(opens in new tab) “Valar Dohaeris” – the first episode of Game Of Thrones ’ third season had its UK premiere at London’s supremely swanky One Marylebone on Tuesday evening. As SFX entered the former church, we were greeted by the imposing sight of the Iron Throne – and a …

Tomb Raider’s storytelling is excellent, though it might not be immediately appear so. You see while Tomb Raider’s dialogue is decent, it’s hardly a revolution in game writing. Similarly, its acting sits comfortably within the “strong for a video game” camp, but is hardly Oscar-worthy. And the direction of its …

Roland Emmerich has revealed his vision for the follow up to his 1996 blockbuster Independence Day . The White House Down director has said there will be two sequels: ID Forever Part I and ID Forever Part II . The scripts for both have been finalised by Emmerich and writing/producing …

Derek Cianfrance’s The Place Beyond The Pines has released a cool new poster online, featuring the pared-back silhouette of Ryan Gosling’s ice-cool protagonist. The new film sees Gosling play a motorcycle-riding daredevil who decides to use his skills in some very shady business when he finds out he has a …

A Deadpool spin-off movie has been in the works at Fox for some time now, and Zombieland screenwriters Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick have taken time out to give Collider (opens in new tab) an update on how the project is progressing. What we know so far is that a …

Online multiplayer is present in a quarter less 2012 console games than those launched near the beginning of this generation, and gamers don’t seem to mind. Video game research and consulting firm EEDAR spoke with the Penny Arcade Report about multiplayer modes’ gradual disappearance from near ubiquity. “You can see …

Almost 12 years after the GameCube original, the 3DS is playing host to Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon, starring gaming’s most famous second banana. To put the final version of the game through its paces, GR editors Cooper and Henry jumped about 20% of the way into the game to explore …

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In issue 205 of Total Film magazine , we chat to The Place Beyond The Pines stars Ryan Gosling and Bradley Cooper. You can read the full feature inside the issue (available for just £1.99 on your iPad (opens in new tab) ), but here’s a snippet of what Gosling …

The City Of Silk And Steel book review. Husband and wife writing teams seem quite common now, but it’s rarer to see a husband, wife and daughter creating a book together. Mike Carey is famous as the author of the Felix Castor novels; Linda and Louise, though less well-known, are …