It is fair to say that the sales figures for Nintendo’s Wii U have been fairly disappointing in its first year. But some good news has finally landed for the home of everyone’s favourite moustachioed plumber as Mario Kart 8 has sold an incredible 1.2 million copies in its first weekend. This figure includes the […]

Ray Willmott reviews Murdered: Soul Suspect… Murdered: Soul Suspect is the most mysterious AAA release this year. With a game like Watch_Dogs, prior to launch, we knew exactly what we were getting into. Same with the likes of South Park, Thief and Wolfenstein, PR set the tone early on and we had a real feel […]

Ray Willmott reviews Wildstar… Despite creating a global phenomenon, many of the original World of Warcraft development team fled the Blizzard coup early on and moved to Carbine Studios to, in their words, ‘get it right, this time.’ The result? Wildstar. Just months after the release of another massive MMORPG, The Elder Scrolls Online, Wildstar […]

Out of the Furnace, 2013. Directed by Scott Cooper. Starring Christian Bale, Woody Harrelson, Casey Affleck, Zoe Saldana, Sam Shepard, Willem Dafoe, and Forest Whitaker. SYNOPSIS: When Rodney Baze mysteriously disappears and law enforcement doesn’t follow through fast enough, his older brother, Russell, takes matters into his own hands to find justice. The career of […]

Some new Star Wars casting announcements for you. No, it’s no Billy Dee Williams. Lupita Nyong’o has joined the cast of Star Wars: Episode VII. Her Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 12 Years A Slave was thoroughly deserved so this is great news. Also announced as cast is Gwendoline Christie, currently starring in the hit […]

Commenting on the Critics with Simon Columb… The Ant-Man news regarding Edger Wright’s (and Adam McKay’s) departure gained a considerable amount of coverage and criticism. Forbes writer, Scott Mendelson, manage to argue a point that may not seem so obvious, claiming “Hollywood Doesn’t Care About ‘Fanboy’ Approval”: “They will protest and criticize, perhaps rightfully so, […]

Last night a shortlist of potential directors to succeed Edgar Wright on Marvel’s Ant-Man emerged, featuring the likes of Adam McKay (Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy), Rawson Marshall Thurber (We’re the Millers) and Ruben Fleischer (Zombieland). While early talk seemed to suggest Thurber was the front runner, it’s now being reported that McKay has […]

Despite the fact that it’s finished shooting, Legendary Pictures has done a great job of keeping director Duncan Jones (Moon, Source Code) adaptation of Blizzard Entertainment’s Warcraft under wraps. Very little is known about the epic fantasy, but now actor Ben Foster (Lone Survivor) has offered up some details about his character, the mage Medivh… […]

Yesterday we reported that the long gestating sequel to Roland Emmerich’s 1996 Independence Day had hired a new writer ahead of its 2016 release, but today brings the news that one of his other 90s sci-fi efforts is getting the reboot treatment. MGM and Warner Bros have anounced a new trilogy of feature movies that […]

Sony Pictures Entertainment and Annapurna Pictures have announced a release date for the R-Rated comedy Sausage Party from Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg,  Kyle Hunter and Ariel Shaffir. The movie will be released one week before Sony’s own Amazing Spider-Man 3 on June 3rd 2016. The Wolf of Wall Street star Jonah Hill also had a […]