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February, 2013

  • 20 February

    50 Greatest Cinematographers

    Wally Pfister The Cinematographer: Though he’s currently making the transition to director (with 2014’s Transcendence), Pfister has long been Christopher Nolan’s go-to man when it comes to cinematography. Pfister has worked with Nolan on all of his films apart from Following – so that’s his Batman trilogy, plus Memento , …

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  • 19 February

    BLOG Classic Comic Strip Goldtiger Rediscovered Sort Of

    Which is where Guy Adams and Jimmy Broxton come in. Together they’ve discovered Goldtiger , a lost cult newspaper strip from the 1960s. Packed full of action, style and casual violence, Goldtiger was the last great work of Antonio Barreti and Louis Shaeffer, a writer and artist team who seemed …

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  • 18 February

    Arbitrage review

    Richard Gere has a margin call to make in this melodrama about a Wall Street hedge-funder trying to offload his debt-ridden house of cards before the buyer realises the sums don’t add up. It’s perhaps not the best time to be embroiled in a mistress-related scandal, something that has a …

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  • 15 February

    Zynga and EA settle plagiarism battle out of court

    Zynga and Electronic Arts have settled their mud slinging legal battles about whose social games ripped off whose, Gamasutra reports. Both EA’s initial claim that Zynga took a bit too much inspiration from The Sims Social in making The Ville, and Zynga’s countersuit that EA used anti-competitive employment practices against …

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  • 14 February

    Executive producer talks Guardians Of The Galaxy

    With Chris Pratt in line for the leading role of Star-Lord, James Gunn’s Guardians Of The Galaxy seems to be beginning to make tangible progress. However, question marks still remain over how the comic’s more “colourful” characters will be presented. We’re talking of course about Rocket Raccoon and Groot, the …

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  • 13 February

    Tom Cruise guns down drones in new Oblivion trailer: watch online now

    Oblivion has released a new trailer online (via MSN Movies (opens in new tab) ), giving a fuller impression of the plot of the sci-fi that’s cast Tom Cruise as something of a WALL•E figure. Clad in a white jumpsuit and living the lonely life of a post-apocalyptic drone repairmen, …

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  • 13 February

    Doctor Who: The Nameless City by Michael Scott REVIEW

    Doctor Who: The Nameless City by Michael Scott book review. The latest half-hour’s-reading Who ebook is a rather baffling mix of the Lovecraftian and the ludicrous. After Second Doctor companion Jamie is given a mysterious book which turns out to be the dreaded Necronomicon (yikes!), the TARDIS is hurled to …

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  • 13 February

    The Last Guardian still under work, news hinted

    This time the man behind Ico and Shadow of the Colossus himself has delivered the clockwork reassurance of The Last Guardian’s continued existence. Fumito Ueda said on his personal website (is that the best URL ever or what?) he is still working on the game and fans should “keep an …

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  • 13 February

    Lost Girl 3.05 Faes Wide Shut REVIEW

    Lost Girl 3.05 “Faes Wide Shut” TV REVIEW (opens in new tab) Episode 3.05 Written by: Jeremy Boxen Directed by: George Mihalka THE ONE WHERE A sex-club run by The Bacchus is tied to the death of a cheating human husband, who dissolves into a pool of goo in front …

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  • 13 February

    Omerta: City of Gangsters review

    In the beginning of Omerta: City of Gangsters, players pick a name, look, and history for their avatar–a would-be mafia boss who means to come to the United States and live out the American dream. In this case, that dream is to forge a Mafioso empire. This part feels good; …

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