November, 2012

• 5 November

  Hit So Hard review

  

  Purportedly the story of drummer Patty Schemel’s (’90s alt-rockers Hole) rise and fall, but really an attempt to shoehorn in as much of her home-filmed Kurt Cobain footage as possible, P David Ebersole’s scrappy documentary is a mess of talking heads sharing half-remembered truths. What hits hardest is how, without …

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• 2 November

  PlayStation 4 specs, UI details reported

  

  Work on PlayStation 4–codenamed Orbis–is moving forward and more advanced kits are hitting developers, according to reports. VG247 says it spoke with several anonymous sources about the development kits and internals we’ll see in the final version of the console. VG247’s source said Sony plans to make the system “very …

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• 1 November

  The games of November 2012

  

  November is finally here, and it is expectedly the craziest month of the year for game releases. And that would be the case even if we didn’t have a brand new console coming out, thanks to huge debuts like Halo 4 and Call of Duty: Black Ops II, but come …

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October, 2012

• 31 October

  Medal of Honor: Warfighter weakens EAs fiscal expectations

  

  Medal of Honor: Warfighter will sell under Electronic Arts’ expectations, the publisher announced yesterday in its financial earnings report. The military FPS shipped to a poor critical reception, weakening the company’s outlook for its next quarter. EA’s financial results for its second quarter 2013 ended September 30 were largely powered …

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• 30 October

  The Almighty Johnsons 2.07 “Effortless Manly Coolness” REVIEW

  

  The Almighty Johnsons 2.07 “Effortless Manly Coolness” TV REVIEW (opens in new tab) Episode 2.07 Writer: Fiona Samuel Director: Geoffrey Cawthorn THE ONE WHERE An old flame from Ingrid’s past returns and Agnetha may be gone but she’s still causing problems. VERDICT There’s a much more stand-alone feel to this …

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• 29 October

  Beauty And The Beast 1.03 “All In” Review

  

  Beauty And The Beast 1.03 “All In” REVIEW (opens in new tab) Episode 1.03 Writer: Jeff Rake Director: PJ Pesce THE ONE WHERE Catherine says she won’t bother Vincent anymore. Again. But she does. Again. Oh, and some crime happens. VERDICT This show hasn’t got a chance until it figures …

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• 29 October

  Star Trek: The Complete Unauthorized History REVIEW

  

  Star Trek: The Complete Unauthorized History review: Boldly dishing the dirt Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry was a borderline alcoholic, a serial adulterer, a passive-aggressive control freak and a credit-hogger who exploited his co-workers. Those are just a few of the assertions casually made in the course of this concise …

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• 29 October

  Skyfall scores record-breaking opening weekend

  

  Bond is back with a bang, as Skyfall enjoyed a richly profitable weekend, with a couple of broken records thrown in for good measure. The film opened to the tune $32.4m in the UK this weekend, the second highest opening weekend in history behind Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows …

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• 29 October

  Alps review

  

  The Alps in question are a Greek quartet, comprising a nurse (Aggeliki Papoulia), a paramedic (Aris Servetalis), a gymnast (Ariane Labed) and her coach (Johnny Vekris), who provide a very unusual service: they impersonate the just-deceased – by wearing their clothes and speaking their words – to assist their relatives’ …

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• 29 October

  The James Bond Archives REVIEW

  

  As James Bond turns 50, he gets the ultimate photo album to mark the occasion. This comprehensive history of 007 and his exploits is just as lavish as the price tag suggests, and backs up hundreds of rare behind-the-scenes pictures and documents with exhaustive Making Ofs for every single Bond …

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