specific sound, we just have a jam put some words to it and see how it goes. GG: Why is the new EP classed as a demo? Are you intending recording the songs again for a later release? JF: Its exactly what we’ve done. We released the demo to give people a listen to the new songs and gauge what everyone thought from them. Once we got feedback and decided what we liked best ourselves we took that song and re-recorded it for our next EP which is due to be released Oct/Nov. GG: What does the next year hold for the band? JF: We have a lot in the pipeline for the end of the year and start of 2014 which hasn’t been finalised yet. Other than that we hope to put on more local gigs at new places across WL. GG: About the songs on the EP…. Who’s ‘Francis’? What’s the ‘devil you know’? and Who ‘doesn’t learn’? JF: Some things are best left unanswered, although francis is someone we met at a few gigs and tried to sing along to songs very badly, so we wrote a song as a laugh and named it after him. ALL Images Copyright of Japanfour and original photographers Conor Ashcroft / Phil Dunsmore

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ocal rap collective Speech Syndicate are a selfmade group of foul mouthed young whippersnappers from Livingston and Bathgate who produce violence based hip hop about the struggles of growing up in the ghetto's of West Lothian.

Influenced heavily by the hate fuelled stylings of fast talky people like 'Necro', these white boy'z decided to start producing their own tracks and were quickly discovered by independent American label 'Pig Latin Productions'. Determined to take the piss out of everything and everyone (including each other), the crew have been hard at work spreading their sound like a nasty rash and trying to build the underground hip hop scene in Livingston, organising outdoor 'rap battles' with other rapidly articulate half-chavs from all over Scotland. Despite living in a whirlpool of gun fire and knife fights with drug lords, these well rounded gentlemen known widely as 'Kevii Boii' and 'Ill Azz' have fought the odds to be the coldest bloodiedest gangsteriest mofos in all of West Lo. I asked 'Ill Azz' what fuels the music they make and he told me, â&#x20AC;&#x153;we represent independence, a lot of artists out there are using random beats they find on 'soundclick' or 'youtube' instead of going out of their way to connect with people and create something completely original.â&#x20AC;? Summarily, even though I spent most of my childhood getting beat up by people like this, these dodgy doughballs do a fair job of relaying the strife of everyday life into a tangible art form and make it available to all for free online. A bohemian joy that hates you.

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KOREAN THE UNIQUE AND THE QUIRKY... or a glimpse into the future of uk cinema?

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CINEMA

Victoria Tickle for GoGuide Magazine Contributor

hen 3D films and cinema screens first hit the US and UK many of us were very excited. 3D literally opened up a whole new dimension to the movie going experience. The characters popped out of the screen and various effects were utilised to really show off the new technology – most notably Avatar, or for the more adventurous movie goers, Shark Night 3D, and The Final Destination. 3D seemed like a concept that was only for the rare occasion – a ride at theme park for example, and was such a new and unusual idea for the everyday movie going experience that I (and I’m sure many other people) spent the first 5 minutes of a film taking my glasses on and off to see the difference. But there are those who find 3D films to be

a lot of fuss about nothing. For some people 3D takes away from the whole experience of enjoying films at the cinema. Some feel that the graphics aren’t as developed as they could be, and that it is simply just a gimmick to exploit as little as one scene in the entire film. However 3D cinema, whilst still relatively new and exciting to most movie goers, is old news for some cinema fans in South Korea. As well as still offering traditional 2D and 3D formats, there is a growing number of cinemas in South Korea that deliver a totally different movie going experience in the form of 4D-X. 4D-X (or 4 dimensional experience) was branded by cinema giant CGV and combines the time-honoured way of watching a film at the cinema, but with special physical effects that wouldn’t be out of place at the funfair or amusement park. As well as audio and visual effects, viewers can also be subjected to rocking, thumping and vibrating chairs, sprays of water, gushes of cold air and spritzes of perfumed air being delivered to them throughout the film. The idea behind these stunts is that they help to submerge the viewer further into the film, and that they can really feel as though they are there. This idea might seem like a lot of fun to some people, and it certainly has a small following in South Korea, but it isn’t for everyone.

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Aside from the obvious reasons for why those with heart conditions, pregnant women, children under 4 years old and those under a metre tall are not permitted to view a 4D-X screening, there has been mention of other viewers not enjoying their experience. For some, the agitation of an almost constantly jerking and vibrating chair, coupled with the other possible physical effects is too much to go through and can actually hurt. Whilst it is a fun experience on an amusement park ride, those generally last less than 20 minutes, making the effects tolerable – but feature films for cinema screening can reach, and sometimes exceed, two hours in length. It’s not just the effects that have some movie goers a little apprehensive of making 4D-X their preferred screening type, the cost of a 4D-X ticket is double the price of a regular ticket. But it’s not just graphics and dimensions that can make the cinema going experience different in South Korea, there are many exceptional, creative and quirky themed cinema throughout the country that offer unique experiences that you’d be hardpressed to find anywhere else. Whilst this first example may not be creative or quirky, it’s definitely unique. The Starium theatre in Yeoungdeungpo is the largest screen in the world at 31.4 meters in width PAGE 21

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and 13 meters in height! It puts IMAX to shame and offers sound quality to match the stunning visuals. The Sweetbox theatre, which is available at many locations throughout South Korea, is designed with couples in mind. Whilst other theatres may have an armrest that goes up and down to allow couples to cuddle together and be more comfortable, the Sweetbox theatres offer double couches specifically for couples. They are roomy and don’t have an armrest in the middle, so cuddling and comfort are not only obtainable, but are expected and encouraged. The Beats by Dr Dre theatre is both a giant advertisement and a unique cinema experience in Seoul. The idea of watching a huge screen and receiving the audio through

headphones may be a little strange at first, but it does have its advantages. The noise cancelation properties of giant headphones is a pretty good upside – no more would you have to listen to others in the cinema talking, a child crying or screaming, overly loud food consumption or that one person who has the loudest and longest laugh. Have you ever sat down in the cinema and just find the hotdog/popcorn/soda combo a little boring? Then the Cine de Chef theatre in Apgujeong has you covered – for a price. Instead of movie snacking, the Cine de Chef offers movie dining. One side even has leather couches especially for couples. Now the movie/dinner date can be done in the same place! By far the most unique cinema on this list, the Gold Class theatres mimic the interior NOV 2013 - issue (34)

of the first class cabins on luxury airlines. Not only is it unique, it is highly expensive and exclusive, only allowing 40 people in at once. It is both a lounge and a bar, offering a wide variety of wines, beers and coffees. The seating is extremely comfortable – it’d have to be for approximately £17 per ticket! Depending on the successes of these theatres, these trends may travel to other countries, and the way cinema is experienced could end up being tailored for different people’s tastes and curiosities. With these experiences and distinctive theatres (to name just a few) widely available across South Korea it’s pretty clear that there can be more to experiencing film and cinema then simply sitting in an ordinary chair and watching a screen.

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1. It confuses your body

Artificial sweeteners have more intense flavour than real sugar, so over time products like diet soda dull our senses to naturally sweet foods like fruit, says Dr. Brooke Alpert, author of The Sugar Detox. Even more troubling, these sugar stand-ins have been shown to have the same effect on your body as sugar. “Artificial sweeteners trigger insulin, which sends your body into fat storage mode and leads to weight gain,” Alpert says.

2. It could lead to weight gain, not weight loss

Diet soda is calorie-free, but it won’t necessarily help you lose weight. Researchers from the University of Texas found that over the course of about a decade, diet soda drinkers had a 70% greater increase in waist circumference compared with non-drinkers. And get this: participants who slurped down two or more sodas a day experienced a 500% greater increase. The way artificial sweeteners confuse the body may play a part, but another reason might be psychological, says Minnesota-based dietician Cassie Bjork. When you know you’re not consuming any liquid calories, it might be easier to justify that double cheeseburger or extra slice of pizza.

3. It’s associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes

Drinking one diet soda a day was associated with a 36% increased risk of metabolic syndrome and diabetes in a University of Minnesota study. Metabolic syndrome describes a cluster of conditions (including high blood pressure, elevated glucose levels, raised cholesterol, and large waist circumference) that put people at high risk for heart disease, stroke, and diabetes, Bjork explains.

4. It has no nutritional value

When you drink diet soda, you’re not taking in any calories—but you’re also not swallowing anything that does your body any good, either. The best no-calorie beverage? Plain old water, says Bjork. “Water is essential for many of our bodily processes, so replacing it with diet soda is a negative thing,” she says. If it’s the fizziness you crave, try sparkling water.

5. Its sweetener is linked to headaches Early studies on aspartame and anecdotal evidence suggests that this artificial sweetener may trigger headaches in some people. “I have several clients who used to suffer from migraines and pinpointed their cause to diet soda,” Bjork says. Read more: http://dailyhealthpost.com/10-reasons-to-stop-drinking-dietsoda/#ixzz2jctzzcbW Page 24

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made a name for himself in movies like 10 Things I Hate About You and A Knight’s Tale before moving on to more dramatic roles in iconic movies that included Brokeback Mountain and the final instalment of Christopher Nolan’s Batman movie series, The Dark Knight.

While Ledger was filming The Dark Knight, he said in interviews that the scary role of the Joker contributed to his prescription drug use -- he often became so immersed in the characters he played that it affected his daily life, making sleep difficult. Shortly after The Dark Knight wrapped, Ledger began filming The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus with director Terry Gilliam. In January 2008, with just a third of the movie filmed, Ledger went to bed in his apartment in New York City’s tony SoHo district, where his housekeeper later found him dead. An autopsy revealed that Ledger died after an accidental and gradu overdose on a combination of painkillers, sleeping pills and other prescripti drugs, leading some to speculate that playing the Joker led to his death.

2. John Candy

Funnyman John Candy, known for portraying portly, lovable underdogs in such movies as “Stripes,” “Uncle Buck” and “Planes, Trains & Automobiles,” died of a massive heart attack on March 4, 1994 -- the same night that he filmed his final scene in “Wagons East.” Candy left the set, cooked a celebratory spaghetti dinner for his assistants, called his co-stars to congratulate them and went to bed. By the next morning, he was dead. The film -- a comedy set in the Wild West -- was released later that summer. Candy played the inebriated leader of a wagon train bent on getting a job from two successful businessmen. Although some believed that Candy offered the performance of a lifetime, the movie was widely panned by critics as an unworthy farewell to Candy, who had starred in nearly 40 films and was just 43 years old when he died.

3. Brandon Lee an aspiring actor and the son of martial arts star Bruce Lee, was killed in a stunt accident on the set of “The Crow” on March 31, 1993. Lee, who was 28 at the time, was playing a character who gets shot by thugs upon entering his apartment. Tragically, the handgun used in the scene contained a fragment of a real bullet that was propelled out by the force of the blank being shot. Lee was hit in the abdomen and died later that day. The movie was nearly complete at the time of the shooting, but a stunt double was needed to finish a few remaining scenes, and Lee’s face was digitally superimposed onto the stunt double’s body for a few shots. Despite widespread rumors that asserted Lee’s fatal scene remained a part of the movie that was released to theaters, any film of his shooting was actually removed during editing

4. Marilyn Monroe

Blonde bombshell Marilyn Monroe, famous for her film roles, multiple marriages and memorable serenading of President John F. Kennedy, died on Aug. 5, 1962, before she could finish filming “Something’s Got to Give.” The comedy, which was being directed by George Cukor and also starred Cyd Charisse and Dean Martin, had been plagued with conflict from the start. At one point, Monroe was even fired. But Martin refused to work with any actress other than Monroe, so the famous beauty was rehired. Before Monroe could resume her role, however, she was found dead in her Brentwood, Calif., home -- the result of an overdose of barbiturates. After Monroe’s death, the filming of “Something’s Got to Give” was eventually scrapped, but parts of the unfinished film were included in a 2001 documentary titled “Marilyn: The Final Days”

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River Phoenix, a young actor who shot to stardom after appearing in Rob Reiner’s “Stand by Me,” was near the end of filming “Dark Blood” when he died of a drug overdose on Halloween in 1993 at age 23. Phoenix had reportedly exited a Hollywood nightclub called The Viper Room when he began convulsing on the sidewalk, surrounded by onlookers. He was taken by ambulance to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead. An autopsy found cocaine, morphine, marijuana, Valium and cold medication in his system [source: Mydans]. “Dark Blood,” a dark tale about a widower (Phoenix) living on a nuclear testing site, was subsequently canceled because Phoenix’s presence was crucial to several yet-to-be-shot scenes. Phoenix was also slated to film “Interview with the Vampire” with Tom Cruise. His role was taken over by Christian Slater, who donated his entire salary from the film to a charity in Phoenix’s honor

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PAIRING GUIDELINES Champion the Wine The number one guideline is to bring out the best characteristics of a wine. A high tannin red wine will taste like sweet cherries when paired with the right dish. Focus on the characteristics that you want to champion and make sure that the wine will shine instead of fighting against the food.

Bitter + Bitter = Bad Since our taste buds are very sensitive to bitterness, it’s important to pay special attention to not pair bitter food and high tannin wine. Green Beans with Cabernet Sauvignon will multiply bitter tastes. If you want to pair a high tannin wine, look to foods with fat, umami and salt for balance.

Wine should be Sweeter As a general rule, make sure that the wine is sweeter than the food and you will have a successful wine pairing. If the wine is less sweet than the food it’s matched with, it will tend to taste bitter and tart. This is why Port wine is perfect with dessert.

Wine should be More Tart A wine should have higher acidity than the food it’s matched with otherwise it will taste flabby. For instance, a salad with vinaigrette is better with an extra brut Champagne than a buttery Chardonnay.

Improve an Earthy Wine Ever hear that Old World Wine is better with food? On their own, Old World wines can be very earthy and tart. However, when you pair an earthy wine with something even earthier like mushroom stroganoff, then the wine tastes fruitier. Read more @ http://winefolly.com/review/5-tips-to-perfect-food-and-winepairing/

5 FOODS FOR FRESH BREATH 1. Tea A cup of green or black tea can likely cut the miasma coming from your mouth through the action of a class of antioxidants called polyphenols. As long as you don’t add sugar to your tea, these antioxidants can go to work and kick out the bacteria that are causing your stinky breath. The University of Utah Health Care website also reports that people who drink tea frequently are less likely to have bad breath than people who don’t.

2. Yogurt Sugar-free yogurt has been shown to fight bad breath after six weeks of regular consumption, probably through the action of live cultures which can drive bad bacteria out of your mouth (so make sure your yogurt contains live and active cultures!). Plus, yogurt contains vitamin D, which also helps in the fight against bacteria. So while it might not help right away, two servings of yogurt each day may help you get rid of halitosis in the long run.

3. Fresh Herbs Chewing on fresh herbs and spices not only kills bacteria, it also adds a fresh scent to your breath! Chlorophyll-containing parsley can help to deodorize your mouth without adding too much additional scent. If you like a more noticeable taste and scent, fresh mint, fennel seeds, anise, and cloves have also been linked to fresher breath.

4. Apples An apple a day may in fact keep the doctor away. According to an American Dietetic Association spokesperson quoted in this MSN Health article, crunchy fruits and veggies like apples, celery, and carrots can help scrape odorcausing plaque off of your teeth. They also increase saliva production, which can help keep your whistle nice and wet and prevent bacteria from gaining a hold. Finally, chomping on an apple can help dislodge any bits of food that have gotten stuck in your teeth, mitigating any negative effect they might have on your breath.

5. Citrus Fruits This Huffington Post article forwards the advice of a professor of Dentistry at NYU, who recommends fruits high in vitamin C as a way to get rid of unwanted oral bacteria. In addition to ridding your mouth of some of the bacteria that causes halitosis, the vitamin C content of fruits like oranges and grapefruit also helps fight gum disease like gingivitis, which can, if left unchecked, lead to even more bad breath. Of course, none of these foods can do as good of a job of freshening your breath as the good old fashioned standards of oral hygiene. For the best possible breath, make sure you stay on top of brushing and flossing, and see a dentist for a checkup and cleaning once every six months. Read more: http://dailyhealthpost.com/5-foods-for-fresh-breath/#ixzz2jdBaazA1

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lettuce, or spinach. These vegetables keep your blood sugar and insulin levels in check, and they have many health benefits for you. Romaine or another type of lettuce is especially good, and others can be added for variety in taste. Leafy green vegetables have the advantage of a low calorie count as well as many nutrients. These include fibre, vitamin C, potassium, folic acid, and magnesium.

JUICING BETTER 1. Use Only 1 Fruit

4. Use Watery Vegetables to Dilute

When juicing, you should always focus your recipes on vegetables rather than fruits. Use only one fruit for each juice you make for a better taste, and the rest of your ingredients should be vegetables. This is because fruit juice in large quantities can cause your blood sugar to spike and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s never a good thing.

In addition to root vegetables and leafy green vegetables, watery vegetables are excellent for diluting your juice. Fruit, root vegetables, and leafy green vegetables are all very strong in terms of flavour.

2. Try 1-2 Root Vegetables Root vegetables such as carrots or beets can also be added to your juicing recipes for added health benefits. You should try introducing one or two root vegetables into each juice you make. Beets are excellent to add because they have a lot of potassium, vitamins A and C, and calcium. Carrots also have vitamins A, B, C, D, E, and K along with potassium, calcium, minerals, sodium, and phosphorous. Other root vegetable options include turnips, radishes, potatoes, parsnip, and green onions.

3. Always Use Leafy Greens When juicing, your ingredients should always contain at least one leafy green vegetable such as kale, broccoli, Romaine

Watery vegetables will dilute those flavours and make your juicing experience more pleasant. Good watery vegetables to use include celery and cucumber. In addition, watery vegetables are similarly rich in nutrients such as vitamins and minerals.

5. End with a Garnish After youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve combined all of your ingredients, remember to finish off your juice with a garnish. Using foods that are strong in flavour such as lemon, mint, ginger, and other herbs will add both taste and antioxidants to your juice. Along with the dilution from your watery vegetables, the garnish will greatly improve the taste of your juice. Furthermore, this large variety in types of ingredients ensures that your juice has the maximum amount of nutrients for your body and your health. Read more: http://dailyhealthpost.com/5-ways-to-make-juicingbetter/#ixzz2jdDNG02p

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LIFE(STYLE) FEATURE

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SWEET CORN CAKE

for starter or just if you fancy a snack

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Preparation and cooking times

Oil, for frying Sweet chili dip for serving

Prep time: 5 mins - Cook time: 15 mins

Now lets get down to the nitty gritty...

165g sweetcorn (I’m using Green Giant, small tin, naturally sweet) 1 tsp red curry paste ½ cup Self flour ½ tsp Sugar Pinch of salt 1 ½ tbsp coconut milk or water

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Mix together all the ingredients, except the oil. In a bowl, stirring well to form a thick mixture. Heat the oil in a pan on medium heat. Put a tablespoon of the mixture into the pan, form it into flat cake. Fry until golden brown, then remove from the pan and drain on kitchen paper. Serve with the sweet chilli sauce.

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Ingredients

SALMON WITH RED CURRY SAUCE

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2 tsp sugar 1 tsp vegetable stock powder

Now lets get down to the nitty gritty...

In frying pan, add the oil in medium heat and add the salmon skin-side down and fry for 2-3 minutes, then turn the salmon over and fry for a further 1-2 minutes, or until cooked through.

Preparation and cooking times Prep time: 5 mins - Cook time: 15-20 mins

Ingredients

1 salmon fillet 1 tbsp Thai red curry paste 2 tbsp vegetable oil or olive oil (1tbsp for salmon and 1tbsp for sauce) ½ cup coconut milk 1 tsp fish sauce

HEESECAKE BROWNIES

In a wok or frying pan, heat the oil in medium heat and fry the curry sauce for 1 minute. Add the coconut milk, fish sauce, sugar and vegetable stock powder. Stir and cook until simmer. Top on the fried salmon and serve with rice or noodles or pasta as you like.

Preparation and cooking times Prep time: 15 mins - Cook time: 30-40 mins

Ingredients

For the brownies : 120g unsalted butter 75g dark chocolate ¼ cup cocoa powder 1 tbsp instant coffee (optional) 2 eggs 1 cup sugar ½ tsp salt ¼ tsp vanilla extract 2/3 cup plain flour

For the cream cheese topping : 300g cream cheese 1/3 cup sugar 1 egg

Now lets get down to the nitty gritty...

Preheat the oven to 170°C/fan 150°/gas mark 3. Grease a 20cm square tin with butter and line with non-stick baking paper. Melt chocolate, cocoa powder, instant coffee and butter in double boiler . Once melted remove from the heat and leave to cool at room temperature. In a bowl, whisk the eggs, sugar, salt and vanilla extract. Then add to the chocolate mixture. Stir until combined. Add the flour. Stir until combined again. Set aside. For the cream cheese topping, beat the cream cheese until fluffy. Add the sugar, followed by the beaten egg and beat until smooth. Set aside. Pour the brownie mixture into the lined tin then top with the cream cheese topping. Using a knife to cut through the topping mixture just until the two are swirled together. Do not over mix. Bake for 30-40 minutes, but do not overcook as you want your brownies to be nice and soft, not dry. Let the brownies cool in the tin then cut into squares. NOV 2013 - issue (34)

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LIFE(STYLE) TECH - PHONE APPS

o with GTA 5 now a staple part of our Ps3 and xbox gamers diet Rockstar have fnaty released their GTA 5 iFruit app available across both Android and iOS devices.

“iFruit hooks directly into your experience of Grand Theft Auto V with some fun activities to further postpone the need for real social interaction. Keep up-to-date on the latest Grand Theft Auto V news, log into the Rockstar Games Social Club, stay connected on LifeInvader and launch other Rockstar Apps,” explains Rockstar. Franklin’s dog Chop gets a look in as well using the iFruit app. You can remotely look after him in all sorts of ways, even taking Chop for ‘walkies’ is covered and done through a range of three mini games.

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“Look after him well in the ‘Chop the Dog’ app and you will reap the benefits when playing as Franklin in Grand Theft Auto V. Pet him, feed and water him, play fetch and tug-of-war, teach him tricks. Too much or too little of an activity, however, will cause Chop to become unhappy, and nobody like an unhappy Rottweiler.” Most people however will be all about the section of the app that lets you carry out some cool vehicle customisation. Pimping your ride can be done using paint jobs, brakes, exhausts and much more. “The Los Santos Customs app offer players the freedom to create their ultimate vehicle in Grand Theft Auto V from anywhere. At the bar, on the beach, on the toilet. This is the future, we’re almost sure of it.” The GTA 5 iFruit is a free from the usual iOS andAndroid Stores.

his app basically lets you have a fleeting look at the sky and see exactly whats flying around you, in REALTIME.

There are an amazing number of planes buzzing around up there with flights hovering over every major city at every possible moment. Flightradar24 Pro truly does a truly amazing job of showing you these and on the surface it’s easy to spend an intriguing few hours just popping across to places to see how bust things are in say New York or Rio, you name it you can go there. The plane data on the app is sent in real time or as close to real time as possible and you can see whats flying, where they are flying to and where they are flying from and the route they are taking. Not stopping there though, clicking on one of those wee planes on the map gives you all

of the above but so much more. Extra data like Trafficking, the label of the business, speed and altitude. You can also choose to highlight a plane follow it on the map. Use filters to pick your flight of choice or concentrate on certain airlines. The app includes a real eye opener as it lets you see any emergency codes like 7600 and 7700 etc. Pilots transmit these codes to the command tower to signal any possible issues with the flight or the plane itself, again these appear as real-time notices. Although a very feature packed app with loads for the plane buffs out there as a useful tool its one amazing feature is the fact you can watch your partners, friend, family or anyone whose flight you know winging its way across the globe. FlightRadar24 Pro is what it is and will appeal to only a few specialist app users but it’s a nice distraction if you fancy a spending a couple of quid for a few hours of fun.

Flightradar24 Pro £1.99 / Mr Suit for GoGuide Magazine Contributor

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PHONE APPS CHART

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TOP 10 FREE APPS

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TOP 10 PAY APPS

Bitstrips Bitstrips

BBM BlackBerry Limited

7 Minute Workout Challe nge - £1.49 Fitness Guide Inc

Pimp My Keyboard Fung Yi Chan

Worms™ 3 - £2.99 Team17 Software Ltd

NinJump Rooftops Backflip Studios

Facetune - £1.99 Lightricks Ltd.

WhatsApp Messenger WhatsApp Inc.

Angry Birds Star Wars II - £0.69 Rovio Entertainment Ltd

HUDWAY RIT LLC

Chippy - £1.99 By GLITCHE.RS

Snapchat Snapchat, Inc.

Duck Dynasty®: Battle of the Beards £0.69 A&E Television Ne t Mobile

Juice Cubes Rovio Stars Ltd.

Knock - £2.49 Knock Software, Inc

Free Music Download Alfadevs

Motocross Elite - £0.69 FunGenerationLab

Facebook Facebook, Inc.

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Backflip Madness - £0.69 Gamesoul Studio

Minecraft – Pocket Editio n - £4.99 Mojang

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eBay Mobile

Facebook Messenger Facebook

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BBC Media Applications Tech

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FITNESS

HEALTH&FITNESS

T.O.D. COACHING & Fit inc Studio Gym

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M Y G O I D U T FIT INC. S SECTION GOGUIDE MAGAZINE LY TH ON M ’S M GY IO .D. FIT INC. STUD G AND KEEPING FIT. T.O IN TT GE T T.O.D. COACHING AND OU AB OW P NG YOU NEED TO KN IONING AND BOOTCAM IT ND BRINGS YOU EVERYTHI CO , NG NI AI TR , REGIMES. BEST IN EXERCISE BRING YOU THE VERY LIST EVENT TRAINING IA EC SP D AN TS BI HA D EATING WORKOUTS, DIETS AN

? .. P U M R A W ? .. E GOLF..? EXERCIS in the world and is easily accessible to most of the population. Typically a pro golfer spends about an hour or so warming up with dynamic stretches, putting, driving, chipping and more putting all before he steps onto the tee for the first shot. Most amateur players do the following, drive to course, get kit out car, tick of the tee time, and stand talking with mates for ten minutes, half dozen practice swings then onto the tee!

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e have had quite a few enquires over the past few months regarding sports specific questions, so over the next few months we will run a sports specific clinic covering a variety of sports. Don’t worry all of these exercises and stretches are about functionality so can be incorporated into any programme. So after much deliberation we chose golf to start the series of sports specific conditioning articles. Golf is one of the biggest past times

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MISTAKES The most common mistakes golfers of a recreational level make are as follows

No warm up

No conditioning programme

No cool down

The above thereafter all promote a multitude of problems with golfers; golfers historically spend a lot of money on improving their game with the local golf pro but avoid or neglect the basic fundamentals which will help prevent injury and can help improve their swing. We have a number of golf professionalsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; who we work or have worked with in the past in relation to improving their overall fitness and strength.

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Working with our partners at Sp.a.sm Therapies based at Centrex house in Kirkton campus, Livingston www.spasmtherapies.co.uk we have compiled a series of stretching exercises for all levels of golfers. Warm Up should take around five to ten minutes dependant on your time available and should always be of a dynamic nature, Dynamic stretches alert the neuromuscular skeletal system and prepare the body far better than static stretches. For your cool down hold each stretch for approximately 45 seconds.

MUSCLES USED IN GOLF The golf swing comprises of four elements - the back swing, downswing, ball strike and follow-through. To generate torque and increase club head speed, core muscles are used. Hamstring muscles play an important role in helping players maintain proper posture. Quadriceps help players to flex their knees.

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For rotation during the backswing, the upper back muscles are used. These muscles also help players maintain an erect spine. To position the upper body and generate speed, the shoulder muscles, (especially the rotator cuff muscles) come into play. Forearm muscles are used to control the golf club as well as to support the wrists. Muscles in the fingers and wrists are also significantly focused on during a golf stretching routine.

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THE BENEFITS OF A GOLF STRETCHING ROUTINE Muscle strain and sore muscles are quite common among golf players. By performing a regular golf stretching routine, players can expect the following benefits:

your body more flexible and increase range of motion. • A regular golf stretching routine can help prevent injuries like: »»Rotator cuff tendonitis, a condition that causes acute irritation in the shoulder tendons and muscles. »»Knee tendonitis, a condition that causes irritation in the knee tendons and muscles. »»Musculotendinous overuse injuries, generally of the shoulder and elbow.

• Muscles loosen up through stretching, enabling the player to relax during the swing. This relaxation further helps improve accuracy, increase confidence and the ability to perform better and swing faster and harder.

• Finally, even the most basic golf stretching routine can just make you feel better.

• Over the time, you will find it easier to move in your swing, as stretching will make

Glossing over it in your regular golf training, however, could cost you dearly.

BELOW ARE SOME SPECIFIC GOLF STRETCHES. PLEASE PAY PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE INSTRUCTIONS NEXT TO EACH STRETCH.

STRETCH 1 Stand with your arms crossed in front of you holding onto your club, top arm grasping underhand and bottom hand grasping over hand. Try to keep your arms straight throughout. Now push both hands outwards along the club holding the tension. Stretches: Wrists, Upper Back muscles

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STRETCH 2 Hold your club in your hands and stretch your arms out in front of you. Place your feet shoulder width apart and gently lower yourself into a squat, pushing your arms forward as you go. Make sure you keep your heels on the ground Stretches: Glutes and hamstrings

STRETCH 3 Stand with your feet apart about shoulder level. Grasp your club with your hands, again shoulder width apart, and extend hands to above your head. Gently bend yourself forward and stretch your arms forward to reach as far as you can. Stretches: Lats, Rhomboids and Upper Trapezius, Lower Back, Hamstrings.

STRETCH 4 Hold onto your fingers with palm facing you and fingers pointing down. Straighten your arms and gently pull on the back of your hand. Stretches: Forearm muscles, wrist Extensors, Fingers.

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STRETCH 5 Stand with your arm out and your forearm pointing upwards at 90°. Place your golf club in your hand and behind your elbow. With your other hand pull the bottom of the club forward. NB. The aim is to be able to do the stretch as above; however, if you can’t just now, move the club along the back of the arm towards the shoulder. There the stretch won’t be as good but is a start. The more you do it, the better you will get. Stretches: Rotator Cuff, Teres Major, both Pectorial muscles and Anterior Deltoid.

STRETCH 6 Stand with your club in your hands behind your back. Keep your hands about shoulder width apart. Gently bring your arms upwards behind you making sure the arms are straight. Stretches: Both Pec muscles, Deltois (cupping the top of the arm and Biceps), Brachialis & Brachoradialis (front of upper arm – mid forearm)

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STRETCH 7 Stand with your feet shoulder width apart. Bend forward and reach towards your club. Stretches: Hamstrings, Calf, Glutes, muscles attaching to sides of spine.

STRETCH 8 Stand with your feet parallel and shoulder width apart, and your knees soft and slightly flexed. Hold your club with hands again shoulder width apart and extend arms above your head. Turn your trunk as far as possible to one side. Repeat stretch on the other side.

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STRETCH 9 Stand with your feet about shoulder width apart and look forward. Hold your club in your hands and straight above your head. Keeping your body straight and upright bend gently to the left or right. Repeat the other side. Stretches: Quadratus Lumborum (lower back), Obliques (sides)

STRETCH 10 Lean forward using your club to steady yourself. Bend one leg forward keeping the other behind and straight. Keep your rear foot flat on the ground with both feet pointing forward. Gently flex the front knee and lean forward onto the stretch. Stretches: Achilles tendon and lower leg

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STRETCH 11 Stand with one knee bent and the other leg straight out in front. Support your body using your club to avoid you losing balance. Point your toes on the front bent leg and raise them up towards your body. Stretches: Calf and Hamstring

STRETCH 12 Stand with your hand behind your neck and your elbow pointing upward. Hold your club in this hand and then using the other hand hold the base of the club. Then try to pull both hands apart still holding the club. Stretches: Triceps, Lats, Teres Major & Minor (Rotator Cuff)

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON STRETCHING OR SPORTS SPECIFIC STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING CONTACT THE TEAM @ T.O.D.

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How to Survive a Plague 8th November – 15 Seduced and Abandoned 8th November 2013 – 15 Saving Santa 12th November – TBC Dom Hemingway 15th November – 15 Don Jon 15th November – 18 In Fear 15th November – 15 Pandora’s Promise 15th November - 12A The Butler 15th November - 12A The Counsellor 15th November – 18 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire 21st November - 12A A Most Wanted Man 22nd November – TBC Computer Chess 22nd November – 15 Parkland 22nd November – 15 The Family 22nd November – 15 Vendetta 22nd November – 18 Carrie 29th November – 15 Free Birds 29th November – U Who Needs Enemies 29th November – 18 Page 48

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MOVIES BOX OFFICE TOP 10

THIS MONTHS UK Thor: The Dark World (Disney)

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 picks up where Sony Pictures Animation’s hit comedy left off. Inventor Flint Lockwood’s genius is finally being recognized as he’s invited by his idol Chester V to join The Live Corp Company, where the best and brightest inventors in the world create technologies for the betterment of mankind.

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (Sony Pictures)

Captain Phillips (Sony Pictures)

Captain Phillips is a multi-layered examination of the 2009 hijacking of the U.S. container ship Maersk Alabama by a crew of Somali pirates. It is - through director Paul Greengrass’s distinctive lens - simultaneously a pulse-pounding thriller, and a complex portrait of the myriad effects of globalization.

Philomena

(20th Century Fox)

TURBO is a high-velocity 3D comedy about a snail who dares to dream big - and fast. After a freak accident infuses him with the power of super-speed, Turbo kicks into overdrive and embarks on an extraordinary journey to achieve the seemingly impossible: competing in the world’s fastest race, the Indianapolis 500.

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K BOX OFFICE TOP 10 Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (Paramount)

86 year-old Irving Zisman is on a journey across America with the most unlikely companion, his 8 year-old Grandson Billy, signature Jackass character Zisman (Johnny Knoxville) and Billy (Jackson Nicoll) will take movie audiences along for the most insane hidden camera road trip ever captured on camera.

Ender’s Game (eOne)

The International Military seek out a leader who can save the human race from an alien attack. Ender Wiggin, a brilliant young mind, is recruited and trained to lead his fellow soldiers into a battle that will determine the future of Earth.

Krrish 3 (Eros)

When Keller Dover’s daughter and her friend go missing, he takes matters into his own hands as the police pursue multiple leads and the pressure mounts. But just how far will this desperate father go to protect his family?

One Chance (Entertainment)

The true story of Paul Potts, a shy, bullied shop assistant by day and an amateur opera singer by night who became a phenomenon after being chosen for -- and ultimately winning -- “Britain’s Got Talent”.

Escape Plan (eOne Films)

One of the world’s foremost authorities on structural security agrees to take on one last job: breaking out of an ultra-secret, high-tech facility. Deceived and wrongly imprisoned, Ray Breslin must recruit fellow inmate Emil Rottmayer and devise a daring, nearly impossible plan to escape the most protected and fortified prison ever built.

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Carrie W

hen classic films get remade for modern audiences there is always a massive urge to compare the two. Personally, I think comparing two different visualizations of the same story comes down to respect. If the newer renditions seem to be respectful of what came before it whilst putting their own interpretations on things then that, to me, is ok. If they are using the name and reputation of something as a cash-grab, and there is clearly no respect shown, then I think that’s where the problem is. I feel that both renditions of Carrie, 1976 and 2013, can stand on their own as films, and they fit in with the decades in which

they were made. After watching Carrie (2013), I feel that there was enough respect for the source material for it to be reviewed on its own merit. It’s not a shotfor-shot remake but it is faithful enough to both source materials (the 1976 film and the original novel) to not be thought of as a cash-grab. Instead, it is a nice update for modern-day audiences and is modernised without being too in-your-face about it. Yes mobile phones and the internet are mentioned, referenced and used in the plot, but their presence would not alienate audiences of the 1976 film.

Arguably, the most talked about aspect of Carrie in reviews is Chloë Grace Moretz, so that’s where I’ll begin. There is no doubt that Moretz had big shoes to fill when she was

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cast as Carrie White, because Sissy Spaceck immortalised her in the 1976 movie. It’s hard to hear the name Carrie and not think of Spacek’s wide-eyed stare from the prom scene. However, Moretz never attempted to imitate Spacek’s Carrie, instead she made the character her own and presented audiences with a slightly different Carrie. That being said, I’m not 100% sold on her performance as a whole. I like Moretz, I really do. I’ve loved her in everything she’s been in, but I can’t help but think that she wasn’t everything that the character was supposed to be. She falls a little flat in her performances at times, and I don’t think it was all her fault. I think it’s more of a case of miscasting than bad acting. Carrie is supposed to be reclusive and awkward, and I think that Moretz just isn’t believable when it comes to that, and part of that is her looks. She has the kind of looks that make it hard for me to believe that she would ever have any trouble fitting into high school in today’s society – whereas Spacek had the rather bland expressions and plain facial features that helped make it realistic that she would be an outcast. Moretz just seems too cute and pretty to effectively portray a ‘loser outcast’. That being said, she was PAGE 57

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absolutely flawless in her embodiment of vengeful Carrie, and took to the more sinister side of the character easily and made it believable. It was not Moretz’s best performance, but it was by no means a bad one – at least she was a teenager playing a teenager, Spacek was 26 when she took on the role of Carrie. Julianne Moore was also fantastic as the religious nut-job that is Carrie’s mother, Margaret White. She gave the character a more down-to-earth kind of crazy than Piper Laurie’s over-the-top and theatrical interpretation. What sold Moore for me were a combination of her eyes and the stylist team. Moore gave so much haunted emotion from just her eyes throughout the film and she really portrayed fear, desperation and anger with just a stare. The stylists also hammered these characteristics home with how they dressed Moore. A big difference between the 2013 version and the 1976 version is both Carrie’s understanding and utilisation of her powers. In the 1976 version she was unsure of, and frightened by them and had very little control over them until the infamous prom scene. In the 2013 remake, Carrie is shown to actively learn about her powers and practise them several times throughout the film, giving her total control of them by about half-way through the film. Personally, I liked this development, I thought that the scenes in which she used them against her mother were both really well done and a good way to show the audience what Carrie was capable of. However, there are some that argue that these demonstrations of her power throughout the film ruin the big pay-off that is the prom scene. In the original, the lack of telekinesis on screen meant that the prom scene was shocking and unexpected. However, I feel that it makes it more plausible – she is able to cause so much destruction with such ease because she has practised before and been filled with rage.

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The 2013 version of Carrie also seems to delve deeper into the material in every way compared to the original. Emotions are explored in a more in depth way and the audience really gets a good idea of how the characters are developing emotionally, whether the emotion is loneliness, spite, a religious stranglehold or anger. The film also depicts the negative effects of social isolation, the ramifications of bullying and the danger in religious fanaticism a lot more effectively than the first film ever did. The love/ hate/fear triangle between Carrie and her mother is also so much more developed in the remake than the first film, and it makes the relationship seem much more real. The side-characters of the other high school students are also more fleshed out. Portia Doubleday’s portrayal of the teenage villainess Chris is faultless. She gives her a dimension that the original Chris just seemed to be lacking. The prom scene was also much more violent this time around and contained a lot more satisfying deaths than the original did, in which everything seemed to happen too quickly. We also get a better sense of revenge with the brutal deaths of Chris and Billy than the original gave us. One thing that I really did like about the new prom scene was that Ms Desjardin, the gym teacher, lives. She was one of the only people to ever be nice to Carrie, and when she died in the first film I found it completely unnecessary and unrealistic. One thing I will mention about the remake is that it has CGI in abundance. It doesn’t exactly ruin the film, but it could have done with being toned down a bit. I wouldn’t exactly call Carrie 2013 a horror, it seems more like a social commentary with a gory ending, but it is still worth watching. I’ll admit I was a little bit disappointed with the remake, but considering the standard and quality of most remakes, including horror remakes, I don’t think it was all that bad of a film.

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ans of Jackass will recognise Irving Zisman from years gone by. He’s made appearances in both the TV show and the films and he turned out to be quite popular. He came to be because Knoxville missed being able to prank people on Jackass because, due to its unexpected megasuccess, he was recognised everywhere he went. The solution? Disguise Knoxville so that no one would possibly suspect that it was him –and it worked! This is a little surprising because he has such a distinctive voice – especially his laugh – and he never attempts to alter it. Knoxville claims that Irving is a combination of both his real-life father and a more perverted version of himself. Either way, Irving Zisman is a brilliant character and is a strong enough one to hold up his own movie.

As expected, the whole film is ridiculous and hilarious and it is filmed with hidden cameras to get good old fashioned real reactions from real people. Even though the story is obviously fake, because the audience is in on the joke, it is still surprisingly well developed for a Jackass film and even allows for some minor character development. Irving is no longer just a horny old man who is wildly inappropriate; he is shown to be quite kind and sweet underneath it all. Even though the story isn’t really that important (after all, it’s not what audiences paid to see), it was both entertaining and believable – but is of course punctuated with many offerings of crude, ludicrous and hysterical stunts and concepts. One of my personal favourites is the idea of an 86 year old man who is overjoyed that his wife is dead, because it means that he can be sexually active again and do all sorts of things he couldn’t before. By the way, look out for Spike Jones who is reprising his role as Gloria, Irving’s wife – yes that’s a man, yes he’s a part of the Jackass production crew and yes you’ve met Gloria before in previous Jackass films. The film is literally a laugh-a-minute production and you won’t feel as though you have wasted your money paying for a cinema ticket. That is, of course, if you are a fan of Jackass. If you’re not then you probably won’t like the film. It’s not pretending to be anything else, you know what to expect when you go to see a film like this and you clearly aren’t the target audience. If this is you, please don’t watch it only to then slate it – it doesn’t deserve to be negatively reviewed by someone who doesn’t appreciate its origins or genre. This film is specifically for the oldschool Jackass fans, but if it happens to gain a bit more positive publicity through an unexpected new audience then that’s a nice added bonus. For me, the funniest scene in the film was also the one that was largely given away by the trailer. I’m talking of course about the soon-to-be infamous

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pageant scene. Even though it was a great scene, it could have benefited from being left out of the trailer –the rest of the film is strong enough to have had any scene substitute it in the trailer and it still would have pulled in audiences. That being said, the scene itself was perfect! It was side-splittingly funny and highlighted how wrong those pageants are at the same time. It also shows how artificial they are by just how convincing Jackson Nicoll is as a girl when he’s subjected to the same attire and add-ons that the little girls are. The shock value of seeing a mini-stripper working a pole whilst a dirty old man showers ‘her’ with dollar bills is indescribably funny to watch. But it also serves as a satire of the culture that America lives in where that kind of occupation wouldn’t be considered a stretch of the imagination for the future of some of these pageant girls if their life was to continue in that kind of superficial extreme. That scene was just one of many in which Jackson Nicoll really did steal the show. He is so confident and fearless in his performance that at times he easily outshines Knoxville and is a real driving force to the movie. Fans of the Jackass franchise will love this film, especially those who (like me) have been with the show from day 1. Jackass 3D and 3.5 were thought to be the ‘last hurrah’ for the Jackass boys; probably because all those years of dangerous stunts took a toll on their bodies. But they also got older and started having families and children. So Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa was a real unexpected treat for every Jackass fan. Whilst it is only Knoxville onscreen, it is still the funniest film I’ve seen all year and doesn’t put the Jackass name to shame. Victoria Tickle for GoGuide Magazine Contributor

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uperhero movies have pretty much been a staple of cinema for the last decade or so. Each year, audiences are served up yet another superhero movie, usually from the Marvel or DC universe, and what results is the certainty of remakes, franchises and sequels. Most of these go on to be blockbuster smashes, despite them being interchangeable with each other, predictable and formulaic. Then 2010 brought us Kick-Ass and it looked as though things were going to change for the better, but the old trend proved stronger and audiences were given the likes of Iron Man 2, The Avengers, The Dark Knight Rises and Man of Steel to name a few. These films have a huge fan base for sure, and I’m a fan of some of them – but they are all so…expected. But 2013 saw a highly anticipated Kick-Ass 2 burst its way onto cinema screens.

Before Kick-Ass 2 even had its premiere it had received a lot of media attention. The initial reason was because fans had been waiting for a sequel, and given the success of the first film, there were high hopes for

it. The second, and perhaps overshadowing reason, was because of Jim Carrey. Carrey had publicly disowned the film before its release due to his personal distaste of the violence it portrayed – particularly gun violence. This naturally got a lot of attention and even exposure for the film. It’s a shame that Carrey decided to withdraw his support from the film because he put so much effort into his character, Colonel Stars and Stripes. He brought his own props in to help bring the character to life, and his two best lines “Try to have a little fun, otherwise what’s the point?” and “Yeah, there’s a dog on your balls!” were improvised. However, his remark on the level of violence in the film is not an exaggeration – the filmmakers really upped the ante for this one. The action sequences are in abundance and are staggering. The film has everything from highly choreographed and stylised martial arts, thuggish street fights, explosions, decapitations and high octane car chases with guns in its repertoire. The genius part though is that despite the huge amount and variety of action scenes, it never feels overdone or ‘for the sake of it’. Going handin-hand with the amount of action is the violence, which is graphic. There are the obvious scenes such as Hit-Girl’s exceptional martial arts skills, but those are coupled with scenes of extreme and unexpected violence. For example, after Hit-Girl beats up a thug she warns him not to move or she’ll cut his hand off. He does move, and she does cut his hand off. There is also the balls-hungry dog, gunfights and brutal beat-ups. But the violence award goes to the brilliantly named and portrayed Mother Russia character. I won’t say too much about her, but to give you an idea of what she’s like just take the

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bad-assery level of Hit-Girl and give it to a bad-guy. She’s awesome. Kick-Ass 2 is also a lot darker than its predecessor. The first film touches on certain elements such as death and isolation, but doesn’t go too deep into anything else. This film shows a potential rape scene (which is diffused before it escalates), and explores the darker motivations behind characters in the film such as how Red Mist became The Motherfucker and the stories behind the formation of Justice Forever.

The film is very fast-paced and has a lot going on within it, but it never leaves its audience behind or feeling lost. It is completely involving without being overloading and manages to get across character origins a in a way that doesn’t feel rushed or like a second thought. Naturally this gives way to a more fleshed out story, which has the potential to drag – especially the sub-plot of Mindy trying to be like a normal school girl, but it never did. The story felt a lot more structured than the story of Kick-Ass and it really is a credit to the writers. Perhaps one of the films main strengths was the decision to focus a lot of the story on Hit-Girl. She was without a doubt the most liked, or at the very least most talked about, character of the first film, and it makes sense to give her a lot of screen time in the sequel. She also gave the film an opportunity to explore topics and to go more in-depth with them than would have been seen as reasonable had she not been a primary focus. Topics such as coming-of-age, love, strength, weakness and loss were given a path both directly and vicariously through the dichotomy that is Mindy/Hit-Girl.

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With all of that going on, the film could have been in real danger of being consumed by how thought-provoking it can be seen to be, but it avoided that pitfall brilliantly. Just like the first one, it was original and very witty and will have you laughing within the first 5 minutes without ever being cheesy. It also has hilarious ‘geekery’ moments such as Mother Russia’s cop-killing rampage to a remixed Tetris theme tune. One thing I did notice however was the lack of screen time that Kick-Ass had in his costume compared to that of the members of Justice Forever. There was a lot of focus on these supporting characters, so much so that I think it would make more sense to have called the film something more than just Kick-Ass 2. Perhaps something like KickAss 2: Justice Forever would have given the audience a better idea of what the film would focus on. I have to admit, I didn’t think that Kick-Ass 2 would be very good. Based on how most

sequels measure up to their forerunners, I didn’t think it would even hold a candle to the first, but I couldn’t have been more wrong. Sure, there were some lines or scenes that were a bit too much, or in bad taste given the rest of the film. For example, the scene in which Mindy gets her revenge on the popular girls was a bit over the top when it really didn’t need to be. It wasn’t necessary in that format, the type of humour changed from clever and witty to cheap and slapstick. The scene was great, but if they had kept it to a more realistic tone it would have been better. But as a whole, Kick-Ass 2 can stand on the same pedestal as the original. Kick-Ass 2 breaks several genres and can be viewed as a superhero movie, a satire of a superhero movie, an action film and a comedy film all wrapped up into one. However, it’s definitely a film for the fans. In order to get the most out of the film and to fully understand what is going on in both the main plot as well as some of the inside jokes, you really do need to see the first film. Given

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the success of both films, I see no reason why a third wouldn’t be on its way, and if the post-credit scene is anything to go by, it’s certainly a possibility. Kick-Ass 2 has done what successful sequels should do; it isn’t just another story using the same characters from the first film – it has evolved in every way. The characters, the story and the plots have all become more than what they were in the first film, and have managed to do so in a realistic way. It is because of this that is hasn’t fallen flat and is still a big hit with fans of the comics. It’s clearly not the type of film that is going to be nominated for any Oscars, but it is definitely the type of film you will re-watch over and over again because it’s funny, clever, entertaining and a worthy sequel.

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n 2007, Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino released a double-feature of their films Planet Terror and Death Proof. During these showings of grindhouse cinema, a fake trailer was shown. That trailer was for Machete. The popularity of it inspired Rodriquez to make a full feature length film based on it. During the closing sequences of Machete, another fake trailer is shown, advertising both Machete Kills and Machete Kills Again. Thus Machete Kills was created. Machete Kills is entertainment in its purest form. It doesn’t throw complicated plots at you, it doesn’t ask you any thought provoking questions about morality, ethics or society and it doesn’t expect you to become deeply involved with the characters. It is there to provide its audience with an opportunity to sit back, relax and switch off from the world for a while – and boy does it deliver! Explosions, guns, dangerously hot babes, sexual innuendo, extreme violence and a generally over-the-top atmosphere all come together to provide one hell of a fun ride. Machete Kills has received some pretty unfair negative criticism, and I use the word ‘unfair’ with impartiality. I have found that a lot of those who have slated the movie either didn’t like the first one, didn’t see the first one or just don’t get what this type of film is all about. Machete Kills, just like Machete, and a lot of Rodriguez’s films are supposed to be so-bad-they-are-good. They are supposed to have over-the-top everything, have cheesy lines and be completely unrealistic, all while having sub-par CGI and special effects. They are homage movies and tributes to grindhouse cinema and 1970’s exploitation B-movies. Now that that is clear, I can continue. Machete Kills is very funny; laughs come from the dramatic action sequences, from dialogue and from the personalities on-screen. But the very first laugh comes way before the movie even starts. I’m talking of course about Charlie Sheen, of all people, playing the President of the United States. It doesn’t just stop there with Charlie, he chose to (for the first time in his career) be credited with his real name, Carlos Estevez. Because of this, in the cast credits at the beginning of the film, he’s given an introductory caption, “and introducing Carlos Estevez”. This in itself was the introduction to just how charmingly ridiculous the film was going to be, and if you’ve seen the trailer you’ll already know what you’re in for. That’s the beauty of this film – you walk into it knowing how ridiculous it is going to be and, best of all, the film itself knows how ridiculous it is. There is something so relieving when a film knows exactly what it is, and treats itself appropriately. I’ve seen too many films that thought they were ‘all that’ and had an air of self-entitlement, only to be slammed for it by audiences. Machete Kills knows it is not a film to be taken seriously and revels in the fact. Because of this, it really can throw as much of the ludicrous violence, gore and destruction at its audience as it wants -and it makes it rain! It’s called Machete Kills for a reason, because – to quote the President, “Machete kills, that’s what he does”. The body count for this movie is 101, and every single one of them is hilarious, over-the-top, unrealistic or all of the above. Victoria Tickle for GoGuide Magazine Contributor NOV 2013 - issue (34)

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The plot and direction of the film does differ dramatically from the first film, and I have heard that to be a genuine concern from fans, but really this isn’t too big of a deal. It’s a crazy film with a crazy plot. Even the characters have been amped up. Every single one is really dramatic and unforgettable and really do appear as enhanced stereotypes of characters of serious action films, from the evil genius, to the bad-ass anti-hero and right down to the femme-fatal. Like with many Rodriguez films, this one is full of subtle references and returning cast members. Both Dr Felix and the identical twin nurses from Machete make a quick cameo, as well as the redneck border patrol who also get a few seconds of screen time. There is also a campaign poster for Senator John McLaughlin (from the first film) visible at one point in the film. Rodriguez also gives a subtle nod to Sin City with the attire that the brother assassins wear, and a not so subtle nod to From Dusk Till Dawn with the inclusion of the now cult penis shaped gun. The cast were all brilliant in their roles, although I have to admit I did have my reservations about Lady Gaga. When I first heard that she was in it, I felt the same way I felt when I found out Paris Hilton had been cast in Repo! The Genetic Opera, - I thought she was going to both ruin it and use the fame the films gets to further her own. But, like with Paris Hilton, I was wrong. Lady Gaga was very good in her role and wasn’t distracting, annoying or anything else that I thought she would be. As to the rest of the women, they were all fantastic, but I did spend a lot of the film wondering which one was going to get topless. This style of film usually has at least one scene of (usually female) nudity, and Machete definitely had it. I kept wondering where the boobs were and was expecting to go “oh there they are” at any moment – but it never arrived. However, the audience was treated to a sex scene in typical funny Rodriguez style. Where Planet Terror had the brilliant ‘missing reel’ gag, Machete Kills had one where it instructed its audiences to put on their 3D glasses (which of course they didn’t have) and proceeded to a silhouette shot of Machete and his girl in offset blue and red. Rodriguez’s style is simply awe-inspiring. He does so much with so little and still produces great films, many of which have since become cult. Machete Kills was made for $30 million and shot in 29 days. With that money and in that short amount of time, Rodriguez gave us a film which threw all logic out of the window and replaced it with humour, violence, sex and excitement. He gave us a film where it’s obvious that the cast and crew had a lot of fun making it, and it translates to the audience. It’s clearly never going to win any Oscars, let alone be nominated, but if the Oscars did contain movies like this they’d be a lot more fun. Considering both of these films came out of a fake trailer in 2007, there is hope that a third and final instalment will finish off the franchise, as Machete Kills was preceded by yet another fake trailer: Machete Kills Again…In Space. The story is not as strong as the one in Machete, but if you’re a fan of Rodriguez’s style, then you’ll love this. Victoria Tickle for GoGuide Magazine Contributor

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y first impression of R.I.P.D when I saw the trailer for the very first time was the vague feeing of “I’ve seen this before”, and when I gave it a little more thought (and I mean very little), I realised that I had seen it before. A grumpy older guy who’s been on the force for a long time is forced to be partners with a young, good-looking and naïve rookie, and together they must take down the bad-guys who are not of this world to protect humanity. That’s the premise for Men in Black. Unfortunately it also happens to be the plot synopsis for R.I.P.D. I’ve heard that a defence which is often used for this movie is that it’s a parody of the Men in Black genre. I don’t buy into that. This film seemed like it was trying to emulate it, knowing how successful it was, and make an easy, profitable movie rather than make a light-hearted spoof of it. I think that the person who initially put that spin out there is upset that audiences noticed the multiple parallels to Men in Black, and is trying to save face. I really wanted to like this film, but there

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were too many things that were contrived, clichéd or downright derivative present within it. The storyline was really predictable, even if you have never seen this type of film before. In fact, the biggest revelation in the film wasn’t even in the storyline; it was that Kevin Bacon was in it. The tone of the film was really unstable as well – it was almost like a confused teenager, it just couldn’t make up its mind about what it wanted to be. Sometimes it was a slapstick comedy, other times it tried to be a serious melodrama, and sometimes it seemed to want to be a blockbuster action film. With all these elements and more, all seemingly fighting for centre stage, the whole genre of the film seemed muddled and amateur, as if the writers got into an argument over creative direction and the only way to make everyone happy was to throw it all in. There was no real character development except for the stuff you already knew was coming because you saw Men in Black back in 1997. Reynolds’s character has his Beetlejuice inspired denial that he isn’t dead, he and his new partner are mismatched in personality and are abrasive with each other, but in the end they realise their differences are what make them a really good team and wouldn’t you know it – maybe they aren’t so different after all. That being said, Reynolds and Bridges worked pretty well together on-screen, and they were believable. They didn’t give anything new or original to the mismatched partners trope, but they weren’t a disaster together either. What was a disaster was Reynolds’s acting at times. The film was dotted with scenes

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where Reynolds seemed like he was fresh out of drama school and it was just cringeworthy. The sad thing is that Reynolds isn’t a bad actor – I saw Buried and The Amityville Horror, he’s capable of producing some really great scenes, but he just fell flat in this film. However, Jeff Bridges managed to pull the film up from the pitfalls – which very nearly didn’t happen. Zack Galifianakis was originally cast as Roy, but dropped out due to scheduling conflicts leaving Bridges to fill the void. This was a blessing in disguise as Bridges is one of the very few things to push this movie out of ‘bad’ and into ‘average’. Bridges was only ‘ok’ in the film but it wasn’t his fault– unfortunately the script wasn’t strong enough for even the great Jeff Bridges to make it good. The special effects leaved a lot to be desired too. Whilst I appreciate that the budget for this film wasn’t record-breaking by any means, I’d imagine that it would have been big enough to buy some decent special effects. The point of the use of computer generated graphics and green screens is that the audience (whilst aware that they have been used) can’t point them out with ease. There were too many circumstances in the film where it was painfully obvious, and on top of that they were really cheesy – and not in an ironic way. The Deado’s were completely uninspired too. They looked like they were designed by a caricaturist and were just really boring to look at. They also looked very cartoony. Granted that the film wasn’t supposed to be scary, but they could have at least made the Deado’s look even the slightest bit menacing. Even Shaun

of the Dead had decent and cool looking zombies, and that was also a comedy film. Any scene that involved a Deado struck a strong resemblance with Looney Toons sketches, only they weren’t funny. But the film wasn’t all bad; it did have its moments. Mary-Louise Parker as The Proctor was great. She delivered a great dead-pan and matter-of-fact performance and still remained funny. I looked forward to every scene she was in. Jeff Bridges, as already mentioned, was also fantastic. He made the best of a bad situation and, to the writers credit, did have the occasional funny line. The camera work was quite stylish and, considering what it was shooting was practically a live-action cartoon, gave some depth to the film with well utilised fast-zoom shots and slow motion effects. I was never truly bored during the film, but I was never fully invested in it either. I could take it or leave it as a film, it was a really average film and there are far worse films out there than this. Regrettably, R.I.P.D is a perfect example of a film whose trailer is better than the film itself. The trailer had all the best parts within it, as well as the funniest. But if, when you watch the film, your goal is to unwind with a brainless comedy then R.I.P.D serves a purpose. It has a couple of laughs and I didn’t hate it, but it was just too plagiaristic of Men in Black for me to really enjoy it, and if it was supposed to be a parody, it wasn’t made obvious enough. Victoria Tickle for GoGuide Magazine Contributor NOV 2013 - issue (34)

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ith perfect timing for the Halloween market American Horror Story kicked off its 3rd season recently over in the states and after a couple of episodes it looks like it’s gonna carry on from where the previous seasons left off, bring us some strange messed up scary sh*t each week of its run. In case you have been living somewhere else with no TV or internet American Horror Story is a horror-drama television show created and produced by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk. Back in October 2011 the Pilot episode of the show managed to pull in the best ratings for an FX series premiere and its popularity has risen with each subsequent episode and season with the latest being Season 3 ‘Coven’. Murphy and Falchuk first started working on American Horror Story before their other Fox series Glee began production; yep that’s right Glee… "I went from Nip/Tuck to Glee, so it made sense that I wanted to do something challenging and dark. And I always had loved, as Brad had, the horror genre. So it just was a natural for me." said Murphy. Falchuk stated that their main goal was to create a show that would scare viewers. "You want people to be a little bit off balance afterwards," ABC’s 1960’s soap opera Dark Shadows was a direct influence on how the dark tone of the series came about since Murphy’s grandmother had forced him to watch it when he was younger to apparently ‘toughen him up’. The pair also drew inspiration from real life crimes situations citing those creepy bus tours that take people around various famous crime scenes as a major source of ideas. Murphy also credits the AMC series The Walking Dead calling it "the greatest TV viewing experience" of his life.

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Season one focused on The Harmons experiences with their new house and their screwed up life in general and the season was daubed ‘Murder House’ by fans. Ben Harmon's adultery and the subsequent fallout with his wife Vivien and daughter Violet form the main storylines throughout. With some invasive neighbours, Constance and Adelaide, Dr. Harmon's creepy patients and a string of mystery visitors to their haunted home. The house has a dark history and seems to have its own agenda for anyone living within its walls. Season 2 Asylum covers the shady goings on behind the closed doors of a New England sanatorium, controlled by ministers of faith and science, the innocent and the mad run from greater dangers and their own pasts. Which brings us to season 3 Coven Which explores the history of witches and witchcraft in America 300 years after the Salem witch trials. Some of those who escaped are now facing a threat of extinction and attacks on their kind have been increasing. For safety young girls are sent to a special school in New Orleans to keep them safe and help them learn how to protect themselves with the aid of their Supreme. One of American Horror Stories weird and unique slants is that of recurring actors appearing throughout all three of its seasons so far with Jessica Lange, Lily Rabe, Sarah Paulson and Evan Peters among a host of actors returning in some guise. Although playing characters in all 3 seasons none are actually linked across seasons and no story’s carry over so new viewers can, if they want, start watching from any season and there is also no need for seasons to be viewed chronologically. Catch Coven when it airs over here, on Online Streaming services now.

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GLAND ‘90 IMPROV SESSION PLANNED FOR EARLY 2014

he Stone Roses: Made of Stone director Shane Meadows has recently announced that the crew of hit movie/tv show This is England could be sitting down together for a This Is England '90 improv session as soon as January 2014.

The original ‘This Is England’ move, which he directed in 2006, led to follow-up TV shows This Is England '86 in 2010 and most recently This Is England '88 in 2011. The proposed 1990 catch-up was placed on hiatus during Meadows time working on his recently successful Stone Roses documentary.

Meadows heavily hinted to online magazine Digital Spy that if all goes well it could mean his chronicle of cyclist Tom Simpson could be put on the back burner. However Meadows also alluded to the fact that This Is England '90 will potentially be the final season of the cult hit

together. Something might happen there, so we're keeping a really open mind and Channel 4 and FilmFour are happy for us to go whichever way. Hopefully there'll be an official announcement reasonably soon and we'll get rolling. They're both going to get made, but it depends in which order."

"Tommy Simpson's a bit further ahead because there's a script in hand, but then we're going to hopefully sit down with some of the key cast in January and do a bit of a Meadows impro session," Meadows said.

Meadows has also stated that he hoped the new series would be a "full stop" for the characters, with the hopes that he does not push things too far.

"That could pull it up on the outside and make it late winner to shoot for next year, so we'll see what happens." "It's a nice pressure to have, because miracles happen in those rehearsal sessions with those amazing actors sat in a room

The 90’ episodes are thought to be concentrating on the younger characters "getting into the Roses and getting into that scene and going clubbing and going raving and all of that", along with covering the potential rehabilitation of the troubled Combo character played by Stephen Graham.

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Graham is said to have relished the chance to play the character and that he had seen him grow with every one of the shows. "That character has been such a huge and important part of my life. That character, that film basically, changed my life" "So I will be very sad to see him go, but at the end of the day, it's been so great to be able to play a character for such a long time and to grow with it. "It will be very sad for everyone involved with the finale."

"In typical Meadows fashion, no-one has got a clue really when it's coming back. No-one's got a clue what's going to happen or what's going on, but we're just all really looking forward to doing it. "Shane wanted to take a break. He did the Stone Roses documentary and wanted to take a break before the next one. That's understandable." The Stone Roses: Made of Stone is available to own on single-disc DVD, 2 Disc Collector's Blu-ray & DVD Edition, and Limited Edition Steelbook now.

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fter a successful 3 seasons of An Idiot Abroad Karl Pilkington hits the road again for his 1st Sky1 show all on his lonesome, well minus the Gervais/Merchant safety blanket anyway, with The Moaning of Life. The Moaning of Life sees Karl this time actually volunteering to go off and visit other cultures in order to see just how other people face up to some of life’s biggest

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issues. We also see him looking at his own life having reached middle age. Over five episodes Karl explores the likes of marriage, happiness and approaching life’s end. Now, I’m a fan of KP and have been for many years, after getting into the Ricky Gervais XFM radio show way back in the early days, when they were still in the middle of doing the Office, and the man definitely has a slant on life that you can’t help but be endeared to. An Idiot Abroad brought that viewpoint to a mass audience and secured a place in a lot of people’s hearts for the little bald round headed man. I enjoyed them all and even his stint in Derek was ok, although he was basically playing himself with a stupid comb

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over wig, without the comb over of course to keep up his usual twatness. After watching the initial couple of episodes though I’m not getting this new show? There seems to be something missing a wee bit? While I’m watching it somehow keep asking myself why is he bothering to do this? There doesn’t really seem to be a point to it… I don’t, know… we seem to be getting a more watered down, TV friendly KP than I’m used to, but hey money talks I guess and the Manc twat has brought me more hours of side splitting laughter than I can remember over the years so he deserves a break from me so jog on KP.

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Speaking to online magazine site Digital Spy before the launch of the show at the end of October Karl had this to say on:

WEDDINGS "There's going to be people who do it for religious reasons and I can't argue with that - if you've got to be married before you can 'ave it away, fine. "But it just doesn't mean anything - people get divorced all the time. You have a fall-out over who ate the last Jaffa Cake and that's enough to split up. "I said to Suzanne, 'Look, there's no-one else - I couldn't be bothered starting again'. There's a little bit of laziness 'ere. She knows that” "If I met someone else, I'd be saying, 'Oh, Suzanne didn't do it that way'. It's been 20 years of my life,

so I couldn't start again. It'd just be a hassle.”

KARL ON… THE BEST WAY TO GET MARRIED "I don't know why it can't be done online - you can do everything online now. Can't you print off a 3D gun or something? Why can't you get married?” "With iTunes, you've got to agree to the terms and tick a box - and yet it hasn't been done with marriage."

KARL ON… ROMANTIC GESTURES "I bought Suzanne condoms once… she used 'em. When I first met her, I took her to Blackpool. She didn't like it. I gave up trying after that."

KARL ON… SPLASHING THE CASH "If you've got money, some people go a bit daft and buy... I dunno... Fabergé eggs. What are you doing?! They cost millions! To me, I'd get the same enjoyment from a Kinder egg."

KARL ON… GETTING OLDER "These lines on me 'ead - I've had them forever. Me mam said I frowned as a baby. When I was in LA for the 'Happiness' episode, a woman got rid of a couple of 'em with Botox. But she was like... 'That is like an elephant's knee'."

KARL ON… REGRETS "I always stand by the things I say - it's just that sometimes I forget. I'll say something about me Auntie Nora and then she ends up hearing about it off someone... and that's what's worse. "They'll go, 'Karl was talking about you s**ting yourself again', and I'll go, 'Woah, hang on, there were good bits about her in there too' - but it's a headline, innit? "You'll probably use that as the headline now - that will be the story. 'She's s**ting herself again' - that's why I'm not very good at this."

KARL ON… WHY HE'LL NEVER DO REALITY TV "Maybe some people love doing Come Dine with Me and having a meal with David Hasselhoff, but for me... I don't like having friends for food, never mind a stranger! "And with the jungle, I'd rather go in there again with those scorpions and spiders I had to deal with, than be sat there with... Sinitta. "Again, no disrespect to her. I used to buy her singles when I was younger - 'Big Red GTO', 'So Macho'. Listen, I know what Sinitta's done - I was a mobile DJ when I was younger. "She's just the one who sprang to mind. I'm not slagging her off. That's the problem with these interviews."

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wisted British mini-series Black Mirror is a shocking and disturbing look at the follies of our boring Western civilization from the astoundingly brilliant mind of mastermoaner ‘Charlie Brooker’.

Now, I may be somewhat biased in this review since Brooker is the main reason I got into writing horrible stuff about things like people, but it’s no stretch to say that ‘Black Mirror’ was one of the most talked about TV shows among sickos and outraged Brit’s since my neighbour Susan Boyle reflected our judgemental selves back at us, proving once and for all that we’re a shallow, unfeeling, cruel waste of brain matter wrapped in skin tissue. The first episode is a harrowing tale of honour and compromise set in future Britain in which the Prime Minister has to choose between the death of his niece, the princess, or having sex with a pig on live television. The whole thing is so alarming and devoid of hope it seems to have been filmed on a camera made of frozen widows tears (I made that up myself...). As the nation gawks at the unfolding events on their televisions, they realise the tragic truth, that we are soulless voyeurs who actively enjoy watching others struggle and suffer and humiliate themselves so long as it’s on a flickering screen. The remaining episodes tackle the theme of overusing technology, jealousy, corporate corruption, and all the other factors which make the UK so great/shit. Definitely worth watching if you enjoy a metaphorical smack in the face which throws your values into question. You mental masochist you! I love you Charlie Brooker (stares blankly). Now, Go away!

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FOR VENDETTA Victoria Tickle GoGuide Magazine Contributor wallsave.com

veryone has those films in their collection that get multiple watches, and some have films that they like to watch at a certain time of year, like The Nightmare before Christmas at Christmas time or horror films on Halloween. But for me, November in Britain points to one film in particular: V for Vendetta.

You may think that a story that relates to a historical event in England in 1605 would be pretty irrelevant nowadays. But V for Vendetta shows that the subject is still relevant, and although the years and people have changed, the threats of oppression and the fights for freedom have not. The film shows just how easily the free Western world could be trapped by tyranny when a corrupt government is granted too much power through the peoples’ fear of it. It shows that such institutions would gain and maintain their unyielding, iron-fisted control through any means necessary, and shows just how out of control a country can get when too much power is given to the wrong people. Page 102

This is a fear that resonates with real-life, modern-day British citizens from time to time according to numerous newscasts from several different media publications in recent times.

situation and she ultimately becomes his unlikely, yet powerful, ally. Together they incite a revolution to end the cruelty and corruption and reinstate justice and freedom for the citizens of England.

The film stems from the graphic novel of the same name which was written by Alan Moore. I hadn’t read the graphic novel prior to watching the film and I don’t think that it is necessary to read it before seeing the film. The film adaptation stands up by itself and is thoroughly enjoyable and easy to follow regardless of any prior knowledge of the story-line offered in the graphic novel. There are some discrepancies between the two renditions of the story, but that is true with, and to be expected of, any film adaptation of a story from a different medium, be it a book, a graphic novel or a play.

The story is so gripping and appealing that you will be on the edge of your seat and emotionally involved all the way through. The pace is quick, yet not so much so that viewers get lost or left behind, however the film gets a bit weighty in the middle which slows the pace a little, but it is a minor set-back in an otherwise fantastic narrative.

The narrative of the film is set in a not-toodistant future Britain, perhaps 30-40 years or so, and an oppressive, totalitarian state is in parliamentary power. Amidst the citizens who suffer from prejudiced laws, unfair punishments and even a nightly curfew is the films hero, known only as V, who dares to stand up against the government. He is labelled a vigilante and a terrorist by the authorities. One night he rescues Evey, a young woman, from an unfair life-or-death NOV 2013 - issue (34)

The script is brilliantly effective and perfectly crafted for each character. It is poetic, intelligent, witty and honest without being either patronising or pretentious. It has an eclectic use of vocabulary that varies from realistic every-day conversations to eloquent and fluid-like Shakespearian inspired speeches. The tailoring of the dialogue to each character is subtle enough to not be in-your-face, yet obvious enough to denote certain character traits and personality indicators. The dialogue of the oppressors is aggressive and violent, often with short, sharp expressions and notes of frustration in their lexis. This is in stark contrast with the chosen vernacular of V, who is compassionate, romantic and seductively

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manipulative in his choice of words. His words reflect a highly intelligent and widely read individual who is both inspired and influenced by the fine arts. His vocabulary is so varied that he leaves both Evey and the audience in a state of amazed and delighted shock with a speech in which 48 of his words begin with the letter V. Of course the script could not be brought to such spectacular life in the way it was without the actors, all of whom were stellar in their performances. I often find that an entire film can be brought down by supporting and minor actors who aren’t believable or sub-par, regardless of how good the leading actors are. This is not the case with V for Vendetta as every cast member with a speaking role is excellent and keeps the audience submerged in the story, rather than alerting them to the fact that they are on the outside. John Hurt was fearsome in his role of the autocratic Adam Sutler, displaying lifelike and convincing episodes of sheer evilness and a frightening portrayal of a corrupt man gone mad with power. Stephen Fry proved to audiences that he can more than adequately handle roles with a much more serious undertone than those of films he had previously done, and Stephen Rea was authentic in his role as Finch.

But undoubtedly the majority of the praise falls on Natalie Portman and Hugo Weaving. Aside from Amidala in the Star Wars films, this was arguably Portman’s most prolific appearance in a film since Léon. There were some people who doubted her ability to handle a character who undergoes such a dramatic and important transformation, but she proved all of the negative critics wrong. Portman’s embodiment of Evey was spellbinding and her emotional deliverances were intense and realistic. She handled the delicate subject matter of torture with grace and a beautiful defiance which helped to make the evolution of the character from timid and passive to strong and courageous seem believable. Hugo Weaving was so powerful as V, it’s hard to imagine that anyone else but him was even considered for the part. He demonstrated the elements of the human/ monster dichotomy with precision and confidence and gave the audience a hero who could easily be a regular person who was given the right motivation. Weaving delivered his lines so precisely, yet maintained an effortless flow and feel that turned the script from mere words on a page to fluid communications. His deliverance was of such a high standard that their emotional value shines through V’s mask which only has NOV 2013 - issue (34)

one expression, and makes it appear to be as real as a human face. The cinematography of the film was nothing short of masterful. The dark yet vibrant feel of the film could have easily been spoiled by too many garish or gimmicky special effects, yet it uses relatively modest effects to their full weight. The trap of falling into ‘matrixstyle’ fight sequences was also avoided, as the few action sequences that were present were given their own sense of identity and didn’t feel over-done or uninspired. V for Vendetta is a multi-layered film with a thought provoking and complex exploration of the concepts and consequences of freedom and politics. Regardless of the reason for seeing it; the messages, action sequences, the actors, visuals or the story itself, you’ll be just as blown away and amazed by it if it was your first or fiftieth time watching it. To further appreciate how multi-layered and intricate it actually is, there are plenty of ‘Easter eggs’ hidden in plain sight within the film that you may not notice on your first viewing, proving that despite it being an older film, it is still worth a re-watch for multiple reasons.

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hen I first heard of V/H/S (2012) I thought it sounded like trash. I thought it was a crap concept based on an outdated media platform that would look no better than a film student’s end of semester project – but I was so wrong! I loved it. So imagine my excitement when the sequel appeared only 1 year later! My excitement was justified because V/H/S/2 blows the first one out of the water! It’s a rare example of a sequel being better than the original. Whilst the original still has its charm, the sequel is so unapologetically gory, violent, funny and extreme. This is so much the case that a low budget, found footage, horror anthology sequel has become one of the best and most effective horror movies in recent years. V/H/S/2 is bigger, better, funnier, scarier and more intelligent than its predecessor, and has more action, violence and crazy moments than the first could ever hope to have. The audience still don’t know what the tapes are, where they came from or how they got their power, but how they are stumbled across in the sequel is a much better premise than that of the first film. Instead of burglars being asked to get the tapes by an unnamed third-party, private detectives break into the house of a missing college student and come across the tapes. This is almost immediate and isn’t built up as much as the thugs were from the first film, but this works to the films advantage. It knows its audience only wants to see the tapes and cares very little for the

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Victoria Tickle GoGuide Magazine Contributor tape containing the frame narrative, so it gave the audience what it wanted. Not only is the set-up to the tapes better than in the first film, the tapes themselves are of a whole new breed. The writers and directors really stepped up their game with this film. Every use of the camera in each of the tapes is justified to the audience – there is no more wondering “why would people even be filming this, it’s not realistic”. Not only has the camera use been explained, it is believable, which is refreshing and intelligent. A bionic camera-eye is used to restore someone’s sight, a documentary crew use button cameras, a cyclist uses a go-pro camera, and the most unique camera use is when children attach a camera to their dog to help them film pranks. All of the camera work throughout the entire film is also less shaky, which was a major complaint of the first film, but it doesn’t lose its point-of-view authenticity. V/H/S/2 is shorter than the original, and has one less tape in it, but it works and goes to prove that, in the right hands, less is more. All of the tapes still include all the terrors you’d expect them to, such as aliens, zombies, demons and ghosts, as well as a couple that seem like an amalgamation of a few different monsters. The practical effects were amazing in this film, and like everything else about it, had been amped up. From zombie-inflicted wounds to several disturbingly realistic yet delicious shots of what a human head looks like after going to war with a bullet and losing, to all other types of gore you can imagine, you’ll be left grossed out and quenched of the blood thirst you had going into the film. The psychological effects were also brilliantly done; tension building and jump scares were highly effective and a lot of fun. V/H/S/2 also brought some new things to the table through its tapes, especially

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through the one entitled ‘Ride in the Park’. One new trait was of the point of view of a zombie and also a zombie’s reaction to eating something he was never meant to – himself, which was hilarious but didn’t distract from the film. ‘Ride in the park’ gives something new and unexpected to the zombie genre and was one of my favourite tapes because of this. The longest tape in the film was called ‘Safe Haven’ and ran for 30-40 minutes. It was the creepiest, craziest and most fun tape of them all and is usually the fan-favourite. It is so good that it can stand on its own, away from the film, and be considered and appreciated as a horror short in its own right. Both V/H/S and V/H/S/2 seem to successfully distance themselves from the growing number of ‘found footage’ movies that are often flops, yet remains true to the expectations and ‘rules’ of the genre. But V/H/S/2 has a higher dose of adrenaline, fear and fun than the first one did, and it’s clear that everyone involved in its production had a lot of fun making it, and it’s directly passed on to the audience. V/H/S/2 is definitely more mature than the first film and it works to its advantage. I really can’t recommend this film enough. You don’t need to have seen V/H/S first, but I strongly suggest that you do so that you can see just how good V/H/S/2 really is in comparison with what came before it. If you were a fan of the first film, then you will love the sequel. I’m really hoping that these films become a franchise, because they are definitely showing potential and growth. I’d rather watch an anthology of short, but clever and genuinely scary and creepy horror films than one long, brainless and unoriginal one – and I’m sure I’m not alone.

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have to say that I made a rookie mistake with This Is the End by getting all hyped up about it from the very first trailer… it looked amazing and featured a whole bunch of my favourite actors, playing themselves, in a wacky apocalyptic scenario which from appearances was sure to be a laugh a minute. However, despite being written and directed by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg I found the whole thing pretty ordinary to be honest. I have asked a few people about what they thought of it and I’m pretty

sure I’m in a minority here so perhaps I’ll just be the voice of reason that will let other people in my situation who have still to see the movie pick it up on DVD and enjoy it a wee bit more. The basic premise of the movie being what it would be like if the apocalypse rained down on a bunch of Hollywood pals while they were partying at someone house… James Franco’s to be precise. Well the answer to that is basically everyone freaking out and expecting their level of ‘celebrity’ warranting an immediate rescue. With mayhem erupting all around and the prospects of rescue growing dim, they have to forge on. They also have to question the righteousness of their lives. Kudos goes out to Rogen and Goldberg for

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coming up with the idea and convincing all the other cast to go along with mocking themselves Rogen, Franco, Danny McBride, Jonah Hill, Jay Baruchel, Craig Robinson and even Emma Watson in just a wee bit more than a cameo role. Overall the films biggest flaw is that, to me anyway, the characters are just not particularly that funny, whether they are playing themselves or not. The special effects in the movie are surely intentionally aimed at being of a ‘B movie’ standard, someone somewhere must have thought it fitted the story, well I’m guessing that’s why they are pretty dire. I spent most of my time ‘star’ spotting while watching This Is the End and found every Tom, Dick, and Harry popping up, well Rihanna, Channing Tatum, Mindy Kaling, Aziz Ansari and Jason Segel to name but a few. Somehow though, I just feel that a whole load of talent has gone mostly to waste.

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ouis Lane from Superman Returns (Kate Bosworth) heads to a deserted island with some of her old school pals who don’t like each other anymore and it all goes horribly wrong after they bump into the little brother of a guy they used to go to school with. He’s just back from a tour of Iraq with a couple of his Army buddies and they’re on a hunting trip when it’s not even hunting season. Even Elmer Fudd didn’t hunt out of season so you know they’re bad guys. In a rather predictable moment one of the guys tries to take it too far with one of the women, she hits him with a rock and his friends go mental and hunt them down with guns. I say predictable because it’s a survival horror film and you see it coming from a mile away, but when it happens it’s still a pretty horrific uncomfortable scene.

It may seem like I’m trying to make this film sound bad but it’s really good. Don’t get me wrong the women make some really stupid decisions at times. Their characters swap and change every now and then. One minute Katie Astleton is the kick ass strong female protagonist then suddenly she becomes a whimpering mess and its Lake Bells turn to be the kick ass hard protagonist. The acting in the film is outstanding and the women keep you with them throughout. There is some nudity after they get soaked and need to get out of their wet clothes so they don’t freeze to death but it’s done in a rather respectful fashion. Thankfully it doesn’t try to sex it up in any way which would have totally ruined the film. I was genuinely surprised to see such a good survival horror film done with such a low budget. The genre is being done to death right now and has seen some absolute howlers come to light with much bigger budgets and much bigger stars. Black Rock is well worth a watch and regardless of slight problems is a highly enjoyable film.

ylan Dog finally gets a release date in the UK. It’s about bloody time too. The film was released early 2011 in Italy and the US and it was starting to look like it would never get here. The fiends in America have even had it on Netflix for over a year. The film is based on the Italian comic Dylan Dog it’s actually the second time a film version has been attempted. The first being the awesome Cemetry Man starring Rupert Everett as our hero. This time round we have Superman himself, Brandon Routh taking the reigns as Dylan, a private investigator who specialises in the supernatural.

You follow Dylan and his Zombie partner (Sam Huntington) as they investigate the murder of their client’s father. You’re then taken into the weird and wonderful supernatural world of Dylan Dog filled with the undead as he attempts to solve the case. Now, this is a decent B movie if you’re a fan of them but it does often fall short of being a great film. It’s a failure at a Dylan Dog film like Constatine was a failure at making a Hellblazer film. They’re both decent films in their own right but they don’t live up to the look and feel of the original comic, which is all kinds of disappointing. In the comic Scvali used horror to make references to modern societies problems, here they’re just there for your amusement and to move the rather predictable plot along. And it is predictable. Brandon Routh also shows why he’s never quite made it as a star as he feels slightly hollow in the role. I’m making this sound bad but despite its faults I did enjoy it, just not as much as I’d hoped. It just ended up being one of those rather annoying films that sounded and looked great but then fell short. Damn you expectations.

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remember seeing a short film of this a few years ago and getting very excited. At the time they were trying to get funding to make the film and basically had Nazi’s walking around with tons of scientific equipment and strange experiments going on in the background. I mean what’s not to like about that. It was clearly a good piece of work as here we finally have the finished film, and it was definitely worth the wait. You follow a group of Russians who are being filmed as they enter Nazi Germany during the final push of World War II. On their journey they receive a distress call from a squadron nearby, they set off to find them and offer assistance. When they get to the village in question however they discover an abandoned village that doesn’t seem to have had people there for quite some time. Until they discover a rather strange looking naked gent in a barn whose eyes are covered some strange metal contraption. Suffice to say it kind of all goes wrong from there. They discover the grandson of Baron Von Frankenstein has been continuing with his Grandfathers experiments but this time creating creatures for a specific purpose until they barely resemble people at all. You have creatures with blades for hands and propellers instead of a head. This is where the film completely blew me away. The designs behind some of the creatures is simply phenomenal, they clearly stretched the budget to crazy levels. It just looks fantastic as soon as they get into the strange underground world of the creations. The cast are superb and for those of you who are fans of the recent BBC three series In The Flesh will be happy to see Luke Newberry running around as a Russian soldier. It’s shot as if one of the characters in the film (Dimitri if you want to split hairs) is shooting it as they go along. Which kind of threw me at the start of the film: I very much doubt they had cameras that shot in HD in 1945. But the odd and unusual camera actually becomes a plot point later on so it kind of makes sense. This is an outstanding film and definitely worth picking up.

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f you’re a geek and you haven’t seen this film you should hang your head in shame. Regardless of its content, here we have a film with Nathan Fillion AND Katee Sackoff in lead roles. The film follows Fillion, who after trying to kill himself starts have premonitions of people dying. He then starts to act on these premonitions in an attempt to save the people involved. Sadly it doesn’t exactly work as he realises that by saving those people, he’s actually about to cause the devil to possess those he’s saved. See, he may be ruggedly handsome but even Mal makes bad decisions some times. It’s one of those classic sequels that has nothing to do with the original film, but thankfully not one that is basically a remake of the original film. They just used the White Noise name in an attempt to sell it. Which didn’t work out very well, I don’t know many people who even know of this films existence, never mind the Micheal Keaton film. Ultimately it’s a better than you’d expect sequel with an outstanding cast. It’s well worth a watch. It’s not particularly frightening though you may have the odd wee jump now and then but it’s not the kind of film that’ll give you nightmares or even have you cowering behind your couch. It’s basically geek porn where you get to see Starbuck and Mal on screen at the same time. For those of you who aren’t geeks it’s basically the equivalent of Pacino and DeNiro on screen at the same time in Heat. It’s that important to geek culture, I assure you.

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GAMING CHARTS The Top 10 BoxOffice games for Playstation, Xbox and PC this month.

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1 ASSASSIN’S CREED IV: BLACK 6 WWE 2K14 FLAG 7 SKYLANDERS 2 BATTLEFIELD 4 3 GRAND THEFT AUTO V

8 BEYOND TWO SOULS

4 BATMAN: ARKHAM ORIGINS 9 F1 2013 10 THE LAST OF US

5 FIFA 14 ASSASSIN’S CREED IV: BLACK FLAG

X-BOX ASSASSIN’S CREED IV: BLACK FLAG

1 ASSASSIN’S CREED IV: BLACK 6 WWE 2K14 FLAG 7 SKYLANDERS SWAP FORCE 2 BATTLEFIELD 4 3 FIFA 14

8 F1 2013

4 GRAND THEFT AUTO V

9 HALO 4

5 BATMAN: ARKHAM ORIGINS 10 TOM CLANCY’S SPLINTER CELL: BLACKLIST

1 FOOTBALL MANAGER 2014

6 ROCKSMITH 2014

2 BATTLEFIELD 4 3 THE SIMS 3: INTO THE FUTURE 4 THE SIMS 3

7 THE SIMS 3: ISLAND PARADISE 8 THE SIMS 3: UNIVERSITY LIFE 9 THE SIMS 3: SEASONS

5 ROME: TOTAL WAR II

10 THE SIMS 3: SUPERNATURAL

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hen playing the latest WWE offering I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t help but remembering back when I was a kid recreating my favourite matches with six-inch plastic wrestling action figures, reliving old memories, but wanting to create new ones too. WWE 2K14 gives that wrestling fan within us all the tools required to do both. Although it continues to suffer from many of the same AI and commentary issues that have plagued the series for years, it also builds on its many successes, delivering a sports-entertainment performance that can easily steal hours of your life. In last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s WWE 13 we saw a renewed approach to story mode with The Attitude Era, ditching individual wrestler story modes. This year's version has 30 Years of Wrestlemania which brings together 46 of the most memorable matches to ever be performed at Wrestlemania, controlling historically accurate objectives to make bouts feel like more than just another wrestling match for the old 1, 2, 3. Following the script will reward you with some nicely done mid-match cutscenes, as well as various unlockables.

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There's also an Undertaker section called The Streak in which you can attempt to either ‘End’ The Phenom's 22-0 Wrestlemania run or try to ‘defend’ it, but it has its downfalls. The ‘end the streak’ approach works to an extent as a sort of boss fight, but gets a tad predictable and almost makes you take un-immersive routes. Defending the streak is surprisingly fought through a slobber-knocker match, which has nothing to do with Taker’s streak or has ever been done. Although it functions, it is in no way traditional. While there aren't any enormous changes to the way the game plays this time round, there are some notable tweaks and additions. For one, characters with catch finishers can now set up their moves by launching their running opponents up into the air first. Striking combinations have also been sped up dramatically, and with the elimination of those endless reversal cycles from last year, especially on legendary difficulty, fights have gotten smoother and sharper. Although slightly improved, the games AI still has a habit of leaving opponents standing motionless and frozen solid, continuously grabbing the air until they’re interrupted or randomly run in and out of the ring. The commentary continues to be

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overly disorganized. WWE 2K14's creation suite has also been majorly improved on. Custom character storage space has doubled to a 100 slots and you can now use existing WWE superstars as templates to begin from. Improved rivalry management, pay-per-view options, and championship belt customization are all highlights of this years game, but yet again, it's the way all of your creations come together in the never-ending, randomly generated WWE Universe that make 2K14 such an enjoyable sandbox to flop around in. You can even use the vast story creator to create and direct your own shows and plots. WWE 2K14 still suffers from incompetent AI but has more than enough strength and entertainment for you to overlook that wee niggle. The 30 Years of Wrestlemania story option provides the strongest campaign mode that the series has had yet and the in-ring action is more fluid than it's been in years.

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ell, you guessed it, it’s time for us to put on our Bat suits once again and make our way to Arkham City and beat up some goons… but wait… this time however were going BACK IN TIME…. whooooooo…. to the ‘Origins of the Batman’ to be precise. It’s also the first Batman game from the Arkham series that isn’t developed by esteemed Rocksteady. New developers Warner Bros. Games Montreal have been given the chance to carry on Rocksteady’s Arkham legacy, but will they be able to live up to the task?

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Batman: Arkham Origins isn’t really an Origins story first of all, instead it takes place about 2 years into Bruce Wayne’s crime fighting career as Batman. This earlier Batman has a more of a lone wolf persona, relying on no one to help other than his trusty butler Alfred. The story takes place on Christmas Eve and crime lord Black Mask decides to ruin Batman’s festive spirit by placing a $50 million bounty on his head, which attracts 8 of the deadliest assassin’s including Bane, Copperhead, and Deathstroke to claim the prize. Even the Gotham S.W.A.T team have been corrupted by the prize money. Even the Gotham police force and Officer Jim Gordon are out to capture the masked vigilante. Since this is an earlier Batman, he has no allies, Origins on the whole is a bit too much like the 2011 game with virtually no citizens roaming the streets and no moving vehicles.

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The excuse here is that everyone is staying in on Christmas Eve abiding a city-wide curfew. Happily, new districts add numerous iconic locations like the Gotham City Police Department, Blackgate Penitentiary and the Dixon Docks. After the game’s opening you gain access to the Batcave, making its first appearance in an Arkham game, which Batman can revisit to take on training exercises, change outfits, and ask Alfred for advice. You can fast-travel to various Batwing drop points once Batman bypasses The Riddler’s security systems at several Comms Towers if you prefer to reach the other end of the city quicker. Like Arkham City there are plenty of side activities to investigate across Arkham. Probably the most enjoyable of these are the new Crime Scenes, which require you to utilise detective mode to recreate the events that lead to someone’s death and watch it unfold from any angle, interestingly rewinding and fast-forwarding to find clues.

Other guest stars like Deadshot, and the Mad Hatter can also be taken down if you feel like having a rest from the story missions, and their side-quests are a bit more satisfying. The GCPD dispatch will occasionally alert you to ‘Crimes in Progress’ that occur in specific locations, but these are only a large group of thugs or crooked cops and are only interesting if you’re looking for more experience points. The fast paced and fluid fighting that the series is known for has had no major changes, but the resistance has stepped up their game a bit. Bane now has tougher venom soldiers to soak up some damage and new martial arts fighters will try to stop your flow count that you need to build up to maximize the experience gained from each fight. New gadgets are usually used for solving puzzles or stealthily picking off targets, but some of them can be quite useful in a fight. The Remote Claw can comically tie two targets together, whether it’s a

fire extinguisher and a thug, or a thug and another thug. Shock Gloves will electrify your attackers when charged up. There are also two upgrade trees that Batman can progress through as he levels up, Close Combat and Invisible Predator, each representing fighting and stealth play, so you can improve each skill set separately. New to the Arkham series is Invisible Predator Online, the first multiplayer mode for an Arkham game. The game has two teams of three gun wielding henchmen fighting for control points while Batman and Robin stalk them from the shadows. Both teams of three either works for The Joker or Bane and start with 25 Reinforcements, which go down as they die or lose control points. Each henchman has a chance to open a door and control their boss to do some damage with their enhanced abilities. Swooping down upon an unsuspecting player as Batman or Robin is a genuine rush, and taking down the vigilantes can also be

satisfying. The Dynamic Duo gain victory by filling up an intimidation meter, which drops sharply whenever either hero falls. Those who were worried that Origins would not be handled with the same loving care that Rocksteady had given to Arkham series can worry no more, safe in the knowledge that WB Montreal has done right by the Dark Knight. Batman Origins makes some daring but believable choices with its characters but succeeds at keeping story tension for a prequel. And the voice actors for Batman and Joker blow you away with their incredible performances, despite concerns about the cast of the Animated Series retiring. Arkham Origins doesn’t have the wowfactor of Arkham City. But the quality of the combat, the dialogue from lead characters to two-bit thugs, and the amount of activities to do make this stretch of Gotham an enjoyable place to visit. Sam Sheppard for GoGuide Magazine

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uantic Dream, makers of the critically acclaimed Heavy Rain, returns for another movie-like game, telling the tale of Jodie and her ghostly friend in Beyond: Two Souls. They use some familiar tricks and focus more on a cinematic and narrative direction plus have some familiar faces thanks to Hollywood star’s Ellen Page and Willem Defoe.

First off, Ellen Page and Willem Dafoe’s acting is outstanding. Whenever the two are on the screen, their delivery is impressive, in fact the same goes for the overall performance from the rest of the main cast to be fair. The story pans out with you playing scattered memories from Jodie’s life, shuffling between a young girl, a troubled teen and Jodie in her early twenties. The other perspective is Aiden, a non-bodily spirit bonded to Jodie. You’ll often swap between the two and use him to search areas and to possess people.

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Controllability as Jodie can be a tad clunky, but it’s not particularly awkward. White dots will appear at areas of interest, while the usual button prompts enable actions and dialog choices. From pretty early in the game, although taking place later in life, Jodie will start what would amount to classic ‘Rocky’ training montage with the only thing missing being Bill Conti’s ‘Going to Distance’... daaah da daaaah da da da daaah… It mainly prepares you for things you eventually experience in the game such as exploring environmental navigation and more importantly hand-to-hand combat. Beyond: Two Souls removes some of the more obvious cues from its quick time events instead and challenges you to make snap judgments during slo-mo periods, moving the analogue stick where you think it would help most. The mechanics can be nerve-racking as on occasions you can’t really tell if you are meant to dodge, block or go for the attack. Switching to Aiden is when the fun side of things really kicks in, Jodie’s military training is co-operated along with Aiden, were the tag team can cause supernatural terror. Aiden, who has a talent for asphyxiation along with some poltergeist moves and the ability to possess bodies, can float through the air and pass through certain surfaces as you hunt

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for interaction points. He’s classed as Jodie’s protector from her birth, and also classed as a ‘pest’ occasionally by Jodie. Playing Aiden is the funny light hearted side of the game, for instance giving the opportunity, how far would you go to go all ‘poltergeist’ on someone or ruin a dinner date? Despite Jodie’s history being intriguing, mixing in mystery, military and conspiracy, your choices throughout the game never feel like they have any impact. Almost as if it’s not even a story splitting decision your making, but more of a speed bump. Even with a slew of endings, the choices you’re offered and the impact of your decisions feels slight. There are some more severe decisions that you will come across, but it’s hard to establish what ripples they may have made or will make, especially with the tale jumping back and forth through Jodie’s life. With Quantic Dream priding themselves on its story and your role in it, you can’t help but feel Beyond: Two Souls makes you feel a bit insignificant at the end of all things. Although the acting, the action, the looks, will all have you witness Jodie and Aiden’s story through to the end, you might sense that there has been some missed opportunity here.

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OUTABOUT &

IN WEST LOTHIAN

The Bennie Museum

The Bennie Museum opened in 1989 as a museum of Bathgate’s history and life. It is run entirely by volunteers under the management of a Charitable Trust. It has been commended by the Association of Scottish Visitor Attractions. www.benniemuseum.org.uk 11am - 4pm (Apr to Sep) & 11am -3.30pm (Oct to Mar) - FREE 9-11 Mansefield Street, Bathgate, EH48 4HU 01506 634944

Almond Valley Heritage Trust,

Almond Valley is operated as a popular leisure destination that appeals to a diverse audience and promotes learning through discovery, family interaction and play. We also operate a formal education programme. www.almondvalley.co.uk Millfield, Livingston, EH54 7AR 01506 414957

The Garage Skatepark

The Garage Skatepark is an indoor skatepark based in Livingston which is being improved on constantly to give skaters the best experience around. The park is open to Skateboards ,Inline Skates and BMX. Kids under 16 wanting to ride at the park will be required to wear a helmet. The park also has its very own shop stocking Boards, Wheels, Trucks, T-shirts and other accessories. www.thegarage.zxq.net Mon - Sat: 10am - 10pm - Sun: 10am - 8pm 5D Grange Road, Houston Industrial Estate, EH54 5DE 01506 530892

Bankhead Mountainball

Like many ‘extreme’ sports, Zorbing, Orbing or Sphereing was created in New Zealand back in 1994. The concept is quite simple, you build a human sphere which can accommodate up to two fully grown adults, secure them inside then let them roll down a hill in it (hamsters have been exercised for many years in a very similar way!) www.bankheadmountainball.co.uk Contact for opening hours Bankhead Farm, Dechmont, Broxburn, EH52 6NB 01506 811209

Delta Force Paintball

Delta Force Paintball provides world class paintballing in Scotland. In addition to the scenery, incredible game zones provide players with an adrenalin-fuelled day of paintball action all year round. www.paintballgames.co.uk Weekends + 1 Weekday - check online for details Off Burnhouse Road, Dechmont, Livingston, EH49 6PL 0844 477 5050

Funtastic Fantasy Golf Limited

Miniature golf arena but it’s one with a difference it’s BLACK-LIGHT UV which means that not only do the 3D prop’s glow in the dark but also the golf balls and art work on the wall do too. This facility is a fantastic family day out for all ages & abilities with a cafe that sell homemade food made onsite at their cafe ‘Dino Bites’

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A1 PAINTBALL

A1 Paintball was established in 2002 with one goal in mind, giving their customers an open and honest paintball experience from start to finish and with no hidden extras. They provide only the very best and most comprehensive paintballing equipment and event management. Haggs Road Wood Burnwynd, Nr Edinburgh, Midlothian EH27 8ED 01501 741709

Racing Karts

Racing Karts quickly established itself as a force in Indoor Kart Racing due to its attention to safety, cleanliness and customer satisfaction. They like to call themselves ‘The Friendly Circuit’ www.racingkarts.co.uk Times: Booking required - call to arrange Arrol Square, Deans Industrial Estate, Livingston, EH54 8QZ 01506 410123

Livingston Skate Park

The Livingston Skatepark opened in 1981, at a time when most commercial skateparks were closing and was one of the most important facilities in Britain during a critical period in the development of skateboarding. It is an example of a free, unsupervised facility which achieved international status. Daylight access all year round FREE 16 Northwood Park, Opposite Almondvale Shopping Centre, Livingston, EH54 6HR

Deer Park Ten Pin Bowling

Deer Park Bowling Centre is a 16 Lane Bowling Centre with the capacity to hold 128 bowlers. There is a bar and food served throughout. At ‘Late night Glow Bowling’ the lights are dimmed and the lanes come alive with GLOW IN THE DARK, ULTRA VIOLET lighting effects and music. www.deer-park.co.uk Mon-Thur: 4pm-10pm / Fri: 12pm-midnight / Sat: 10am-midnight / Sun: 10am-10pm Golf Course Road, Livingston, EH54 8AB - 01506 446699

Five Sisters Zoo

The Five Sisters Zoo was established in 2005 and is the only wildlife attraction centre in West Lothian. With over 100 different species of animals, birds and reptiles from all around the world your visit will be a fun, enjoyable and educational one - all ages. www.fivesisterszoo.co.uk Open 7 Days a week - 10am - 6pm (5pm Winter half of year) Gavieside, West Calder, EH55 8PT 01506 871 111

Overboard Soft Play

Overboard Soft Play is an exciting indoor Soft Play and entertainment venue for kids aged 0-11 yrs. They have it all, from chutes to ball pits to go-karts to ball cannons. With an underwater theme and seperate play zones for different age groups and abilities, your children are sure to have a great time from the minute they arrive until it’s time to go home. www.overboardsoftplay.com Wed - Sun: 10:15 am - 6:00 pm 3 St Andrews Way, Livingston, EH54 8HQ - 01506 873888

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CLASSIC MOVIE POSTERS 101

ouse of Wax is a 1953 American horror film starring Vincent Price. It is a remake of Warners’ Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933), without the comic relief featured in the earlier film, and was directed by André de Toth. It is perhaps the best-known film from the 3-D film craze of the 1950s. In 2005, Warner Bros. distributed a new film called House of Wax, but its plot is very unlike the one used in the two earlier films. House of Wax was the first color 3-D feature from a major American studio and premiered just two days after the Columbia Pictures film Man in the Dark, the first major-studio black-and-white 3-D feature. It was also the first 3-D film with stereophonic sound to be presented in a regular movie theater. It premiered nationwide on April 10, 1953 and went out for a general release on April 25, 1953. In 1971, House of Wax was widely re-released to theaters in 3-D, with a full advertising campaign. Newly-struck prints of the film in Chris Condon’s single-strip StereoVision 3-D format were used. Another major re-release occurred during the 3-D boom of the early 1980s.

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