Polly Scattergood: Polly Scattergood
Features
You'll know within seven minutes whether you've got the stomach for Polly Scattergood, a youthful Brit School graduate with the name and appearance of a consumptive Dickensian match-girl.
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Date Published: March 06, 2009

Shontelle: Shontelligence
Features
Shontelle Layne has inevitably drawn lazy comparisons with fellow Bajan R&B export Rihanna, but her debut reveals her to be a rather different proposition.
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Date Published: March 06, 2009

50 Cent: Blood on the Sand
Features
The only good news is that Blood on the Sand is a better than the first 50 Cent game. But bettering one of the worst games of all time is hardly an achievement, and fans needn't get excited.
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Date Published: March 06, 2009

Before I Forget
Features
This is an insight into a subculture that, it's fair to say, doesn't get a decent crack of the cinematic whip: the demi-monde of the ageing, former-gigolo, gay Frenchman. The first few minutes - an unhurried inspection of an unpleasant coughing fit of someone we can only assume is seriously ill - doesn't promise much fun.
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Date Published: April 17, 2009

DVD review: Mike Leigh at the BBC
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For anyone who has come to the Salford director's oeuvre late, this is a wonderful six-disc look at the early days. Abigail's Party - as toe-curlingly embarrassing as anything from Larry David or Ricky Gervais - is the famous one, but Nuts in May and Grown-Ups run it very close in sharp, observational comedy. Alison Steadman and Roger Sloman's veggie duo in the former are as indelible as Steadman's famous monster, Beverly. A reminder, too, how many of these gems arrived via Play for Today or BBC2 Playhouse series. Nothing remotely like them exists in today's BBC.
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Date Published: April 17, 2009

DVD review: The Baader Meinhof Complex
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A very lengthy history of the far-left terrorist group that shocked Germany from 1968 onwards. It is written by director Uli Edel and Bernd Eichinger, who also did the screenplay for the impressive Downfall; its Hitler, Bruno Ganz, is present here again as the voice of reason and boss of the federal police. The kicking-off point for this group's radicalisation is seen as the brutality of the police reaction to a protest at the visit of the shah of Iran. Like most of the violence and explosions in the film's 145-minute running time, it is convincingly real. Featuring more smoking than you'll ever see in an episode of Mad Men, even when its antiheroes are in prison, it is an interesting re-enactment of a startling historical period often overlooked today.
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Date Published: April 17, 2009

Rock Band 2
Features
There's no doubt that playing along to music tracks as part of an entire band composed of plastic instruments constitutes some of the finest party fun available to mankind.
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Date Published: December 23, 2008

Game review: FIFA '09
Features
FIFA '09 is the closest edition yet to replicating the fluid action seen in arch rival Pro Evolution Soccer (PES).
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Date Published: October 09, 2008

Game review: Civilization Revolution
Features
Forget Brain Training, the best way to exercise your grey matter is with Civilization Revolution on the DS.
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Date Published: October 03, 2008

100 Classic Book Collection - Nintendo DS
Features
Fancy a light spot of reading?
Source: Pocket-lint
Date Published: December 31, 2008

Jabra SP700 Bluetooth speakerphone
Features
Calls through your car stereo
Source: Pocket-lint
Date Published: December 31, 2008

HP HDX16-1010EA notebook
Features
Can this smaller desktop replacement perform?
Source: Pocket-lint
Date Published: December 30, 2008