October, 2011

• 31 October

  Jurassic Park: The Game gets awesome website and pre-order/Deluxe Edition information

  

  We last checked in behind the scenes with Telltale Games’ Jurassic Park: The Game back in April (opens in new tab), but two weeks from US release, the company’s got plenty more to show off. They’ve updated their website (opens in new tab) to have more of a Jurassic Park …

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• 31 October

  James Mangold discusses Wolverine

  

  Ah The Wolverine … if ever there were a film to file under the heading “Development Hell”, the long-awaited sequel to X-Men Origins would surely be it. However, things do appear to be moving again, with Walk The Line director James Mangold having discussed his vision for the project. And …

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• 31 October

  Stay Awhile and Listen to tell the story of Blizzard North and the making of Diablo

  

  “I’d definitely like to see this set a record for what went on,” said Blizzard North co-founder Erich Schaefer, who hopes the book will motivate readers to make their loot table dreams a reality. Max Schaefer shares his brother’s sentiments, but emphasizes that the extraordinary Diablo franchise was created by …

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• 31 October

  Machine Gun Preacher review

  

  Now that’s a title. It sounds like a lost Grindhouse trailer, or the great Neveldine/Taylor flick we’ll never have. Some surprise is forgiven, then, when Machine Gun Preacher turns out not to be a beefy slab of exploitation but a furrowed-brow issue drama. Gerard Butler plays real-life biker and bad …

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• 31 October

  Kirsten Dunst joining Cities

  

  Elizabethtown co-stars Kirsten Dunst and Orlando Bloom are set to reunite for Roger Donaldson’s upcoming financial thriller Cities , once again playing a young couple in love. With the film set across a trio of global locales, Dunst and Bloom will feature in the London-based segment, as a pair of …

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• 31 October

  Misfits Series Three Episode One Review

  

  Double trouble

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• 31 October

  The Help review

  

  The tensions of the segregated South have been explored more darkly and deftly in better tomes and films. But Kathryn Stockett’s bestseller was embraced by millions charmed by the female dynamics at work amid the Jim Crow laws. This deft addressing of difficult subjects was ripe for a movie – …

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• 30 October

  Robert De Niro joins John Travolta for Killing Season

  

  Nicolas Cage and John Travolta won’t face off again anytime soon: Robert De Niro has replaced Cage in action thriller Killing Season (formerly Shrapnel ). The film is based on a Black List script by Evan Daugherty ( Snow White And The Huntsman ), and sees two blokes engage a …

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• 28 October

  Capcom offers a glimpse at Ace Attorney movie, trailer coming soon

  

  Capcom has released the first image from its upcoming Ace Attorney movie adaptation (opens in new tab). The sole pic accompanies the launch of a Japanese-language promo site (opens in new tab), with a release date set and the promise of a trailer soon. “But it’s one image! One measly …

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• 28 October

  7 Batman: Arkham City costumes we want to see

  

  We’ve loved our time within the confines of Arkham City, but one thing has really bothered us: Batman can order up all sorts of new gadgets and upgrades by remote, but he never changes out of that one Batsuit, no matter how much of a beating he takes. Rocksteady even …

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