Usually when you see the words “hardcore” and “POV” in close proximity to each other on the internet, it means some very, very naughty things. But Russian director Ilya Naishuller’s Hardcore is the very opposite of naughty – as in good, real good. Claiming to be the world’s first full POV movie (though I can think of one or two …
Ubisoft is letting you choose your adventure in Far Cry 4. Will you be an elephant, or a tiger?
Many years ago, a Portuguese cafe owner told me “NO SHANGE ONLY SHAPPIES!”. I had no idea what he meant, but beneath all that simmering low-cost rage and poor attempt to disguise his thinning hair, he might have been forecasting an upcoming 2015 film. That film is indeed called Chappie, as director Neill Blomkamp reunites with his frequent acting collaborator …
It is a great age for animated TV. While I’m still patiently waiting for The Simpsons to finally be cancelled, there are a plethora of far superior TV shows out there that cater to the more adult market. Top of my list, would easily be Archer. The ongoing activities of secret agent Sterling Archer and his co-workers over at ISIS …
Despicable Me may be about Gru, his adopted family and a scheme or two to be the greatest villain that the world has ever known, but it’s his minions who stole the show in the first film. They got a bit more of the spotlight in Despicable Me 2, as Dreamworks knew that they were onto something here with the …
[column size=one_half position=first ] I’m going to go out on a limb here and argue that when The Hunger Games hit our screens, it wasn’t really a rip-off of Battle Royale. Last Updated: November 3, 2014
Skydiving musclecars out of a plane, prison transports with remote controlled mini-guns, and roof-mounted grappling hook launchers. And that’s just the opening 20 seconds of this first trailer for James Wan’s Fast and Furious 7, and then it just keeps going bigger from there. If anybody had been worried that Wan – best known for directing low-budget scary movies like …
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare brings a whole host of new types of gameplay. What you do with those new tools is up to you.
If you’re choosing a tool for TikTok or Instagram Reels in 2026, here’s the …
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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