Back at the beginning of the year we profiled the 25 most interesting and eagerly anticipated movie releases from the first 6 months of 2012. Now it’s time to consider the treats in store for cinemagoers in the second half of the year. The Dictator: The latest no holds barred, politically incorrect comedy from Borat and Ali G star Sacha …
Here we have it, ladies and gentlemen – the best so far of the new wave of live-action fairy tale adaptations. This isn’t to say that fantasy actioner Snow White and the Huntsman doesn’t have its flaws, but visually it’s so sumptuous, and its magical scenes so breathtaking, that you can overlook a good chunk of the film’s many plot …
Is Sorcery the game you and your dusty PlayStation Move have been waiting for?
While that other Snow White film gets ready to enchant families across the globe with some sickeningly sweet humour and design, the other Snow White film that is coming out this year looks set to be a more thrilling, darker version of the original fairy tale. Which means that it is far more faithful, because the original print story is …
The classic question of whether Assassins are magic or guards are stupid has finally been answered
Ah, comic book movies, it’s amazing how they’re still all the rage these days. While Hollywood may have bought every high-profile property out there, from Spider-Man to to Spider-Ham, there are still quite a few low profile characters out there who are just waiting for that big-screen leap into the public consciousness. One such character is Mandrake the Magician, a …
More rumours on the wii successor have surfaced. If the rumours are true, is the Wii 2 to be the most expensive console in history?
Sony has insisted that wearing glasses to view 3D content is a minor quibble – and wants Nintendo to stop harping on about the magical, glasses-free nature of their Nintendo 3DS. "If you really want a big theatre experience, of course you have to wear glasses," president of Sony’s Worldwide Studios Shuhei Yoshida said to IGN. "With the latest technology, …
Every archive has that one photograph that stops you mid-scroll: a crowded market square …
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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