Cinema Review: Arme Riddere (Jackpot)

Jonathon Dabell takes a look at Scandinavian crime movie Jackpot starring Henrik Mestad and Kyrre Hellum with direction coming from Magnus Martens. On Limited Released at selected UK Cinemas. Scandinavian cinema is hitting a peak at the moment, courtesy of titles like cult horror smash Dead Snow, The Dragon Tattoo Trilogy starring Noomi Rapace and the critically lauded thriller Headhunters from earlier this year. Jackpot is based on an original screen story by Jo Nesbo (the Scandinavian... Read More

Game Review: Sleeping Dogs

Jonathan Szafran delivers his verdict on the eagerly awaited open-world crime thriller, out this week for PC, Xbox360 and PlayStation 3 (reviewed). Sleeping Dogs has endured a notoriously long and arduous development process. Beginning its life years ago as True Crime: Hong Kong and then killed off by Activision last year, it was ultimately resurrected by Square Enix and led by its original developer United Front Games. The triumphant experience that emerges from this creative... Read More