The long-awaited Obi-Wan Kenobi TV series starts production next month and Disney has revealed its star-studded cast... and yes, that somehow includes Hayden Christensen as Darth Vader as well as some surprisingly recognizable faces!
Multiple award-winning and Oscar-nominated Veep and In the Loop creator Armando Iannucci is back to once again skewer absurd politics with this satirical comedy look at the after Russian dictator Joseph Stalin's death in 1953.
It’s a well established fact that movies don’t have to be technically good for them to be fun. Unfortunately for Hitman: Agent 47, it’s neither. A 96-minute diversion that has all the ingredients on paper for bonkers escapism at its very best, this video game adaptation reboot ends up being a tepid R-rated actioner instead. Not that there isn’t at …
Last week I posted up a list of the 1o Best Video Game Movies – a category that is actually pretty difficult to fill out based on the fact that watching most video game movie adaptations are like getting a root canal, only not as fun. I am however hopeful that we may soon be getting another addition to that …
As a gamer I’ve always enjoyed the trials of Agent 47. As smooth an assassin as his bald head, he is cool under pressure, can fight in the shadows like a ninja, and likes to get dressed up about as much as Darryn. So when the first movie came out I cried a little inside, fearing that the game-to-movie curse …
While video game movie adaptations have a record spottier that 1001 Dalmations, I will admit that that I will happily watch any trailer that starts off with the rock-tastic guitar riff of Jimi Hendrix’s “Voodoo Child”. So that’s already one tick in the win column for Hitman: Agent 47, a second go-around at adapting the adventures of everybody’s favourite bald, bespoked badass that isn’t …
Using my prodiguous powers of prognostication (say that three times fast when you’re drunk!), I predict that you’re going to be hearing quite a bit of Jack O’Connell’s name real soon. Since making his young name on the cast of BBC’s Skins TV series, O’Connell has been steadily edging his way into the spotlight, but he’s about to have a whopper …
The death of actor Paul Walker last year hasn’t just left a void in the massive Fast and the Furious franchise. Before his untimely demise, Walker had several other projects brewing, one of which would have included him shaving his hair off, dressing all dapper like and getting his contract kill on. But at least you can rely on a …
Relumi is best understood as an AI Photo Retake app — a mobile tool …
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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