February, 2014

• 21 February

  20 Amazing Actors Who Have Never Done A Comic-Book Movie

  

  Hollywood is now well into the business of making superhero movies, and, with so many film adaptations of properties once confined to the pages of a comic, it’s amazing that some fully established actors and actresses haven’t seen a single sniff of superheroics on their CV. But that can all …

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• 20 February

  GameBunker proves love can, in fact, bloom on a battlefield

  

  In a world where international travel is now impossible, Ryan Taljonick and Henry Gilbert have only their memories of a trip to Japan to cheer them up. Join them as they reminisce about the time they visited the offices of Kojima Productions and Platinum Games to see Metal Gear Rising: …

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• 18 February

  Three new images arrive from Guardians Of The Galaxy

  

  Guardians Of The Galaxy has released a trio of new images on the eve of the first official trailer, giving us a good look at the weird and wonderful characters that make up Marvel’s latest super-team. There’s a great ensemble image, featuring Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista and Chris Pratt alongside …

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• 17 February

  GUEST BLOG The truth about antimatter propulsion

  

  SFX ‘s sister magazine Science Uncovered explains how antimatter could power starships But scientists are now just learning how to create antimatter in meaningful amounts – to understand it’s properties and to learn how it might be used to propel spacecraft to other solar systems. In the March edition of …

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• 17 February

  Stalingrad review

  

  Bidding to be ‘The Russian Saving Private Ryan ’, Fedor Bondarchuk’s film loosely retells the true story of Pavlov’s House: a single platoon that managed to hold a building, 300 -style, for a year against waves of Nazis. It’s a cinematic no-brainer, of course, but one that is marred by …

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• 15 February

  30 years ago, before Smash Bros. or even the NES, there was Punch-Out!! in arcades

  

  Developed by Nintendo R&D1–the outfit later responsible for classics like Kid Icarus and Metroid–it featured now-iconic characters like Glass Joe and Bald Bull as well as lesser-known fighters like Pizza Pasta. It was also the first title with music by Koji Kondo, the composer of unforgettable Nintendo songs like the …

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• 13 February

  50 Unlikeliest Leading Men

  

  The Truman Show (1998) The Unlikely Leading Man: Rubber-faced goofball Jim Carrey, who’d previously spent most of his time in outlandish comedies like Ace Ventura and Dumb & Dumber. Here, he plays Truman, who’s the unwitting lead in a complex reality TV show. How He Got The Part: It was …

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• 5 February

  Captain America: A Political Thriller With A Superhero

  

  It’s All The President’s Superheroes ! It’s even got Robert Redford in it (opens in new tab) One thing Marvel has proved since it moved into the moviemaking arena is that it never likes to cover the same ground twice. Captain America’s second solo outing on the big screen is …

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• 4 February

  Exclusive: Watch Filths infamous Angus deleted scene

  

  We’ve got our hands on an exclusive deleted scene from the absolutely fantastic Filth (opens in new tab) – but, be warned, like the film itself, it’s not for the faint of heart. The adults in the audience will probably understand what we mean when we say it combines a …

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• 4 February

  GUEST BLOG The Arthur C Clarke Award Judges

  Rumour? Controversy? Twitter storms? An Arthur C Clarke Award judge craves not these things, says Tom Hunter This is a guest blog by the director of the prestigious Arthur C Clarke Award for science fiction, Tom Hunter… (opens in new tab) Look back over the winners of the last 27 …

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