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Jamie Ewbank
16 April 2009 12:09
It’s been a mixed week for The Leisure Lab’s reviews, with Max Payne on Blu-ray earning itself a paltry one star, while It’s Blitz, the third studio album from New York art punks Yeah Yeah Yeahs has earned itself a five star rating. While the original
Filed under: Blu-ray, DTS-HD MA, Blu-ray Disc, CD, DVD, movies, film reviews, music reviews, music, album reviews, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Max Payne
Jamie Ewbank
08 April 2009 12:02
Probably the hottest movie release of the week if you're looking to keep teenagers entertained over Easter, Twilight is an angsty teen movie featuring clumsy girls, hunky vampires and some lush cinematography. Sadly, its also po-faced and afflicted with
Filed under: DVD, movies, film reviews, games, reviews, music, wii
Jamie Ewbank
31 March 2009 11:47
Suffering through the kidnap of her son and the return of a boy she’s convinced isn’t hers, Angelina Jolie gives an impressive performance in director Clint Eastwood’s latest drama, Changeling . The Blu-ray presentation of Changeling preserves the film’s
Filed under: Blu-ray, DTS-HD MA, Blu-ray Disc, film reviews, reviews, Angelina Jolie, Changeling
Jamie Ewbank
23 March 2009 11:25
Much has been made of the slightly disjointed feel of Bond’s 22nd outing, Quantum of Solace , and while a glossy blu-ray presentation can’t do anything to fix the mid-trilogy feel of the film, it does bring the action and excitement to the fore, making
Filed under: Blu-ray, DTS-HD MA, Blu-ray Disc, The Leisure Lab, Samsung, film reviews, reviews, Quantum of Solace, Daniel Craig, James Bond
Jamie Ewbank
19 March 2009 11:15
Quarantine ’s arrival on Blu-ray represents a clash of medium and message, in which a deliberately lo-fi, horror movie is presented on a format better suited to far slicker productions. The Blu-ray presentation is the mixed bag you’d expect, a product
Filed under: Blu-ray, Blu-ray Disc, Dolby True HD, Blu-ray Audio, DVD, The Leisure Lab, movies, Samsung, film reviews, reviews, Resident Evil 5, Quarantine
Jamie Ewbank
21 January 2009 14:42
Given the comedy pedigree of Seth Rogen and Judd Apatow and the directorial deftness of David Gordon Green, Pineapple Express would be an absolutely first-rate comedy if it were about anything but a pair of pot-smokers. Sadly, convincingly portrayed stoners
Filed under: Blu-ray, Blu-ray Disc, Dolby True HD, DVD, movies, film reviews, reviews, comedy, Pineapple Express
Jamie Ewbank
16 January 2009 11:45
It’s been a pleasantly surprising week on the Leisure Lab, where our expectations have been exceeded by both Somers Town on Blu-ray and Gears of War II . Expecting the first to be unable to live up to the excellent This Is England and the second to simply
Filed under: Blu-ray, Blu-ray Disc, The Leisure Lab, movies, Samsung, film reviews, games, reviews, Xbox, Gears of War, Somers Town
Jamie Ewbank
01 December 2008 12:33
After a year in which we’ve been inundated with superhero movies, all of which have been, to a greater or lesser extent, better than expected, we finally come to Hancock . On paper, it has the edge over all its rivals - it isn’t hampered by an original
Filed under: Blu-ray, Blu-ray Disc, Dolby True HD, DVD, The Leisure Lab, movies, Samsung, film reviews, reviews, Will Smith, Charlize Theron, Hancock
Jamie Ewbank
19 November 2008 15:16
If Batman Begins was a surprisingly dark and serious take on the Batman mythos, then its all-conquering sequel, The Dark Knight , sees director Christopher Nolan heading into even grimmer territory to produce an excellent and unpredictable blockbuster
Filed under: Blu-ray, Blu-ray Disc, Dolby True HD, DVD, The Leisure Lab, movies, Samsung, film reviews, reviews, Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight, The Joker, Batman
Jamie Ewbank
07 November 2008 12:11
Age may have caught up with Harrison Ford, but in this fourth Indiana Jones movie he turns his advancing years into a virtue. Sadly, the same can’t be said for Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, who direct and produce this rather disappointing sequel.
Filed under: Blu-ray, Blu-ray Disc, Dolby True HD, DVD, The Leisure Lab, movies, film reviews, reviews, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Harrison Ford
Jamie Ewbank
30 October 2008 11:48
It's been a week of extremes on The Leisure Lab, where we’ve discovered that a lossless 5.1 DTS-HD soundtrack isn’t enough to save the The Happening , a film where the scariest noise is that of Mark Wahlberg staring down the camera and explaining the
Filed under: Blu-ray, DTS-HD MA, Blu-ray Disc, movies, Samsung, film reviews, games, reviews, Playstation, LittleBigPlanet, The Eyehe Happening
Jamie Ewbank
23 October 2008 12:43
Wanted puts a twist on the standard zero-to-hero plotline by having white collar Wesley Gibson inducted into a fraternity of assassins who can’t honestly claim that their actions are justified by anything more concrete than fate. It's an interesting idea,
Filed under: DVD, The Leisure Lab, movies, Samsung, film reviews, reviews, James McAvoy, Angelina Jolie, Wanted
Jamie Ewbank
17 October 2008 12:13
If you’ve ever lamented the fact that blockbuster movies just don’t grab you the way they used to, then Iron Man is the film to restore your faith in the genre. For starters, the special effects are genuinely special. The titular armour is all gloss and
Filed under: Blu-ray, Blu-ray Disc, DVD, The Leisure Lab, movies, film reviews, reviews, Iron Man
Jamie Ewbank
10 October 2008 15:40
The grumpy green shape of The Incredible Hulk is the first of the summer comic book blockbusters to make the jump to DVD and Blu-ray on October 13th. After Ang Lee’s thoughtful but surprisingly placid Hulk in 2003, Director Louis Leterrier clearly wants
Filed under: Blu-ray, Blu-ray Disc, The Leisure Lab, movies, Samsung, film reviews, reviews, Ed Norton, Liv Tyler, The Eyehe Incredible Hulk
Jamie Ewbank
29 September 2008 14:42
Hollywood remakes of successful Asian horror films all tend to hit the same snag: when stripped of the subtitles and cultural differences present in the original, the audience no longer have the added thrill of unfamiliarity to enhance the chills, and
Filed under: Blu-ray, Blu-ray Disc, DVD, The Leisure Lab, film reviews, The Eye, Jessica Alba, The Eye Review