This Week's DCMG Digest


Here's a round up of all the new articles this week on The DreamCage and AlbieMedia websites...

On The DreamCage - https://www.thedreamcage.com/

"Beowulf meets sci-fi in a thrilling tale written by #1 New York Times best-selling author Scott Sigler, although replace Grendel with an Alien and you get the idea!"

Alwyn Ash read Aliens: Phalanx by Scott Sigler, out now from Titan Books...

https://www.thedreamcage.com/2020/03/book-aliens-phalanx.html

"Radcliffe was, in my opinion, playing out a career best role in a career filled with great parts"

Steve Taylor-Bryant watched Escape From Pretoria, out now from Signature Entertainment...

https://www.thedreamcage.com/2020/03/film-escape-from-pretoria.html

The nominations were announced this week for the BAFTA Games Awards. Susan Omand picks her winners...



"Long before Andrew Lloyd Webber turned Gaston Leroux's novel into a musical, there was a film version that has all the essential elements of the stage hit, minus all the singing and other such flamboyancy."

Daniel White looks back at the 1962 version of The Phantom of the Opera...


"It’s the story of a film. And of a life."

On at the Made in Italy film festival in London on 9th March, Tony Cross watched Simple Women...

https://www.thedreamcage.com/2020/03/film-simple-women.html

"I am not sure why, but Jordan Peele’s reinvented version of The Twilight Zone dropped on SYFY in the UK with pretty much no fanfare."

Steve Taylor-Bryant watched the rebooted series...


" As I sat down to write my article, I suddenly realised what had caused Torchwood to be axed and, for me at least, it is the same fate that now lies in store for Doctor Who"

Daniel White looks at why some TV shows lose sight of what makes them special...

https://www.thedreamcage.com/2020/03/tv-just-another-sci-fi-show.html



On 26th December 2019, 627 pieces of Classic Doctor Who content were made available to Britbox subscribers. Every Sunday in 2020, our Doctor Who expert, Tony Cross, looks back at some of the classic stories.

Here are Tony's thoughts on...

The Ice Warriors - https://www.thedreamcage.com/2020/03/classic-doctor-who-on-britbox-ice.html
The Enemy Of The World - https://www.thedreamcage.com/2020/03/classic-doctor-who-on-britbox-enemy-of.html
The Web Of Fear - https://www.thedreamcage.com/2020/03/classic-doctor-who-on-britbox-web-of.html


Meanwhile on AlbieMedia - https://www.albiemedia.com/

 "This entire album reads like a roadmap for my emotions which isn’t great considering Damien Rice bottles angst and sadness and self-importance with every album."

David Ames shares some of the songs that have played an important part in his own personal soundtrack. Today, he remembers Damien Rice...

https://www.albiemedia.com/2020/03/sotd-important-songs-damien-rice.html

"The way the vocal is constructed and arranged really reminds of something I can’t quite reach."

Jimmy Hunter's #SotD80 this week is My World by Secret Affair...

https://www.albiemedia.com/2020/03/sotd80-secret-affair.html

“Don’t let the bastards get you down.”

Thirty years on from its release, Susan Omand looks back at the Kris Kristofferson album Third World Warrior...

https://www.albiemedia.com/2020/03/turn-that-noise-down-kris-kristofferson.html

"because the journey you’re on is such a personal one, I expect the memories and emotions another listener will experience will differ to those I had. That’s pretty clever music making if you ask me."

Steve Taylor-Bryant heads for the front lines and listens to War of the Mind, the new concept album by Daniel White, featuring A D Lane...

https://www.albiemedia.com/2020/03/review-war-of-mind.html


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