As is often the case with the translation of any geek property to the screen, this Friday’s release of Max Payne seems to elicit just as many hopes and doubts as one would expect from a big-screen adaptation of a popular video game (well, one not directed by Uwe Boll , that is). So, coming from a position of relative ignorance when it comes to most titles (trust me, my PS2 gathers more dust than yours does), what’s the current reading from fans on a film proudly rated PG-13 , although based on a series of M-rated games?
And for which upcoming projects are you most hopeful: Halo -- that is, with or without Peter Jackson? Gore Verbinski’s BioShock ? Jerry Bruckheimer’s Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time ? (And just when is The Rock’s Spy Hunter coming out anyway? Do you care?) (Should I?)
As for my fellow ignorati: does this look to you like an appealing action movie regardless? Which video-game movies worked ...
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Steven Spielberg and his wife, Kate Capshaw, are the latest celebrity donors to the fight against California’s November ballot initiative that would overturn the state Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage.
Spielberg and Capshaw have donated $100,000 to fight Proposition 8, they announced in a statement Monday.
“By writing discrimination into our state constitution, Proposition 8 seeks to eliminate the right of each and every citizen in ou... more
The Frighteners From: notcoming.com Post Date: 2008-10-27 05:41:53
The Frighteners was a flop over a decade ago, but it has since amassed greater critical and audience appreciation with its director Peter Jackson’s rise to prominence, and it is a film that’s deserving of a second look. I expected the CGI special effects to look dated, but they actually look pretty fantastic (and like a lot of critic-types, I am not known for my love of CGI ). There are some flat jokes (Chi McBride is saddled with a dull comic-relief stereotype of a character.)... more
Gametrailers.com - Dissidia: Final Fantasy - Cloud vs. Sephiroth
Pretty intense battle, but I really wish the game was for PS3 and not just for the PSP. ... more
Square Enix announced today it is bringing Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes Of Time to North America in Spring 2009, an interesting cross-platform multiplayer action-RPG that is playable on the Nintendo DS and the Wii.
Yes, the debate for worst looking Wii game is over. It’s Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes Of Time , which wins by default for having the look of a DS game — quite intentionally too. Okay, it’s actually still Cruis’n , but how many ... more
Section: Gaming News , Handhelds , DS , Game-Companies , Publishers , Genres , 2D , Strategy , Web-Sites , Official-Sites A pretty snazzy new website has just appeared for Blue Dragon Plus , the real-time strategic RPG sequel/spinoff to the Xbox 360 game Blue Dragon . Aside from looking pretty elaborate, with a video introduction, it also provides an ample amount of information on the forthcoming Ignition game. There’s a story summary, two trailers, character information ... more
The Toronto International Film Festival starts September 4th - but, not to dash your mental images or anything, the truth is that the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival started a few weeks ago. Toronto has several great films from Cannes this year making their North American debut, to be sure -- like the riveting crime-and-power tales Gomorra and Leonera , or the French films Entre Les Murs and Un Conte de Noel -- but apart from that earlier bow for several films at Toronto thi... more
In spite of the writer’s strike keeping several larger films that otherwise would have been on the Telluride slate out of this year’s fest, and the absence of Cannes Palm d’or winner The Class , which many had hoped to see here (that film is opening the upcoming New York Film Festival, and so was unable to play at Telluride), the 35th Telluride Film Festival was a solid success.
The fest scored sneak previews of Danny Boyle’s hotly anticipated Slumdog Milli... more
Movie tickets were a tough sell for labor day weekend, as Babylon A.D and Traitor were the only two of last week’s four new releases to finish in the top five. Disaster Movie took seventh place and College took fifteenth, allowing Tropic Thunder to hold the number one spot for a third week. Here’s the top five: 1. Tropic Thunder: $11.5 million 2. Babylon A.D. : $9.4 million 3. The Dark Knight: $8.6 million 4. The House Bunny: $8.3 million 5. Traitor: $7.8 million The s... more
The Telluride Film Festival has wrapped up and we’re gearing up for our non-stop coverage of the Toronto International Film Festival, which starts tomorrow. Just in case you missed any of our coverage from the Telluride Film Festival, here’s a roundup of what we saw there. Most of these films will also be playing at Toronto as well; if you attended Telluride or are going to TIFF, be sure to let us know which films you love or hate -- we always enjoy hearing what our smart Cine... more
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