Pub-loving actioner The World’s End (opens in new tab) is hitting DVD and Blu-ray on Monday, and we’ve nabbed an exclusive look at some of the film’s storyboards. Showing how the film’s opening two minutes were conceived, the animated sequence introduces us to our lead beer-guzzlers – and it’s pretty …
Read More »Vivan Las Antipodas! review
Start in Shanghai, dig a hole straight through the centre of the earth, and you’d come out in a tiny riverside settlement in Argentina called Entre Ríos. That’s the idea behind Russian documentarist Victor Kossakovsky’s quietly magical film. He chooses four pairs of exact antipodean spots – also Siberia and …
Read More »Christian Bale passes on some Batman advice to Ben Affleck
Christian Bale has been talking about his successor to Batman’s cape and cowl, having apparently already contacted Ben Affleck to offer him some friendly advice. “I wish him all the best,” said Bale in an interview with Access Hollywood (opens in new tab) . “He’s a very experienced actor and …
Read More »PS4s Blue light of Death and Xboxs lack of launch features point to a premature launch
If you’ve been following the launches of the PS4 and Xbox One, you’ve had quite the emotional rollercoaster. They’re awesome and shiny, but as we near closer and closer to the releases, we’re seeing apps, features, and hardware stability dropout. First the delays. Over the past couple of weeks, Microsoft …
Read More »Its A Wonderful Life sequel planned for 2015
In what must be a contender for the least-wanted follow-up of all time, plans are afoot for a 2015 sequel to Frank Capra’s Christmas classic, It’s A Wonderful Life . The project is the brainchild of producers Allen J. Schwalb of Star Partners and Bob Farnsworth of Hummingbird, who are …
Read More »Crimson Dragon review
The first time you battle an army of laser beam-shooting jellyfish with your fireball-shooting dragon, you’ll probably get destroyed. It’ll take a few missions to get the hang of dodging enemy projectiles (less a matter of threading the needle, more a matter of mashing the barrel roll button). You’ll no …
Read More »Terrence Howard suggests Robert Downey Jr. froze him out of Iron Man series
Terrence Howard has been discussing his reasons for leaving the Iron Man franchise after his appearance in the first film, and it sounds like there is still some bad blood between he, Robert Downey Jr. and the studio. “It turns out that the person I helped become Iron Man… when …
Read More »Not even Kojima knew what to do with Ground Zeroes
There are people you really just don’t want to call on their shit. It’s uncomfortable, you know? Confrontational. They don’t really want to talk about it. You don’t really want to talk about it. But, it’s your job–or rather, it’s my job–so it’s got to be done. At a PS4 …
Read More »PlayStation Plus could be PS4s most essential launch game
If you’re planning on picking up a PS4 today in North America, or in two weeks’ time in Europe, you’ve likely spent plenty of time thinking about which next-gen game/s you want to buy on launch day. After all, having just spent £349/$399 on new hardware, there’s nothing worse than …
Read More »Sony was hoping for 7s with Knack, and thats just not good enough
“I was hoping Knack (opens in new tab) could score in the mid 70s”, said Shuhei Yoshida, the other day. He was speaking (opens in new tab) to GI.biz about the decidedly mixed review scores for PS4 launch games, and particularly, the outright stinker of the bunch. Mark Cerny’s platform-brawler …
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