If you’re a fan of both movies and video games, it’s a tough life. Despite the cinematic similarities between the two entertainment mediums, Hollywood just can’t seem to make a truly great video game adaptation. Sure there have been a small – very small! – handful of worthy entries, but while they may be good video game movies, none of …
Did you miss us? We took some time off from the site to experience the magic of Christmas with our loved ones, but while we did that Marvel was also all about the Christmas magic. Specifically the magic belonging to their Sorcerer Supreme, Doctor Strange, as they revealed the first official pics (via EW) of Benedict Cumberbatch as the title …
Yes, yes I know that we’re supposed to be on a break (thanks, Ross and Rachel!), but when you wake up on Christmas morning with something as awesome as two new Deadpool trailers in your Christmas stocking, then you damn well share it! I already didn’t think that I could wait any longer for Deadpool to be released, and these …
Yes, I know that we just got back from an unplanned two-week hiatus, but trust me, running around like a headless chicken as you try to get underpaid, overly sunny server engineers on another continent to understand the urgency of restoring your non-functioning website isn’t much of a vacation. And after having spent a year rubbing shoulders with the nutjobs …
Look, let’s not be coy here: The first trailer for Alex “Dark City” Proyas’ Gods of Egypt, his upcoming fantasy-adventure based on Egyptian mythology, was already a shiny golden turd mountain. Then it was pointed out that it was a shiny golden turd mountain almost exclusively occupied by white people. It was not a good look. But while there’s no …
SPOILER WARNING: This post is part of several this week (check out Episode I and Episode II) in which I will be breaking down, explaining, examining and discussing several different plot points in Star Wars: The Force Awakens and attempting to answer the mysteries they’ve brought up. So if you haven’t watched the movie yet – and why the heck …
The last time director David Fincher (Gone Girl, Fight Club, Se7en) teamed up with Netflix we got the absolutely brilliant House of Cards. Now that partnership is set to continue, with Charlize Theron also jumping aboard as the Oscar-winning South African-born actress and the two-time Oscar-nominated director will be developing an intense sounding new drama series for the online streaming …
JJ Abrams never liked 3D. Sure he used the format on his two Star Trek movies, but those were corporate mandated business decisions, not a creative choice. That changed with Star Wars: The Force Awakens though, as the advances in digital laser projection meant that the director could finally deliver amazing 3D visuals with none of the drawbacks. And boy …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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