Smashbomb

Search

Search results

All (2840)

Content

Sarah (7800 KP) created a post

Jun 11, 2019

Last night I went to watch Backstreet Boys at the Manchester Arena. Not going to lie, BSB were one of my favourite bands when I was younger and I was never able to see them live at the time. So needless to say when they announced a new tour, I jumped at the chance to go and the tickets were like gold dust.

All I can say is that after 26 years in the business, the boys have still got it. They've all got fantastic voices live which is a bit of a surprise for a boyband and they can't half dance too. They really know how to put on a good show, and the majority of the audience were up on their feet throughout the entire show (us included). They did a good mix of all of their classic tunes interspersed with some from the new album too. If I have to criticise anything, they could have upped the stage production. It was just them on a massive stage with a lot of flashing lights and videos of random things playing on a screen in the background. Whilst its impressive that they can hold the stage themselves, maybe a little more would've been good. Also, I was a bit sad that they didnt come out on stage dressed as monsters for Everybody... but still a very good show and a childhood dream come true 9/10

I'll leave you with a picture of me & my friend rocking our retro looking BSB tickets ?

Kudos Comment

Andy K (10823 KP) Jun 11, 2019

Looking great Sarah! Thanks for posting!

Kudos

Erika (17789 KP) Jun 12, 2019

I saw BSB around 8 years ago, when they toured with NKOTB, they're so good! Glad you got to see them!

Kudos

Kristin (149 KP) rated All The Dead Things (Deathling Chronicles #1) in Books

Dec 7, 2018

Disclaimer: I received an e-copy in exchange for an honest review.

"Groundhog's Day" meets "Supernatural" in this exciting tale of Death and his minions!

Stan can see monsters. He's been able to do it since he was a toddler, and he saw one kill his father right in front of him. His mom doesn't believe him, of course, and he's been seeing a shrink ever since. That hasn't stopped him from seeing them, though; he's just learned how to ignore them and act "normal" over the years. That is, until this one day where he just snaps after seeing one at the end of the road. He screams at it, and it vanishes; Stan feels like he's accomplished something, after all this time. However, he wakes up the next day to find it's not ACTUALLY the next day; he's stuck in a time loop, and nobody else seems to realize it. How did this happen? And better yet, how does he fix it?

This was such a great story that I read it all in one sitting! I couldn't put it down; I had to know what was going to happen next. It's such an interesting take on the idea of the Grim Reaper, and it had all sorts of wonderful aspects: humor, love, loss, a little horror, members of the kinda-dead, and more. I really hope to read more from this author very soon, and I will be sure to pass along this title to all my friends.

5 stars =)

Kudos

LeftSideCut (3776 KP) rated Book of Monsters (2018) in Movies

Jan 21, 2020

Book of Monsters (2018)

2018 | Comedy, Horror

5.4

(5 Ratings)

Movie Rating

At its best, Book of Monsters is really silly, and it knows it. It's not trying to be anymore than it is, and it has a sort of low budget charm to it.
At its worst, it feels like a tiny step up from a run of the mill student film, cringey acting and all.

It's not fair to shit on BoM too much. It's important to remember that it started life as a Kickstarter project, from Stewart Sparke, the director of the similarly low rent The Creature Below.
It was made on a micro-budget, and as such has a cheap look to it. But the movies tongue-in-cheek approach and semi-inspired creature designs make it more enjoyable than expected! Everyone involved seems to be having a great time, the (intentionally?) awful script still managed to make me laugh here and there, and there's enough silly gore to satisfy fans of the genre.

That being said, the acting isn't great from anybody, even if it is a bit of fun. The pacing is questionable, and there are several awkward silences littered throughout which are quite cringey. There's nothing wrong with going for silly campy horror-schlock, but its been done before and much better (although admittedly, on higher budgets!)

I won't be watching it again anytime soon, but I'd say it's worth checking out the once just to experience the sheer silliness of it all. It would be nice to see what this team could do with proper funding.

Kudos

AJaneClark (3975 KP) Jan 22, 2020

Completely agree with you here

Kudos

Tim McGuire (301 KP) rated Doom: Annihilation (2019) in Movies

Mar 3, 2020

Doom: Annihilation (2019)

2019 | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi

4.6

(15 Ratings)

Movie Rating Watch

B Movie Fun!!

390. Doom: Annihilation. I put it on, the sole intention being to see if it was animated, roughly an hour and forty minutes later the movie ended. And I liked it a helluva lot better than the 2005 Urban/Johnson shitfest. This one obvi has the lower budget of the two, but in my opinion, they made it work. The CGI was minimal, and the creatures looked great for practical effects. I only recognized one of the actors, but again, for what this is, I thought the acting was pretty sweet. It has an Aliens meets Starship Troopers vibe to me, in a low budget way... On Earth scientists are working on a teleportation device to send people on up to the Martian moon of Phobos. But wouldn't you know it, something went wrong. It seems the quick trip through hyper space, the passengers may take a quick trip through a place that looks a lot like hell, or Mustafar, and may have picked up an extra passenger or two, oops. They are not friendly by the way, matter of fact they kind of just tear through everyone like toilet paper, but luckily there's a squad of Space Marines to help, or just become more food for the monsters from Hell. Is there a mad scientist involved? Um yea. So if you can handle the low budget-ness of it, it's a pretty cool sci fi flick. Screw the critics... Still staring at the cover photo, wondering if that's Frank still wearing his stupid bunny suit. Filmbufftim on FB