Review

Essentially The King’s Speech with an American president, Roger Michell’s latest tells of a fateful weekend in June 1939 when George VI paid a house call to Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the hope he might be so kind as to give Britain a hand in its impending war against Germany. …

Supernatural 8.01 “We Need To Talk About Kevin” TV REVIEW (opens in new tab) Episode 8.01 Writer: Jeremy Carver Director: Robert Singer THE ONE WHERE One year after Dick exploded in their faces (snarf) Dean busts out of purgatory and reunites with Sam, who’s abandoned life as a hunter. It’s …

Sonic Team’s Nights into Dreams was a revelation when it graced the ill-fated Sega Saturn in 1996. With a free-floating hero traipsing beautifully-rendered dreamscapes, the critically-acclaimed title became an iconic game for Sega’s console. After a modestly received Wii sequel in 2007, the original game has gotten a high-definition re-rub. …

Like many struggling writers, true-crime novelist Ellison (Ethan Hawke) spends far too much time in his room watching films. What’s harder to swallow is that none of them are Insidious , with which Scott Derrickson’s slick horror shares much of its DNA (not to mention its producers). Both movies feature …

Salim Akil’s film is a loose remake of the long-forgotten ’76 film of the same name, a semi-fictional biopic of The Supremes. This version tells the same well-worn story: aspiring singer/songwriter Sparkle (American Idol alum Jordin Sparks) forms a girl group with her sisters during the Motown era and faces …

Spearheaded by a strikingly self-assured turn from Elle Fanning, this ’60s-set coming-of-ager follows two teenage girls whose bond starts to crumble under the emotional and political pressures of adulthood. Director Sally Potter shrewdly weaves the domestic drama – centred on the shifting dynamics between Ginger (Fanning), her parents (Christina Hendricks …

Anytime a new game comes along whose driving force is click-kill-click-loot-click-click-click, it’s hard not to make comparisons to the Diablo franchise. That’s especially true in the case of Torchlight II, a dungeon-crawler whose creators contributed to the former’s fruition. So let’s get that necessary comparison out of the way, then: …

Arriving stateside after a successful run in Japan, Sony’s Tokyo Jungle has enjoyed a modest amount of positive buzz. Most of this stems from its unique concept: In the near future humanity disappears, and you play as one of dozens of different animal species trying to survive in the ruins …

Grimm 2.04 “Quill” TV REVIEW (opens in new tab) Episode 2.04 Writer: David Simkins Director: David Straiton THE ONE WHERE Nick and the Grimm team (now including Hank) investigate an icky Dark Ages plague, while Renard is busy searching for Mama Burkhardt. Juliette finds out Nick is a Grimm. Again. …

There’s no shortage of games starring ninjas, but more often than not they feature NINOs–ninjas in name only. Where’s the stalking, the secret kills, the disappearing in a cloud of smoke? Mark of the Ninja, a new XBLA exclusive from Klei (the folks best known for Shank), is one of …