Dad Stuff Archive

'HE' RISES...

Posted on 19 July 2012 , under Dad Stuff

Review: The Dark Knight Rises Christopher Nolan’s second sequel to the sequence begun in 2005 with Batman Begins is finally here and we’re giving you our impressions from ahead of the release on Friday the 20th. For those looking for good news, I can’t legitimately report that The Dark Knight Rises is a bad film. With the repository of talent both in front of and behind

REVIEW: BRAVE

Posted on 19 July 2012 , under Dad Stuff

As the date approaches for a decision to be made on her suitor, young Princess Merida wants nothing more than to escape the confines of the castle and royal life to keep her freedom for just a little longer. Pixar’s latest outing will likely be remembered more for the creative scuffles during production and the fact that it marks the CG house’s first princess than

REVIEW: PANASONIC LUMIX DCM-SZ1

Posted on 18 July 2012 , under Dad Stuff

In the increasingly competitive world of Smartphone Camera versus Compact Camera in terms of ease of use and portability, the Panasonic Lumix DCM-SZ1 is a super light-weight point and shoot which offers the novice photographer a serious step up from a smart camera while remaining simple to use without needing to know endless technical photography knowledge. The Panasonic Lumix DCM-SZ1 houses a 16.1 megapixel CCD

REVIEW: PROMETHEUS

Posted on 08 June 2012 , under Dad Stuff

In the not so distant future, a team of scientists discover an impossible link between ancient civilisations that sends them on an interstellar journey in pursuit of the origins of mankind. What they find may be the beginning of our extinction... In 1979, Ridley Scott took the seed sown by Star Wars two years before and used a blockbuster budget and cutting edge technology to

REVIEW: SONY XPERIA U

Posted on 08 June 2012 , under Dad Stuff

Great design and specs at a budget price, with a few caveats... Newly rebranded Sony Mobile has rolled out another couplet of handsets, including the iPhone killer the Xperia P and the eminently pocketable Xperia U which we’re going to take a look at today. The Xperia U acts as a companion handset to the P and the Xperia S in some ways but also flies

REVIEW: CASA DE MI PADRE

Posted on 07 June 2012 , under Dad Stuff

With his father’s ranch in trouble, a war with a drug lord looming and a lady to woo, Armando Alvarez sets out to get his father’s Casa in order. In Casa de mi Padre, Will Ferrell plays a Spanish dude. Did you laugh yet? If so, you’re going to have a fantastic time with the film. If not, this really isn’t for you. Your enjoyment of

AVENGERS ASSEMBLE

Posted on 23 April 2012 , under Dad Stuff

Four years and five features is long enough to be kept in suspense’s cruel clutches. So, I’ll cut to the quick...Joss Whedon’s The Avengers is spectacular. The film is witty, thrilling, gorgeous, stuffed with sensational set-pieces and, best of all, its sheer quality comes as a complete shock! You might even say it’s “Marvellous”, though the Humour-Police would lynch you for it... It’s possible my

REVIEW: SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE

Posted on 23 April 2012 , under Dad Stuff

When Albert Einstein teamed up with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to create the Mobile Telephone back in 1492, the principle was to construct a device that fit snugly into one’s palm and was operable singlehandedly. From time immemorial, at least one facet of this gloriously imprecise statement was, in point of fact, accurate. Handhelds were just that. At least until the HTC Titan and perhaps more

REVIEW: CONTRABAND

Posted on 15 March 2012 , under Dad Stuff

When reformed smuggler Chris Farraday is coaxed into pulling off one last heist to save his family from sundry undesirables, he sets about the unenviable task of smuggling a car-load of super-notes out of Panama. Tension ensues. As you’ve probably guessed, your enjoyment of Contraband will correlate directly with your partiality toward the heist genre. While this aint Ocean’s Eleven, there’s a certain earthy quality

REVIEW: 21 JUMP STREET

Posted on 14 March 2012 , under Dad Stuff

New police academy graduates Schmidt (Hill) and Jenko (Tatum) get assigned 21 Jump Street – an undercover unit which sends youthful looking police officers into high schools. To investigate a dangerous new designer drug, the pair must head back to school. For years now, Jonah Hill has been telling anyone that will listen that he’s working on his own version of 21 Jump Street and

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