May, 2013

• 24 May

  EA is still making Wii U games

  

  EA is still making games for Wii U, although it’s not half as committed to Nintendo’s latest console as it is to Microsoft’s or Sony’s current and next-gen systems. While EA spokesman Jeff Brown told Kotaku last week that the company currently has “no games in development for the Wii …

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• 24 May

  Monster by Dave Zeltserman REVIEW

  

  Monster by Dave Zeltserman book review . In this riff on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein , we hear the eponymous entity’s story from his own perspective. Gentle Friedrich Hoffmann is set up by Victor Frankenstein for the murder of his beloved Johanna, waking as a set of memories inside the stitched-together …

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• 23 May

  FIFA 14 release date revealed

  

  EA has revealed a FIFA 14 release date of September 27 throughout Europe on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. The game is also set to be released on Xbox One and PS4 at a later date, with the next-gen versions powered by the new EA Sports Ignite engine. Various editions …

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• 22 May

  BLOG Ten Grand #1 Review

  

  Issue #1 Writer: J Michael Straczynski Artist: Ben Templesmith Letterer: Troy Peteri Publisher: Image Comics Joe Fitzgerald is a man you come to when you don’t have anyone else. A problem solver, Joe has a reputation hard-earned through his previous life as a mob enforcer and the horrific end to …

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• 21 May

  50 Strangest Censored Movie Lines

  

  Pulp Fiction (1994) Original Line: “My eyes are wide fucking open.” Edited Version: “My eyes are wide focused open.” Welcome to the weird world of movie ‘bowdlerising’, the process of removing offensive material from something to protect the fragile little minds of audiences everywhere. Aeroplane and TV edits of some …

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• 21 May

  Grimm 2.18 “Volcanalis” REVIEW

  

  Grimm 2.18 “Volcanalis” TV REVIEW (opens in new tab) Episode 2.18 Writer: Jim Kouf and David Greenwalt Director: David Grossman THE ONE WHERE Hank goes on holiday leaving Nick, Monroe and Renard to team up to investigate a Wesen who targets people who steal volcanic rock. Meanwhile, Juliette is being …

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• 21 May

  The Great Beauty reaction: Cannes 2013

  

  Just how whispers about a film’s quality sweep the Croisette before anyone’s seen a frame is one of the festival’s mysteries, but word on the boulevard yesterday was that Paolo Sorrentino’s The Great Beauty ( La Grande Bellezza ) is a masterpiece. It’s not, but it is one of the …

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• 20 May

  Joss Whedon talks Avengers 2 additions

  

  Just last month, Joss Whedon was teasing the addition of a brother-sister partnership to his super-team lineup for The Avengers 2 , with tongues immediately set wagging among the online fan community. The names on everybody’s lips were those of Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch, with Whedon now confirming that the …

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• 17 May

  The Company You Keep review

  

  Doughtily undeterred by the less-than-stellar performance of 2007’s politics lecture Lions For Lambs , Robert Redford has carefully crafted another big issue thriller that’s longer on high moral principles than high-octane action. His thoughtful, whole-hearted drama about a left-wing radical forced on the lam after 30 years underground is rooted …

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• 17 May

  The Past reaction: Cannes 2013

  

  Showing in competition, domestic drama The Past is the follow-up to Oscar-winning A Separation by Iranian director Asghar Farhadi. A devastating tale of secrets, lies and scalding, squirm-inducing truths, it will surely feature come awards time. Set in Paris, it sees Ahmad (Ali Mosaffa) return from Tehran after a four-year …

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