Gentlemen, you had my curiosity. But now you have my attention.

I have just this very evening been to see "Django Unchained", Tarantino's latest piece of glory. Set in the Deep South two years before The Civil War, it tells the tale of Django, a slave who, after helping bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz collect the bounty on three unsavouries called “The Brittle Brothers”, joins the good Doctor in the business, becoming an absolute badass in the process. He then seeks out bloody vengeance in order to save his wife, Broomhilda, from “Candyland”. A place not nearly as delicious as the name suggests…

“Django Unchained” is two hours and forty five minutes of magnificence. The script fizzles with life and energy, helped by the truly great casting of all the central characters, as well as a truly delightful supporting cast. The complaints I’ve heard thus far in regards to the heavy use of “offensive” language are proven to be completely ridiculous. Tarantino is a director of authenticity and he is not going to pussy-foot around the language and culture of the time, however horrifying it might have been. And by not patronising us he delivers an admittedly gritty but all the more real feeling depiction of the slave trade of the South. The violence is as visceral and satisfying as ever, the whole cinema joining me in gleeful repulsion at the enormous levels of blood spilled, all delivered organically and free of CGI. He also shot the entire thing on film, giving it a vintage tone adding to the period setting of the piece.
The whole thing does indeed look beautiful, from the soaring landscapes, to the visually stunning shooting scenes.

I do not wish to give away anything plot-related, as I am heavily opposed to the disgusting activity of “spoilers”. All I shall say is that the amount of glorious death related one liners in this film is astronomical! And the deaths themselves are equally satisfying, as they are dealt upon such horrifyingly disgusting human beings. Like the Nazis in Inglourious Basterds, here Tarantino has access to an enemy so repulsive, that you feel justified in relishing in their often violent deaths. AND OFTEN THEY ARE! 
I will say, for any of you reading foolish enough to wonder, do not go into this expecting a nice Western. This is a bloody revenge fest, filled with some often quite sickening happenings. But if you’re expecting another glorious Tarantino masterpiece? Then aye, go ahead and enjoy!

New Party Members!

Now, you may have noticed that my helper monkey Eddy recently wrote an article for this distinguished publication. We have, in the past, planned on several projects to entertain the world, but never had the time/inspiration/equipment to do it properly. Well now we have them all! And some help.

A third writer will be joining us, who will be introducing himself soon. Hopefully between the three of us we'll be able to make this worth reading!

Anyway, hope you all enjoy what we've got in store for you.

Thanks for reading.

Fangasmic Fury!

I have a bad habit of not watching great television shows the first time they air. However I find this works to my advantage, as if I'd had to wait however many months there were between the end of Season 3 and the start of Season 4 of "Breaking Bad" I think I would have done some pretty nasty things. I was able to partake in the ancient tradition of tanking it all online in a matter of weeks (Cheers, Netflix!). This meant I could immediately carry on from all the dramatic cliff-hangers, avoiding the pain that everyone else must have experienced during the numerous "Breaking Bad" dry seasons. And oh my they enjoy their dramatic cliff hangers, so they do!

I find myself doing this with many television shows. Most recently I've gotten into "Supernatural", after being constantly met with shock and disgust at my having not seen it. Admittedly I've only watched the pilot so far, but it certainly seems like something special! Now I just need to find some spare time to sit down and get through all EIGHT BLOODY SEASONS!

The between-season wait that is currently destroying me is that of "Sherlock". With each series being only 3 episodes long, we only get three weeks at a time of this glorious show! And seeing as the 3rd episode of the last series aired on the 15 of January LAST YEAR we've already had to wait a long damn time for more brilliance. Coupled with the disgraceful news that filming of Series 3 will not even begin until March, it makes me one sad Panda!

I suppose life is full of traumatic moments like this, and I've always been a rather impatient little scoundrel. Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman, the stars of "Sherlock", have been busying themselves with matters of Hobbits and Dragons, so it's not as if they've left us with nothing to marvel at in the wait for Sherlock! And with two more glorious chapters to The Hobbit trilogy to go, I think I can let them off with this one! Now... if only I could catch up with Heroes...