In perhaps the mostbizarre story (opens in new tab)of the month, we learned today that two employees of Bohemia Interactive, the developer behind the Arma series, were arrested on charges of espionage in Greece as they were discovered to be carrying a large amount of pictures and videos of Greek …
Read More »50 Most Awkward Movie Moments
L.A. Confidential (1997) The Movie: In Curtis Hanson’s retro-noir thriller, L.A. is home to Hollywood stars…and prostitutes cut to look like Hollywood stars. But who can spot the difference? The Awkward Moment: Ed Exley (Guy Pearce) angrily interrogates gangster Johnny Stompanato (Paolo Seganti) and his girlfriend (Brenda Bakke), who Exley …
Read More »Grimm 2.04 “Quill” REVIEW
Grimm 2.04 “Quill” TV REVIEW (opens in new tab) Episode 2.04 Writer: David Simkins Director: David Straiton THE ONE WHERE Nick and the Grimm team (now including Hank) investigate an icky Dark Ages plague, while Renard is busy searching for Mama Burkhardt. Juliette finds out Nick is a Grimm. Again. …
Read More »Drugs you didnt notice in video games
Our guide to the unlikeliest drugs in videogames Warning! You are about to read about mature subject matter, which shouldn’t be discussed by minors without the presence of a responsible adult. Topics we’ll be covering include drug use, drug crime, drug addiction, and the ending of Ghouls ‘n’ Ghosts. Consider …
Read More »Weekend Spent Sept. 8-9 – What are you playing?
Justin: Believe it or not, I missed Batman: Arkham City the first time round, despite having finished and loved Arkham Asylum. Go figure. But I went halves on a £20 copy with my girlfriend last week, so I’ll be playing that this weekend. That and our joint playthrough of Resident …
Read More »Mark of the Ninja review
There’s no shortage of games starring ninjas, but more often than not they feature NINOs–ninjas in name only. Where’s the stalking, the secret kills, the disappearing in a cloud of smoke? Mark of the Ninja, a new XBLA exclusive from Klei (the folks best known for Shank), is one of …
Read More »Wonder Woman TV Show Now Heading For The CW
According to Vulture , “the CW, Warner Bros. TV, and DC Comics have found a new way to revive the legend of Diana of Themyscira. The plan this time: origin story, all the way.” The series is currently in development under the working title of Amazon , with the pilot …
Read More »Looper review
Miller’s Crossing . The Royal Tenenbaums . Magnolia . Three Kings . All films by modern American directors who already showed considerable early promise with their first two movies, only to hit the ball right out the park with number three. Rian Johnson does just that with Looper , an …
Read More »Richard Linklater secretly finishes shooting Before Midnight
(opens in new tab) [ Click on the image to see it in hi-res ] So as it turns out, Ethan Hawke is a pretty good liar. Just last week we reported that work had begun on filming Before Midnight , a sequel to Richard Linklater’s Before Sunrise and Before …
Read More »Dredd review
Roughly five minutes in, an incendiary bullet from Judge Dredd’s hand-cannon cooks a thug’s brain inside his own skull. He drops, glowing like a human halloween pumpkin. Dredd grimaces. Call it a statement of intent. The helmet stays on and the gloves are off in screenwriter Alex Garland’s grim, ultraviolent …
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