6 videogame development studios that have shut down in the last year

The studios next game,APB, was widely expected to be even better. The game that finally staggered onto the worlds stage last summer wasnt what many were expecting. Luxoflux was one of the casualties of Activisions far-reaching staff cuts announced earlier this month. Their first, a reboot of the FPS seriesTurok, was greeted with mixed reviews. Movie tie-inTron: Evolutionproved to be Propagandas swan song. While not perfect, its mixture of acrobatics, combat and shiny graphics were competently wrought....

February 15, 2011 · 1 min · 147 words · Marie Scott

Alien Vs Ninja DVD review

Can low budget genre mash-up Alien Vs Ninja live up to the promise of its title? An example of this would beOutlander(Vikings vs Aliens) orCowboys And Aliens(Cowboys vs Aliens). Now, dont get your hopes up. Cool title aside,Alien Vs NinjaorAvNis a bad, bad film. Let me set the scene. Historical accuracy clearly isnt this films major concern and the overall design could best be described as ninja punk. He is so good that he deflects ninja stars off his sword and into his enemies heads....

February 15, 2011 · 2 min · 222 words · Brent Brown

Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son review

Martin Lawrence once again dresses up as a lady in Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son. But is it actually funny? Your synapses arent firing. Such is my dilemma withBig Mommas: Like Father, Like Son. Having sat through all 107 minutes of Martin Lawrences latest comedy outing, Im lost for words. but its hard to be sure what they say exactly. The muffled sighs of three or four dozen journalists all shuffling awkwardly....

February 15, 2011 · 1 min · 210 words · Jeremy Thompson

Looking back at The Iron Giant: the best family film you’ve never seen?

Might it just be the best family film that youve never seen? Ad content continues below The film came out in the US on 3rd August 1999. So, in theory, the film stood a chance. Yet, it died a death at the box office, grossing $23m in the US. Note that well be discussingspoilersahead. Ive got a feeling about this one. And heres the first clue thatThe Iron Giantis willing to tackle things in a different way....

February 15, 2011 · 3 min · 449 words · Devin Henderson

Greg Mottola interview: directing Paul, working with CGI and more

This week, the sci-fi/comedy geek tease,Paul, beams onto our Earth-based cinema screens. Otherwise, read on! Is that something you brought to the table or were they in the script? Is making these song choices an important part of the creative process? I did make those choices. What station would you turn to if you were on a road trip in South West America? Youd probably just put on an oldies station....

February 13, 2011 · 2 min · 351 words · Patricia Walton

15 movie sex and bedroom scenes that might just put you off

Want a bunch of films to put you off sex and bedrooms? NOTE: Were leaving the nasty films out of the list. To be included, every scene depicted had to be consensual. Rightly so, too. Its perhaps inevitable that theres a coldness, though, to the blue scene from theAvatar: Extended Edition. And not a sexy one, either. Some choose fairly crude terminology, granted, in a bid to turn up the excitement....

February 11, 2011 · 3 min · 639 words · Antonio Koch

15 movie sex and bedroom scenes that might just put you off sex and bedrooms

The movies have some valuable lessons to teach us about bedroom shenanigans. For here are 15 films that might just put you off sex altogether… NOTE: Were leaving the nasty films out of the list. To be included, every scene depicted had to be consensual. Rightly so, too. Its perhaps inevitable that theres a coldness, though, to the blue scene from theAvatar: Extended Edition. And not a sexy one, either....

February 11, 2011 · 3 min · 632 words · Danielle Warner

True Grit review

The Coen brothers True Grit arrives in UK cinemas, and its their best movie in years. The Coen brothers are really good at making films. True Grits plot couldnt be more simple. Theres a 21st century patina of honesty, too, inTrue Grits depiction of its 19th century protagonists. To cap it all,True Gritis a beautiful film from a visual and aural standpoint, too. True Grit premieres in UK cinemas today, February 11th....

February 10, 2011 · 1 min · 77 words · Carl Cook

The Roommate review

Single White Female + Fatal Attraction - all the good bits of those films = The Roommate. Youve literally seen this movie a dozen times if youve ever watched a movie before. Have you seenSingle White Female? Then youve seen a better version ofThe Roommate. Have you seenFatal Attraction? Then youve seen a better version ofThe Roommate. Sara Matthews (Minka Kelly) is your classic small town girl off to the big city....

February 7, 2011 · 2 min · 367 words · Amber Dawson

DC Universe Online interview

Was it on your side, or was it on DCs side? Ad content continues below Ryan Peters:Well, you know, it was a meeting of the two. The developer, Sony Online Entertainment, have been in on the MMO game for over a decade. Theyre not mutually exclusive by any means. Weve been doingEverQuestfor 12 years now, and theres still people who are, like, thats theyre game. Do you still have a full team dedicated to your MMOs forever?...

February 4, 2011 · 6 min · 1154 words · John Clements

Roy Conli interview: Tangled, John Lasseter, Treasure Planet and changing Disney

Back when we sat down with Roy Conli, the films producer, times were a little less certain. Youre surrounded by very creative people and your job is to give them the platform to create. I had a theatrical, literary background. Script development and whatnot. Also production, though. The literary aspect took care of itself. It gave me a concept of how to finish a film. He was literary in the last throes, the last year ofThe Lion Kingwhen I got there....

February 4, 2011 · 5 min · 862 words · Beverly Welch

The Top 10 RPGs

If you hear a rattle while youre playingNeverwinter Nights, thats because your processor is rolling a D20. At least, I expect thats what it is it might be your fan mangling your graphics card. Maybe you should check. Few games so accurately capture the essence of the table top games that videogame RPGs owe their existence to. I still remember the day all of my Pokemon inPokemon Bluewere accidentally deleted....

February 3, 2011 · 1 min · 84 words · Sheila Sexton

Jeremiah Chechik interview: Diabolique, Chuck, and what went wrong with The Avengers

Why did the 1997 movie take on The Avengers go so wrong? Whats it like to direct Sharon Stone? And how do you recover when your movie is slammed by the critics? I interviewed Kevin Smith last year, and talked about working with Bruce Wills onCop Out. Number one, it moved completely away from comedy. It couldnt have been further away. What was the attraction of the project? How was it making a film like that?...

February 1, 2011 · 9 min · 1858 words · Wayne Lindsey