BOOM brings you witty, insightful reviews of the latest films, DVDs & Blu-rays, games, music and books. And some cracking competitions.

competitions

Feeling lucky? Enter our competitions for a chance to win a copy of:

Youngers or Bait or Billy Liar or Dead Man Down or Louie or Life of Pi or The Equalizer or Prisoners' Wivevs series 1 & 2 or Jonathan Creek: The Clue of the Savant's Thumb

latest dvd reviews:

¤ Quartet ¤ More oldies having a bit of fun...at our expense.

¤ Alex Cross ¤ X definitely marks the spot for this dreary thriller.

¤ Life of Pi ¤ A great cinematic slice of 3.14 recurring.

¤ Billy Liar ¤ Fifty years on and Billy's still looking fresh in this restored version.

¤ Jack Reacher ¤ Tom Cruise IS Jack Reacher. Which may mean something to some...

latest game reviews:

¤ Lego CIty Undercover ¤ Meet Chase McCain, the new kid on the Lego block.

¤ Bioshock Infinite ¤ BioShock Infinite takes gaming to dizzying heights.

¤ Luigi's Mansion 2: Dark Moon ¤ Luigi hits the spirits hard for his latest adventure.

¤ Gears of War: Judgment ¤ This fourth Gears is really going through the motions.

¤ Far Cry 3 ¤ It's like the perfect 18-30 holiday... but with guns!

interviews:

We recently caught up with the legend that is Kermit and his friend Pepe the King Prawn for a chat, where they revealed - amongst other things - the actor they hate the most. And we mean really hate... See our interview with Kermit and Pepe here.

latest film reviews:

¤ Star Trek into Darkness ¤ JJ Abram's sequel to his Star Trek re-boot will leave everyone beaming.

¤ Mud ¤ Matthew McConaughey gets his hands dirty for his latest role.

¤ Iron Man 3 ¤ Downey Jr. gets suited and booted for a third time to play the man in the can.

¤ Bernie ¤ Jack Black dies a death as funeral director Bernie.

¤ Olympus Has Fallen ¤ Die Hard at the White House.

latest music reviews:

¤ Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience ¤ JT's back with his sights set on the big time once more.

¤ Eels - Wonderful, Glorious ¤ The slippery E returns in upbeat mood.

¤ Mumford & Sons - Babel ¤ Mumford & Sons are back. What the folk?!

¤ Battle Born - The Killers ¤ The Killers may be battle born, but they don't come out fighting in their latest release.

¤ The Hives - Lex Hives ¤ Ladies & gentlemen, rest easy, for The Hives are back.

latest book reviews:

¤ The First Book of Calamity Leek by Paula Lichtarowicz ¤ Think St. Trinians crossed with The Village.

¤ Is It Just Me? by Miranda Hart ¤ This what she calls Miran-ual is what I call disappointingly underwhelming.

¤ Being Keith by Keith Lemon ¤ Sadly, this is a real lemon.

¤ The Casual Vacancy by JK Rowling ¤ JK Rowling casts a very dull spell over her first attempt at writing for grown-ups.

¤ Ash by James Herbert ¤ Master of horror James Herbert returns far from burns bright.