Cameos in movies are always a bit of a double-edged sword.

On one hand they can provide audiences with a reaction of genuine delight when they find a big-name star who was not listed in the opening credits has suddenly turned up on screen to enliven and enrich the film in progress.

The more negative reaction however can see fans of a particular actor howling in anger as some wannabe gate-crashes some other big-name star’s party – usually with a scene of such gravitas that it completely overshadows the main star’s performance.

You know, here at Hecklerspray, we deplore violence.

But even we cannot fathom why people get in such a flap about videogame violence – it’s not real. Besides, the more time some sweaty kid spends locked up in his room playing Grand Theft Auto, the less time he is out on the street causing mischief. It also means he can satisfy his bloodlust within the four walls of his bedroom – just like certain other urges teenage boys get.

And if he wants to beat some poor old lady to death in the street, so be it. It’s only pixels after all.…

Like rock, of a vintage kind, with balls out and great beer guts sticking out from faded tees, gathering up the crumbs dropped from big ol’ beards?

Then you need a word with Cincinnati’s Buffalo Killers, who have peddling vintage groove laden rockin’ fuzz psych spectacular under the radar for some years. They’ve been gaining admiring glances from support slots with The Black Crowes, who clearly seethe with jealousy at a band able to rock harder, louder and with more funk than anyone else in the battlefield.

This is real shit-kicker rock to knock your spots clean off.

September is the month when hopeful nobodies dream of being the next Matthew Fox or Eva Longoria.  This season there are some new faces staring down the precipice preparing for instant fame or instant coffee.  Could the six Friends have known their fate when the pilot aired?  One of them did – but that was later with the spin off.  

There are some key things to look out for that might help the success of a new show: A familiar face – Worked with: Frasier. Not so much: Joey.  A familiar crew – Worked with: Frasier. Not so much: Joey.  An…

Remember the kids’ TV show Knightmare? Where a gawky square-eyed thirteen year old wandered blindly through a Dungeons and Dragons style green-screen environment, with buck-toothed team mates urging him on with instructions like, “two paces left. No, two paces. No, your other left”. Along the way he’d encounter wildly overacting characters who would declare “WELCOME BRAVE KNIGHT TO THE CASTLE OF TRONG! Choose wisely; will ye take the Fiery Chasm of Death? Or this gourd of dragon spunk?”

Well, Enemy of Chaos is like Knightmare. Except it isn’t a TV show. It’s a choose-your-own adventure book and iPhone game. And it’s very,…

Sometimes there isn’t music ugly enough to tell you how you feel.

Of course, by ugly, that doesn’t mean a withered hand chopping out power chords with someone singing who makes Thom Yorke look like Mr Universe. No, we’re talking about No Fi.

Absolutely zero in terms of fidelity means checking out the skuzz-pop of Mazes who record their music through the speakers on their telly.

Here’s one (not) made earlier.

In a movie industry dominated by action hero sequels, re-makes and Judd Apatow productions, there sometimes comes a long a comedy that truly is the cream on top of the cake.

Whip It follows Bliss Cavendar, an unhappy teen trapped in her small Texan town, until she discovers a hard core roller derby league in Austin. Bliss soon discovers that sometimes you need to grab life by the wheels and roll on out your own destiny.

You know at Crufts when a dog is lanked up unto its hind legs, invariably by a dotty old lady in saggy tights, and made to jig around? You do?

Urr, you watch Crufts. What a turd. Anyway, that’s beside the point. After the jump is a video of a dancing dog. A Riverdancing dog. We’d be inclined to call it the Michael Flatley that humps your leg afterwards, but we’ve seen Michael Flatley and have a feeling that Michael Flatley is the Michael Flatley that humps your leg afterwards.

Anyway, the video – possibly faked – is after the jump…

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