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February, 2013

  • 13 February

    Valve lays off multiple employees, report says

    UPDATE 2: Valve boss Gabe Newell has responded to reports of significant layoffs at the company by attempting to assure fans that any personnel changes haven’t affected its current projects. UPDATE: Develop reports that Valve’s director of business Jason Holtman has left the company, corroborated by his new absence from …

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  • 12 February

    Sandra Bullock to voice villain in Despicable Me spin-off

    Universal’s Despicable Me spinoff, Minions , has added some A-list talent to its voice cast with the appointment of Sandra Bullock as the movie’s chief antagonist. Bullock will play a vampish sounding villain named Scarlet Overkill, who turns out to be hell-bent on world domination. Who’d have thought it, eh? …

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  • 12 February

    Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special Will Be In 3D

    The BBC Press office has just tweeted that the Doctor Who 50th anniversary special will be broadcast in 3D. According to the BBC press site in an article about BBC Drama chief Ben Stephenson’s plans: “As part of the BBC’s blockbuster celebrations to mark the Doctor turning 50, fans will …

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  • 12 February

    New Batman: Arkham game coming this year

    Time Warner has confirmed plans to release the next game in the Batman: Arkham series in 2013. Speaking during the firm’s fiscal year 2012 earnings call last week, as transcribed by Seeking Alpha, chief financial officer John Martin said: “We also have a strong games release this year, which will …

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  • 12 February

    Bryan Singer hints at Storm appearance in X-Men: Days Of Future Past

    The excitement surrounding X-Men: Days Of Future Past is really beginning to hot up, with Bryan Singer hinting that Halle Berry may be the next original cast member to sign on to appear. With Hugh Jackman already on board alongside Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Anna Paquin, Ellen Page and Shawn …

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  • 12 February

    The Vampire Diaries 4.13 “Into The Wild” REVIEW

    The Vampire Diaries 4.13 “Into The Wild” TV REVIEW (opens in new tab) Episode 4.13 Writer: Caroline Dries Director: Michael Allowitz THE ONE WHERE Everyone goes on a camping trip to the find the cure, except Klaus who’s still a danger to Caroline and Tyler despite being trapped in the …

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  • 11 February

    Elizabeth Olsen hints at dark take on Godzilla

    Elizabeth Olsen recently joined the cast for Gareth Edwards’ Godzilla reboot, and the star dropped a brief hint as to what we can expect from the film while on the red carpet at last night’s Bafta ceremony. The EE Rising Star nominee didn’t give much away in terms of specific …

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  • 11 February

    Monsters University releases a full-length trailer: watch online now

    (opens in new tab) The full-length trailer for Monsters University has arrived, and you can watch it right here. Pitching Mike Wazowski and James P. ‘Sulley’ Sullivan as odd-couple roommates ‘before they were incorporated’, it’s clear that the pair didn’t always get on. In fact, it seems they were quite …

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  • 11 February

    50 Action Movies Inspired By Die Hard

    Skyscraper (1996) Die Hard On A… Skyscraper. What Would John McClane Do: Probably exactly what he did in Die Hard – Skyscraper basically takes the plot of Die Hard and swaps McClane for Anna Nicole Smith’s big-boobed pilot. The horror. Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997) Die Hard On A… Cruise …

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  • 8 February

    The Weeks Best Movie Virals, Memes & Gifs – 8 February 2013

    Brace yourselves for some of the funniest, weirdest and most creative movie-related maguffins that have been buzzing around the internet this week. Case in point, the amazing Batman , Joker and (rather tubby) Bane cosplayers above, who were snapped wandering around Las Vegas (via @Imgur ). And it just gets …

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