Reviews

By RJ Bayley By now you’ve probably seen Marvel Studio’s Iron Man Three (I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again, if it says ‘Three’ on the BBFC card and at the end of the movie, then its ‘three’, not ’3′, as the posters insist). Its a very good movie. it’s got twists and turns [...]

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By Georgi Bomb French trio, Sofy Major prepare to unleash their second, full length album upon the world and it’s more than ready to slap you around the face in the ring. It’s a miracle they even got to this stage after flying to Brooklyn to record said album, and losing all their equipment in [...]

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Certificate: 18 Director: Fede Alvarez Writer: Fede Alvarez, Rodo Sayagues Stars: Jane Levy, Shiloh Fernandez, Lou Taylor Puucci By Michelle Butterworth   With ‘The Most Terrifying Film You Will Ever Experience‘ scrawled across its blood-red poster, expectations were set quite high for Uruguayan writer-director Fede Alvarez’s remake of Sam Raimi’s 1981 cult classic; and thanks to a [...]

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By Andrew Neary            Last July, the LA Times started a rumour surrounding one of the greatest films ever created. Now, it seems that rumour is true – The Shining is going to be given prequel, because everyone loves prequels. There had been nothing more said about the rumour until last [...]

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By Georgi Bomb Despite coming from a land of laid back people and sunshine, Aussie band, Thy Art Is Murder have a lot to grip about on their second album, Hate. Despite signing to Nuclear Blast Records and being one of the most talked about deathcore bands in the UK, Hate has a lot of [...]

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By RJ Bayley In the good old Mary Whitehouse days of the early 80′s, if the ruling conservative power didn’t like a movie they could simply ban it. Often these were low budget, extremely graphic (for then) gore fests released straight to video; hence the infamous ‘Video Nasties’ list. There’s often a misconception amongst horror [...]

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By Georgi Bomb The sixth release from Lordi arises through a rather tragic time for the band. 2012 saw Lordi achieve their 20th anniversary but sadly saw the passing of drummer, Otus. But late in the year, a new keyboardist and drummer were announced and To Beast or Not to Beast was born. It feels disrespectful to call [...]

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By Georgi Bomb Those cheeky Irish chaps are back with the follow up to 2009′s Tales From The Grave but this time, they bring more fun and humour to the mix with The Terror Tapes. The intense riffs, punching energy and hair swinging solos have all congregated in the centre of this album, producing this insanely addictive [...]

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By Georgi Bomb You always expect a little something extra when you’re attending the final date of a tour. After a gruelling four weeks, Hour of Penance, The Black Dahlia Murder, Cannibal Corpse and Devildriver refuse to give in to fatigue and throw in every last ounce of energy into the Glasgow show this evening.

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By Gregor Crawford Dominant black tattoo running down the right side of his face, dark dreads pulling down the back of his bald head and a hoop ring hanging from his nostrils, Paul Booth gives off the image and inspiration behind his style of tattoo. Dark. Dark as 2 in the morning. Paul Booth is [...]

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By RJ Bayley My last release of PMS was aimed at how the Star Wars prequel films negatively affected the original trilogy by weeing all over its legacy. But what if we look at the very core of the Star Wars universe; the 6 live action films? Sadly the prequels still do damage to the [...]

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By Georgi Bomb If you were to take Scott Stapp from Creed and shake him up with Neil Fallon from Clutch, then pour them over a simmering hotpot of Periphery, Neurosis and Fear Factory, then you would have Ocean of Slumber’s self released album, Aetherial.

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  The 85th Academy Awards are almost upon us and in the excitement of the ceremony three Culture Bomb contributors have decided to take a look at all the Best Picture nominated films in order to give their opinions. Click the links below to see what we think! Amour – Directed by Michael Haneke   [...]

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Certificate: 12A Director: Benh Zeitlin Starring: Quvenzhane Wallis, Dwight Henry, Levy Easterly Academy Award Nominations: 4 Including: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress and Best Adapted Screenplay By Michelle Butterworth If it’s been too long since you’ve seen any real magic in life, Court 13, a group of young independent filmmakers who, in their own words, ‘tell huge stories [...]

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Certificate: 12A Director: Michael Haneke Starring: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva, Isabelle Huppert, and Alexandre Tharaud Academy Award Nominations: 5 Including: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actress and Best Foreign Language Film. By Andrew Neary Things will go on, and then one day it will all be over. On talking about Amour, Michael [...]

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