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I’m a big fan of BBC documentaries. There’s something about them that’s so uplifting, so utterly positive, that even in a world where the Gulf of Mexico is disappearing, possibly forever, and the Great Barrier Reef is being chipped away at year by year, and the East coast of Africa is a toxic dumping ground, you can still take a moment and appreciate the beauty that this planet does have left.

TThe post apocalyptic world of The Book of Eli will be familiar to those who have played the classic videogame series Fallout. Denzel Washington plays Eli, a lone walker carrying a book that is precious to him, on a mission that only he knows about. It is a world where the sky has been torn open by nuclear war, leaving the Earth desolate and empty. Bandits and thieves harass and murder innocents on the road for basic supplies; Eli is clearly a tough individual to have survived. Read more...

The 3D gaming stations impressed passerbys. And there were many good reasons to stop in your tracks. In addition to seeing or playing new 3D gaming titles like Super Stardust HD 3D and MotorStorm Pacific Rift on Playstation 3, attendees got the chance to game against or watch the wizard-like skills of pro gamer, Kevin Garcia (aka "DARKscorpion," his gamer tag). Read more...

It’s rare that you can actually point to a single element in a film and say “if this wasn’t here it would be a much better movie”. In the case of The Wolfman it’s Benicio Del Toro; I enjoyed everything else but I was so completely underwhelmed by the lead that it was an effort to look past him to see a movie I wanted to enjoy. Fortunately the Blu-ray version of The Wolfman has a great deal more to offer on top of the film, making it a pretty cool disc to have in your collection. Read more...

It's not magic nor rocket science...it's just Tech! Making DLNA work in your home media centre.. Read more...

Okay, show of hands, how many people never bothered to set the clock on their VCR? No, I'm not talking about not knowing how, I'm talking about not caring enough to do it. I used to set the time on the VCR, until I realized that it didn't really matter. I didn't record things with it, much less record things that had some temporal requirement (recording x show at y time). Eventually, and I do remember this being exciting, someone came up with the idea of VCR+ codes. A series of numbers that when you used with VCR+ enabled VCRs, could be used to set the VCR to record a certain program at a certain time. Well, those days have drawn to a close. VCR+ codes are no longer being generated. Read more...

The Lord of the Rings trilogy landed at the box office with a huge impact. The idea of bringing Tolkien's master work to screen had been a dream of filmmakers and studios for over half a century; an animated effort was aborted shortly after The Hobbit was finished. The trilogy itself was said to be unfilmable. Read more...

It’s no secret that I’m a big fan of Harmony remotes. It’s rare that a product gets it as right as the folks at Logitech do: Harmony remotes deliver exactly what they promise with a remote that really can replace the ones you have, and can do it easily. So where does the 650 fit in that lineup? Read more...

Just when the movie theatres started luring people away from the home theatre with 3D movies, 3D tv sets hit the market. Is there a real reason to pay $10 for a tub of popcorn again? Read more...

Back when TV was new, watching TV was a family event -- not the ubiquitous always-on attention sink it is now. Families made plans to gather before the small glowing box and be entertained in a new way. It seems that everything old is new again as 3DTV technology begins hitting the marketplace. Read more...

Find a new perspective on the Halo universe with Halo Legends on Blu-ray. Six stories and one parody will draw you into the UNSC and the worlds of the Covenant. Does it do the best selling video game series justice? Find out inside... Read more...

The Hurt Locker (directed by Kathryn Bigelow) is an independent film going up against the heavyweights in this years Oscar fray. Is is as good as they say it is? Find out inside... Read more...

Adapted from the 2007 comic book of the same name, Planet Hulk on Blu-ray gives life and motion to a series that captured the attention of Marvel fans around the world. This isn't your average Hulk story; it begins with the not-so-jolly green giant exiled from Earth by Iron Man, Mr. Fantastic, and Dr. Strange. How does it fare on Blu-ray? Details inside... Read more...

Weeds Season 5 on Blu-ray has done something I'm thoroughly impressed with: it has delivered an undeniably awesome TV-on-Blu-ray experience. Opting for gorgeous 1080p video and 7.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, it's one of the highest quality TV experiences I've ever enjoyed. Seeing a show so entertaining with this much attention to presentation detail puts other TV-to-Blu-ray sets to shame. Read more...

From Neveldine/Taylor (the twisted pair that brought you Crank) comes Gamer, the story of a man convicted of murder and forced to fight for his freedom as a puppet in the worlds largest online murder reality game. Starring Gerard Butler, Michael C. Hall, and Terry Crews, Gamer is an irreverent, schizophrenically fun action flick. It's even better on Blu-ray... Read more...