Way, way before Katniss Everdeen and friends started running around, and YA was merely another way of saying “Yes”, Lois Lowry wrote “The Giver”. Her tale told about a colourless (literally) dystopian future in which humanity’s feelings are suppressed in a totalitarian – but misguided – means of keeping the peace, and in which a teenager has to uncover the …
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We sat down with local Microsoft people to discuss the upcoming Xbox One launch and get answers to all your questions, or at least try.
When DVD’s first came out, the new medium needed a gimmick that would help sell the idea of movies with better audio and visual quality. And then a genous hit on the idea of dropping an additional audio track into a film, that would consist of cast and crew sitting down and talking about the film while it ran. Genius. Since …
We’ve got a director for Doctor Strange, but like most Marvel movies, this will most likely be the kind of flick where we’ll need a star that can get along with whoever is in charge. Think Jon Favreau and Robert Downey Jr in Iron Man. Joss Whedon and everyone else in the Avengers. And now, think Scott Derrickson and maybe …
How To Train Your Dragon is the kind of animated film that gets better with repeated viewings. Hell, I wasn’t even sold at first, but after being convinced to give the movie a second chance, I found myself appreciating it more. What I did particularly enjoy in round deux however, was that it was a done-in-one story. Still, How To …
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, we knew absolutely nothing with any certainty about Lucasfilm/Disney’s plans for more Star Wars movies, other than there were going to be more Star Wars movies. But now we have JJ Abrams’ toiling away on Star Wars: Episode VII, with a fully revealed cast, not to mention leaked set pics popping up …
Way back in 1998, playing legendary game designer Hideo Kojima’s soon to become classic video game, Metal Gear Solid, for the very first time, I remember turning to a friend of mine as soon as the opening credits started appearing on-screen and loudly exclaiming “Cowabunga, dude! This game is like, totally rad. It’s lank kiff how it looks and feels just …
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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