After years away from the big screen (and indeed the small screen... screens of all size, come to think of it) it's finally time to play the music, light the lights and meet the Muppets once again. But can these fuzzy little creatures really recapture the magic that made us fall in with love with … [Read more...]
Music Dorkage: Is “This Is My Jam” The Next Big Thing?
A few weeks ago I started testing out “This Is My Jam”, the latest and greatest way to share your musical taste. You might have heard of it already, with early adopters spreading its gospel on Twitter and around the web. With most new websites, apps or services, I take joy in picking them apart … [Read more...]
Therm Au Rouge: no more cold wine
If there's one thing I hate, it's cold red wine. To me, red wine is a tasty, heady drink best served at room temperature (and with a block of cheese). So, I've developed a rather worrying tendency to warm bottles up by popping them on the radiator or plunging them into boiling … [Read more...]
Three Alternative Films to Watch This Valentine’s Day
Fed up with the usual soppy mush that invades your TV over Valentine’s Day? Sick of watching Kate Hudson in the same film she seems to release every year? Salvation is here in the form of an alternative guide to Valentine’s viewing. Depending on your point of view, it’s either a wonderfully … [Read more...]
Top Five Romantic Gadgets
Love or hate Valentine's day, it's a great excuse to add a bit of romance into your life. Of course, there's no need to sacrifice the geekery and with this in mind I've rounded up some of the best Valentine's appropriate bits of technology on the market right now… 1. Candlelight without the … [Read more...]
Grimm – Dork Preview
Starting tonight on the Watch channel , it’s US import Grimm! Fairy tales seem to be heavily in fashion at the moment, with recent movies about both Red Riding Hood and Snow White, not to mention both this and Once Upon A Time drawing heavily upon their folklore on US TV. Grimm has beaten Once … [Read more...]
Being Human: Being Human 1955 – Dork Review
In New Being Human this week, it’s time to introduce vampire Hal, replacing for long-term bloodsucker Mitchell. Will he meet the same standards of handsome brooding, blood-sucking and looking a bit homeless? Or, after three years of Mitchell moping, will we finally get some entertainment? And can … [Read more...]
Ear Candy: Ministry of Sound Discotheque headphones
Ministry of Sound has been a staple on the club scene ever since 1991, and its ever-expanding brand now stretches to a record label and electronics. Being a brand mostly associated with DJs, it's obvious that headphones would be high on their product agenda. I got my hands on some of their new … [Read more...]
Before Watchmen: the comic book prequel no one wants
It's always a bad sign when your press release launching a new project includes an apology for the existence of the project. DC Comics' announcement that it plans to publish 35 new Watchmen comics this year, 25 years after the original 12-issue series blew the doors off the entire super-hero genre, … [Read more...]
Being Human: Eve Of The War – Dork Review
They’re back! The vampire/ghost/werewolf flatshare drama Being Human is on BBC Three again, but a lot has changed. Well, not for Annie the ghost, she’s still dead, but everything else OH MY GOD. Like many British dramas before them, Being Human are throwing out the baby, the bathwater, the bath and … [Read more...]
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