The first movie about the life of Steve Jobs is coming out soon and a trailer has now been released. Can Ashton Kutcher capture the charisma and crazy of the visionary? Let’s watch!
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World War Z has a rocky production history to say the least. They wrote it, then shot it, then decided they didn’t like it, re-wrote it and shot most of it again.
Given all that it’s kind of amazing that it’s a coherent movie at all. Too bad though that the end result is kinda boring.
I’ve been trying to write the first sentence of this review for twelve hours. The best I could come up with was something about how storytelling in video games can often be forgotten in favour of violent set-pieces or the need to polish multiplayer. How I’m sick of the eye-rolling from all quarters when I eulogise about how video games are as valid a medium for a *great story* as books or movies. How important it is to then balance the story with the actual playing mechanics.
I wanted to tell you how disappointed I am with *Remember Me*, the first game from Dontnod, published by Capcom. How the immaculate world of future Neo-Paris that is painted with such detail, and the science fiction story that takes a concept and has the confidence to fully explore its implications, exacerbate the failings in combat design and even basic play testing. I wanted to warn you off, to advise waiting for the bargain bin and leave you with a sense of initial impressiveness leading to final frustration.
The trouble is, I’m just completely split – a day after completion – on how I *feel* about it. Amidst all the combat repetition and flakiness in the final third, there’s *something* about this game that has really resonated.
You may have already seen this, but just in case you haven’t the owner of Holsten’s Ice Cream Shop, location of the much ballyhooed last scene of the Sopranos, paid tribute to James Gandolfini yesterday by reserving his table.
Holsten's last night. Place packed. But the owner reserved "Tony's" table. Sweet. #gandolfini #thesopranos. pic.twitter.com/x3Z7vohkZm
— John Klekamp (@JKlekamp) June 20, 2013
Thanks to John Keklamp for the tweet and [Slashfilm](http://www.slashfilm.com/potd-sopranos-location-holstens-ice-cream-shop-pays-tribute-to-james-gandolfini/) for the heads up.
In an utterly unshocking turn of events Marvel has ponied up the cash to get Robert Downey Jr. Back in the suit for Avengers 3 and Avengers 3. Full details after the jump.
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Holy shit!
[The Toronto Star](http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/television/2013/06/19/sopranos_actor_james_gandolfini_dead_at_51.html):
> James Gandolfini, the burly actor best known for his Emmy-winning portrayal of a conflicted New Jersey mob boss in the acclaimed HBO cable television series The Sopranos, has died while vacationing in Rome, Italy, the network said on Wednesday.
> Gandolfini, 51, who began his career in live theater in New York, died of a possible heart attack, HBO spokeswoman Mara Mikialian told Reuters.
Damn.
A new trailer for The World’s End should need no introduction.
Continue reading “The World’s End Trailer: One More Cornetto Before The World Ends”
Yup, you read that right. Microsoft has heard all our complaints about the online requirements the XBOX One was going to have, or more likely how much more excited about the PS4 we all are, and has reversed their stance.
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In case you weren’t sure just how much money The Amazing Spider-Man made for Sony, they’ve just confirmed that it was indeed _all_ the money by announcing both a third and fourth film in the franchise set for 2016 and 2018 respectively.
Full release and more after the jump.
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Great Odin’s Raven! The full trailer for Anchorman 2 is out!
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Because of course there is. Now, I’m pretty cynical about this kind of stuff. I mean, it’s a _Lego_ movie; otherwise known as _an extended toy commercial_. However, there’s some talent behind this so let’s watch.
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Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese working together? That alone is enough to get my butt in a seat these days. A new trailer for their next film together, The Wolf of Wall Street, has been release. Let’s watch!
Disney Animation Studios has cooked up a new feature for us called Frozen, which is based on the fairy tale The Snow Queen. Let’s watch!
There’s a new trailer for Only God Forgives and in it Kristin Scott Thomas give me the heebie jeebies.
Let’s watch!
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It’s strange to think that _This Is The End_ is the funniest movie of the year so far. At first glance it looks like a vanity project where Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg just wanted to work with all their friends and then setting that idea against the biblical end of the world. It really feels like it shouldn’t work at all but you know what? It really really does.
To put it succinctly: I haven’t laughed that hard all year.
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