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Interview – Philip Oliver discusses SkySaga at PLAY Expo

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Villordsutch interviews Philip Oliver and they talk about SkySaga…I met Andrew Oliver earlier in the day as he was setting up the SkySaga stall. Philip had decided to drive up.  The stand place was already getting busy and I was also chatting with Boomkin the Community bod.  When I returned later for my interview, a […]

Interview: Guillermo del Toro talks Crimson Peak

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Guillermo Del Toro speaks to us about his new film Crimson Peak, strong female roles, Pinocchio and the much-discussed sequel to Pacific Rim… What were the seeds of the idea for Crimson Peak? Gothic romance is very important to my childhood and my teenage years and it’s been 40 years since I saw gothic romance treated […]

Interview with James Brown from Gang Beasts

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Villordsutch interviews James Brown from Gang Beasts…Gang Beasts at Play Expo is manned – from what I can see – by two people, James Brown and his father.  They are truly an indie game company and they are currently neck deep in people.  I can’t recall seeing an indie game stand politely asking people to […]

Thanos: The Unproven Titan

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Pim Razenberg on whether Thanos is the Avengers’ greatest foe, or just purple cookie-dough… Thanos. The Dark Lord. The Man Titan… The Great Bore? Introduced with a slight, grim smile in The Avengers, Marvel Comics’ powerful supervillain Thanos soon became Marvel Studio fans’ top 1 Google-search term. It didn’t take long before I started hearing […]

Interview – Philip Muwanga, Project Lead on Beyond Flesh and Blood

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Villordsutch interviews Philip Muwanga, Project Lead on Beyond Flesh and Blood…The Beyond Flesh and Blood stand at PLAY Expo is extremely well supported and is teaming with people trying to get a seat or interested parties trying to grab a minute with any of the Orange-Shirted, Pixelbomb Games people around the monitors, lucky for me I’ve […]

Report: Play Expo at EventCity in Manchester

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Villordsutch reports from PLAY Expo at EventCity in Manchester…PLAY Expo, at EventCity in Manchester this year has to be possibly one of the best events Replay Events have produced to date.  From a visitors perspective this event is going to be a very difficult couple of days to top.  Everything was catered for whatever your gaming habits […]

Interview: Michael Gross talks Tremors 5: Bloodlines

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Stu Greenfield chats with Michael Gross about Tremors 5…It has been 11 years since audiences were last exposed to the underground terror that is the Graboids. The cult franchise has so far delivered 4 films and an ill-fated TV series. Causing a whole generation of B-Movie fans to question whether or not it is safe […]

Mystery, Resolution and the Virtue of Ambiguity

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Samuel Brace on mystery, resolution and the virtue of ambiguity… A mystery, a puzzle that needs solving, and the facts unknown are key ingredients to what brings us back to our favourite TV shows episode after episode. They are the factors that hold our attention as a movie plays. The fact that all the pieces […]

Spielberg Is Right, Comic Book Movies Are The New Westerns

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This week, Neil Calloway agrees with Steven Spielberg about Comic Book Movies… A month or so after it began, and some might say right in time for his new film, the Tom Hanks starring Cold War espionage thriller Bridge of Spies, the debate over Steven Spielberg’s comments regarding comic book movies rumbles on. To be […]