A Merry Christmas to all

To those people, I’ve not seen in years, all the best for 2023.

More DJI Avata with GyroFlow

I created another video for my Avata review exploring the world of GyroFlow.
Unfortunately, this will be the last Avata video, as the drone has now returned to DJI.

DJI Avata

My DJI Avata review has just gone live on Tech Radar.

It’s an amazing peice of equipment that pushes the boundary between FPV and cine drones that’s a blast to fly.

I’ll be posting some more videos created with the DJI avata shortly.

Autel EVO Nano+

Having covered the Lite+, Autel very kindly sent me the EVO Nano+ for me to cover for Tech Radar.

Things didn’t go to plan, initially.

As I had a drone ending crash, destroying that machine completely.

A very broken NANO+

This drone was very kindly replaced by Autel, and things went better after that.

Here are the two videos associated with the review.

Autel EVO Lite+ vs DJI Air 2S

A comparison of these two great drones has just gone live on TechRadar,

Autel EVO Lite+

I’ve just reviewed this amazing piece of equipment on TechRadar

Here are some direct links to the videos showing what this drone can do.

Autel EVO Lite+ Samples

Kick-Ass!!!!

Got to see this superb movie about two weeks back, and at last I can tell people about it.
My review on Den of Geek is here.

Star Trek Review

Last week I was lucky enough to get invited to a press screening of Star Trek
You can find out if I thought the phasers were set to stun or kill here

Merlin – the whole series reviewed

On Den of Geek I’ve been reviewing Merlin for my sins. Here is the complete list of my Merlin Reviews.

Episode 1 review Episode 2 review Episode 3 review Episode 4 review Episode 5 review Episode 6 review Episode 7 review Episode 8 review Episode 9 review Episode 10 review Episode 11 review Episode 12 review Episode 13 review

Ssssh....Merlin is pants

Spooks: Code 9

I’d love to tell you that when Spooks: Code 9 finished last night I penned a missive to the BBC demanding it return. But I didn’t.

Here’s my reviews of all six epsiodes:

Episode 1
Episode 2
Episode 3
Episode 4
Episode 5
Episode 6

It’s on DVD from today, amazingly!

The Sarah Connor Chronicles DVD review

My review of The Sarah Connor Chronicles on DVD is on Den of Geek here…
This is a great show, even if the DVD release doesn’t actually build much on that.

Vantage Point on Blu-ray review

I’m going to keep this review as spoiler-free as I can, so I’m not be divulging the plot twist that is supposed to be the highlight of this movie. Partly because in my opinion it’s not worth actually telling people, and everyone should get the chance to shout at the screen Whiskey-Tango-Foxtrot at that juncture.

But to be honest it wasn’t the only time I was forced to voice my incredulity as the events portrayed in this movie, whole sections make about as much sense as Amy Whinehouse does after a complete bender.

If you didn’t catch the promotions for this movie the premise is simple, if not borrowed from at least three other movies I can think of. We’re presented with 23 minutes or time which usually runs to about 10 minutes of screentime, in which the same events are seen from a different perspective. With each ‘vantage point’ we get more information about the characters, their motivations and additional clues to what’s actually going on. Which, unsurprisingly, isn’t what we’re initially drawn to think.

Been Geek Busy…

Here are a bunch of things I’ve written on geek recently…

10 Great Geek Moments in Movies
Gotham Knight Bluray review
Sweeney Todd Blu-ray Review
Men in Black Blu-ray Review

The Professionals on Blu-ray

I’ve not seen a old movie on Blu-ray before, so I’m glad the first one I did see was this one. Read about it here.

I, Robot on Blu-ray

At last some decent movies on Blu-ray. My review of I,Robot can be found here.