To coincide with the release of director Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar, a 3D printed ranger aircraft model which was featured in the film has gone on display at the BFI IMAX, Waterloo. As mankind’s time on earth draws to a close, a group of explorers are despatched into space on a mission that represents our last hope – to find a planet capable […]
US Box Office Report – Big Hero 6 beats Interstellar with $56 million
Your US box office report for 7th – 9th November 2014… Last weekend, the entire release of movies managed to do around $94 million. This week, that number was eclipsed by the top two with both Big Hero 6 and Interstellar taking over $50 million each. It was rumoured earlier in the week that Disney’s latest […]
Halo: The Master Chief Collection has an insane number of achievements
Halo: The Master Chief Collection is arriving soon, and with it, gamers will be able to relive Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 2, 3 and 4 – all remastered in HD and 60fps. With that package, comes an enormous chunk of gamerscore. The game was already shipping with 400 achievements worth 4,000 gamerscore, but a day-one […]
DVD Review – Begin Again (2013)
Begin Again, 2013. Written and Directed by John Carney. Starring Keira Knightley, James Corden, Mark Ruffalo, Hailee Steinfeld, Catherine Keener, Adam Levine, Mos Def and Ceelo Green. SYNOPSIS: A chance encounter between a disgraced music-business executive and a young singer-songwriter new to Manhattan turns into a promising collaboration between the two talents. After the huge […]
Suicide Squad finds its Harley Quinn in Margot Robbie
Last month, shortly after David Ayer’s Suicide Squad movie was officially announced as part of Warner Brothers’ massive DC Comics film slate, a report came out saying that the studio had already approached four actors for roles. Those actors were Will Smith, Tom Hardy, Ryan Gosling, and Margot Robbie. While we have yet to hear updates about […]
Blu-ray Review – Taxi (1998)
Taxi, 1998. Directed by Gérard Pirès. Starring Samy Naceri, Frédéric Diefenthal, Marion Cotillard, Manuela Gourary and Bernard Farcy. SYNOPSIS: A former pizza delivery man begins a new career as a taxi driver and gets embroiled in a police war against German bank robbers by helping a police officer who cannot drive. Making its Blu-ray debut […]
Nintendo considering third party Amiibo game integration
While very little is known about Nintendo’s upcoming line of NFC figurines, Amiibo, their integration may not be limited to first-party titles like Super Smash Bros and Mario Kart. Nintendo of America’s Licensing Manager Damon Baker has told IGN that the company is looking at ways to integrate the Amiibo range into third-party games too. […]
Has The Hobbit trilogy deviated too much from the book?
Thomas Roach on whether Peter Jackson’s adaptation of The Hobbit has deviated too much from the book… It’s not new knowledge that the film adaptation of The Hobbit has deviated from the book somewhat but after seeing the latest trailer for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies it seems to have gone too […]
Get lost in the film, not the word you missed…
Commenting on the Critics with Simon Columb… Ann Hornaday writes for The Washington Post about the sound in Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar: “When “Interstellar” screened at the Regal Majestic earlier this week, I was actually able to hear most of the words, unlike “Inception,” which left me wondering to this day exactly what Ken Watanabe was […]
Logo for the Arrow / The Flash crossover unveiled
With two hit DC shows on its schedule, The CW is wasting little time in bringing Stephen Amell’s Arrow and Grant Gustin’s Flash together for a two-part crossover, which is set to get underway in the December 2nd episode of The Flash entitled ‘Flash vs. Arrow’ before concluding the following night on Arrow with ‘The […]