Category: Features

Posted on: May 6, 2010 Posted by: Jay NeuFutur Comments: 0

A Mind To Kill: Series 1 (DVD Set)

A Mind To Kill is a show that I’ve been curious about for a while now; off the top of my head, it is one of the few shows that ran for as long as it did to not receive an American DVD release. Acorn Media has taken the first step to engendering a love for the show in American audiences by the releasing of the first season’s DVD set.…

Posted on: May 6, 2010 Posted by: Jay NeuFutur Comments: 0

Pa’Qui Reposado (Tequila)

I know that we are only a few minutes away from the end of the night, but I thought that we here at NeuFutur would have a little bit of the Cinco De Mayo spirit. We have been holding back on covering Pa’Qui (Aztec for “to be happy”) for a while now, not only because it is such a beautifully-covered tequila but also because it is one of the most…

Posted on: May 5, 2010 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Rendering Issue

Hey all, James here from NeuFutur. Just wanted to let everyone know that there is a minor rendering issue present with some of the pages. I’m currently fixing what I can, but if anyone would like to help, just comment any page that looks wonky. I’ll get to it whenever I can. anfnewsacctwww.neufutur.com

Posted on: May 4, 2010 Posted by: John B. Moore Comments: 0

Deadliest Catch – Season 5 (DVD)

I have managed to ignore the seemingly inexplicable pull of the Discovery Channel’s Deadliest Catch up until now. Watching a show about fishing sounds about as exciting as… well, watching someone fish. Man was I ever wrong! John B. Moorewww.neufutur.com

Posted on: May 4, 2010 Posted by: Jay NeuFutur Comments: 0

Tom Clancy Splinter Cell: Conviction (Xbox 360)

It seems as the years pass on a video game franchise, that there is always a tendency to begin to let inertia take over and for subsequent releases to merely rehash what was revolutionary years ago. While the Splinter Cell line never got to that point, Ubisoft has allowed the developers to take Sam Fisher’s story in a drastically different way. Where there was a decidedly stealth-heavy component in previous…

Posted on: May 4, 2010 Posted by: Jay NeuFutur Comments: 0

Breckenridge Summerbright Ale (Beer)

After we opened up the beer side of the alcohol review section, I found myself in a serious quandary. We were receiving some seriously full-body beers, and were not getting too much in the way of more mild or properly seasonal types of efforts. The Summerbright beer is the perfect middle ground between these tremendously deep and full-bodied beers and the more familiar, macro styles of portable bread. Saying that,…

Posted on: May 3, 2010 Posted by: Jay NeuFutur Comments: 0

2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa (Playstation 3)

EA Sports’ latest efforts in the soccer realm may just be the best in-genre that I have ever played. Instead of being a reskin of FIFA 10, there are a number of serious steps taken with this title. The amount of uniqueness brought forth soccer sims by this title is simply stellar, as individuals can expect to play as any one of nearly 200 different national teams. Furthermore, the inclusion…

Posted on: May 3, 2010 Posted by: Jesse_Hayges Comments: 0

Pandamania: Legend Of The Fu-Manchu Review (iPhone Game)

The origins of the Fu-Manchu were shrouded in mystery, and were covered in what I assumed to be spicy mustard, until Wikipedia showed me the way. While, the main character of Pandamania, made by FizzPow Games Inc., is not a villain capable of great evils, nor a Doctor by any definition, Fu-Manchu is an anti-hero of sorts. He travels the world, a bad ass with a bow, sporting his trademarked…

Posted on: April 30, 2010 Posted by: Jay NeuFutur Comments: 0

NeuFutur Magazine and Iggy and the Stooges Want To Give You a Guitar!

To commemorate the Legacy and Deluxe re-issue releases of the seminal album, Raw Power, Legacy Recordings and neufutur.com are giving you the chance to win a Gibson Les Paul Studio Raw Power guitar signed by guitarist James Williamson. Raw Power Legacy Edition hit in-stores 4/13, while the Deluxe edition hit stores 4/27. Jay NeuFuturwww.neufutur.com

Posted on: April 29, 2010 Posted by: John B. Moore Comments: 0

Beth Thornley – Wash U Clean (CD)

LA, by way of Alabama, musician Beth Thornley may have turned in the first record of 2010 that is simply too impossible to cram into an easily definable genre. And that’s a good thing. Her third album, Wash U Clean, is at times Power Pop, singer songwriter and indie pop and often all at once. Rather than sounding sloppy, the effect is refreshingly brilliant. From the quirky album opener and…

Posted on: April 28, 2010 Posted by: Jesse_Hayges Comments: 2

FlickTweets Review (iPhone)

“I figure the odds be fifty-fifty” – Frank Zappa (From the song “Fifty-fifty”) While the song is by far much cooler and also far more ‘indie’ than this app, the quote seems to sum up my thoughts on this release from FlickTweets. The app is simple in its execution, and it does what it promises, but I do have my doubts about it. I also have some grievances as well.…

Posted on: April 28, 2010 Posted by: Jay NeuFutur Comments: 0

Doc Martin, Series 3 (DVD)

Doc Martin, for those that have missed it up to this point, is an ITV-shown comedy/drama that surrounds the culture clash that general practicioner Martin Ellingham (Martin Clunes, of Men Behaving Badly and Hunting Venus) has with eir new assignment in Portwenn, a backwards type of town. The third season of Doc Martin continues this formula but contains more than enough new material to keep individuals watching through. Jay NeuFuturwww.neufutur.com

Posted on: April 28, 2010 Posted by: Jay NeuFutur Comments: 0

Hitler’s Bodyguard (DVD)

There have been enough in the way of documentaries about every aspect of Hitler’s life, leadership style, personal relationships, and the like to fill a warehouse. However, a great many of these releases have been on the poor side, either ignoring entire lines of reasoning or coming forth as badly researched. Hitler’s Bodyguard, a ten-hour documentary, originally was aired on the Military Channel (which itself is held by Discovery). Jay…

Posted on: April 27, 2010 Posted by: Jay NeuFutur Comments: 0

Final Fantasy XIII (PS3)

I still remember when Final Fantasy X came out and being absolutely stunned at the graphical quality of the characters, the environments, and wondering exactly how Square Enix would continue to build up off of that. With each subsequent title in the Final Fantasy series on the current generation of consoles, they have further ratcheted up this video quality to create a more immersive experience. The game itself surrounds two…

Posted on: April 27, 2010 Posted by: Jay NeuFutur Comments: 0

Christian Scott – Yesterday You Said Tomorrow (CD)

Christian Scott is a young face in jazz that could conceivably bring a blast of fresh air to the genre. The sheer amount and scope of collaborations that ey has done in the last few years is impressive, and includes a whos-who list in music (Mos Def, Prince, and DJ Muggs are just three). Instead of merely resting on eir laurels, Scott has just released eir latest album, “Yesterday You…

Posted on: April 26, 2010 Posted by: Jay NeuFutur Comments: 1

Lisa Bell – Dancing on the Moon (CD)

“Dancing On The Moon” is a rich entry to the world of Lisa Bell, as her vocals marry together all the strengths of artists like Sheryl Crow, Feist, and even Shania Twain. The instrumentation works nicely in the creation of compelling and alluring music, all while allowing Bell’s vocals to shine the brightest they can. “No Time” is a confident track in the sense that it clocks in at four…

Posted on: April 26, 2010 Posted by: Jay NeuFutur Comments: 0

The Thomas Crown Affair | Cocoon (Blu-Ray) Reviews

Fox has released two modern classics on Blu-Ray for the first time: 1985’s Cocoon and 1999’s The Thomas Crown Affair. Where it will still take a number of years to transfer the contents of Fox/MGM’s library to the Blu-Ray format, releasing these two titles from different decades will hopefully garner enough sales to merit further journeys into the vaults. The Thomas Crown Affair (Blu-Ray) / 2010 Fox / 113 Minutes…

Posted on: April 25, 2010 Posted by: Jay NeuFutur Comments: 0

Crazy on the Outside (Blu-Ray)

Throughout the course of the last twenty-five or so years, Tim Allen has rapidly moved up from time as a stand-up comedian to a television and even to a silver screen star. It is thus not surprising that Allen’s next challenge would be as a director, so here we are with eir own, self-funded title Crazy on the Outside. In this film, Allen plays Tommy, an individual that was sent…

Posted on: April 25, 2010 Posted by: Jay NeuFutur Comments: 0

Deadly Impact Unrated (DVD)

It seems as if Deadly Impact was a film that went under a great many radars when it was first released, but Fox / MGM has looked to rectify that with the release of the movie’s unrated version. In Deadly Impact, a set of hard-nosed individuals played by The Sopranos star Joe Pantoliano and Sean Patrick Flanery (from The Boondock Saints) strike out against one another. This is because Thomas…