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A man of many talents, most of them to do with genius cinema violence, Takashi Miike (Audition) returns with a devoutly classical, if not exactly classic, remake of a 1963 period samurai film. After assembling his (not so) dirty (baker’s) dozen, Koji Yakusho ambushes an evil lord’s army, despite being …

We love Rez at GamesRadar, so much so that we included it in our 100 best games of all time (opens in new tab) at the #84 slot. Child of Eden, the spiritual successor to Rez by creator Tetsuya Mizuguchi, easily takes the seed that Rez planted and builds upon …

The launch of Ubisoft Motion Pictures wasannounced this week in Variety (opens in new tab), meaning it came into the world via that publication’s signature style of nonsensical, made-up-on-the-spot showbiz argot (meaning language – we’re easing ourselves in here). So when they say “shingle,” they just mean “a company for …

From a galaxy far, far away – California to be exact – Lucasfilm have announced the long anticipated Star Wars Blu-ray boxset… …all 9 discs of it. The force is strong with this one. The set will contain digitally remastered versions of all 6 films, though not included is the …

Paul W.S. Anderson has signed on to direct an apocalyptic disaster movie entitled Pompeii . That’s ‘disaster’ as in the genre, not the end result. The Resident Evil guru presumably got the gig as a second choice to Roland Emmerich, the latter having stepped away from big budget end-of-worlders for …

I’ll come right out and say that I thought the first White Knight Chronicles was garbage. Its two main selling points – the crazy knight powers and the MMO-style multiplayer – were both complete disappointments. Not only were the knight powers sadly underwhelming, but the story campaign was also marred …

Bryan Cranston has signed on to co-star in Adam Shankman’s big screen adaptation of stage musical Rock Of Ages . The actor, who’s best known for bringing the funny in Malcolm In The Middle and kicking serious booty in Breaking Bad , will play LA’s mayor in the film. Hairspray …

SFX Blogger Steven Ellis goes all Biff! Badoom! Kapow!

Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson will give his thesping muscles a stretch in a planned biopic of country music star Charley Pride. He’ll star as Pride in a forthcoming biopic, which he’s also producing. Suggesting there could be more to Johnson’s screen capabilities than high-octane actioners ( Fast Five , Faster …