Basic Information
Chris Gould
United Kingdom
Male
May 2001
IT Contractor
Member Type:
Editor
Posts: 6,099
Contribution History
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Interests & Favourite Things
DVD, Film, IT, Rugby
Fight Club, Star Wars Trilogy, Matrix Trilogy, The Vengeance Trilogy, Godfather Trilogy, Goodfellas, The Shawshank Redemption, Donnie Darko
Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Comedy, Thriller
Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Kevin Spacey, Edward Norton, Christian Bale
Natalie Portman, Zhang Ziyi, Lee Yeong-ae
Park Chan-wook, John Carpenter, Martin Scorsese, Paul Verhoeven, Steven Spielberg
Biography
I'm DVDActive's region two and high-definition editor. I've been with the site since 2001 (the ‘DVDBlokes’ days), first as a reviewer, then as the Content Supervisor. Nowadays I handle the UK news, deal with the UK distributors and write the odd article. I also find the time to squeeze a few reviews in between my 'day job' and sleep.

Film-wise, I’m currently in my ‘Asian phase’, with Park Chan-wook being my director of choice. His ‘Vengeance Trilogy’—Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, OldBoy and Sympathy for Lady Vengeance—are three of my all-time favourites.

I’m also a huge Star Wars fan, as evidenced by my collection of reviews and articles on the subject. I also enjoy the Matrix series of films, and if truth be told I can be a bit of a Star Trek nerd at times.

Current high-definition reviewing hardware comprises of:

  • Toshiba 42Z303D 1080p LCD TV
  • Oppo Digital DV-981HD
  • Sony BDP-S550 (Blu-ray)
  • Toshiba HD-EP35 (HD DVD)
  • Onkyo TX-SR507 Amp
  • Eltax Hollywood Speakers/Atomic A8 Sub

Current standard-definition reviewing hardware comprises of:

  • Sony KV-24LS35U
  • Pioneer DV-370
  • Scan AV6 DD/DTS Home Theatre