May, 2012

• 14 May

  Tweets Of The Week

  

  In a pre-Twitter, pre-internet age, it used to be that a show’s cancellation could almost be swept under the rug. Shows would disappear off TV without explanation or fanfare. Now every announcement is pored over fetishtically, and we’re all contributing more than ever to the outcry thanks to Twitter. Take …

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• 14 May

  Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown preview – Technical brawling that does more with less

  

  SEGA and AM2’s legendary Virtua Fighter franchise has always been regarded with respect, given its wealth of content for players that take the time to delve into its complex mechanics and movelists. Despite using a mere three buttons (punch, kick, and guard) and a joystick, the sheer number of possible …

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• 11 May

  Sniper Elite V2 achievement guide

  

  Think you have the chops to be a sniper of the elite variety? Earning these achievements and trophies is a good way to show it! Many of the achievements and trophies found are dependent on your ability to perform some fancy shooting, as well as taking out enemies in crafty …

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• 11 May

  New images from Prometheus

  

  Prometheus has debuted a handful of new images in the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly , featuring the exploratory crew taking their first tentative steps onto the alien planet. The latest shots show the landing party gathered together in their space-suits, before heading inside the mysterious temple. There’s also another …

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• 11 May

  Blakes 7: The Merchandise Guide REVIEW

  

  You might think that you’d struggle to wring a pamphlet out of the subject of Blake’s 7 merchandise, never mind a whole book. You’d have a point. Unlike its brick-thick, Doctor Who -focused forebear, Howe’s Transcendental Toybox , B7:TMG is a slim 190-page volume (which makes that £20 RRP a …

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• 10 May

  Stephen Kings The Reach to get movie adaptation

  

  Yet another Stephen King adaptation looks to be in the works, with buyers set to find out more about a potential adaptation of The Reach at this year’s Cannes festival. British production company Park Entertainment will take the story to market for the first time at the Marche du Film, …

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• 9 May

  Tim Burtons Dark Shadows

  

  Awoken after being buried for 200 years, reluctant vampire Barnabas Collins (Johnny Depp) comes across his first taste of 1970s-style civilization: a tarmac road leading through the forbidding forest. “This is curious terrain,” he pronounces. It most certainly is. The latest salvo in a lifelong mission to bring outsider cinema …

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• 8 May

  The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp review

  

  A romantic melodrama spanning four decades, this sweeping 1943 epic explores the English character through the experiences of a well-meaning buffoon whose touching belief in decency and fair play render him an endearing but irrelevant relic. Churchill was one of many dismayed by Powell and Pressburger’s affectionate satire. Its status …

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• 8 May

  Even The Rain review

  

  Think the New World crossed with Day For Night , as an idealistic Spanish director (Gael García Bernal) and his cynical producer (Luis Tosar) pitch up in Bolivia to make a revisionist epic about Christopher Columbus’ ‘conquering’ of America. Meanwhile, in Cochabamba the locals are resisting governmental attempts to privatise …

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• 4 May

  Spurious Awards Of The Week

  

  Doctor Who Rock Mix Of the Week Check out Eric Calderone’s YouTube page (opens in new tab) for more sci-fi-themed heavy metal riffs, including Batman and Game Of Thrones . Rock on. Imp Slap Of The Week (opens in new tab) (opens in new tab) AKA The Tyrion Award Of …

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