We gets loads of remasters these days, often for games that don’t really need them. One game that does, though, is Rockstar’s “time period in a bottle” GTA: Vice City, which for all its brilliance is looking a little rough in 2016.
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Something happened in the 80’s that forever shaped the way I thought video games would be when I got older. And that something was this scene from the Japanese animated series Macross.
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All is not well in RimWorld, the popular space colonist simulator released in July. Yesterday, a Rock, Paper, Shotgun writer opened up RimWorld’s code and published some surprising revelations about how sexuality factors into its gameplay. RimWorld’s developer, in response, has gone on a tear, denying that the game mirrors the “sexist expectations of romance” described in the recent article.
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“This is the dream! It’s conflict, and it’s compromise, and it’s very very exciting.” Lionsgate has unveiled a third trailer for the musical sensation La La Land, directed by Whiplash director Damien Chazelle, easily one of the best movies all year. I totally and completely LOVE this movie so much, just wait until you get to see it yourself. I want need the soundtrack playing on repeat. La La Land stars Emma Stone as an aspiring actress who falls for a jazz pianist, played by Ryan Gosling, while living in Los Angeles. We’ve already seen two fantastic teasers for this movie already, but this full trailer takes the cake, and really shows how wonderful and exciting and full of love and hope and romance this movie is. I wrote in my review that it’s “musical perfection, an exhilarating and emotional voyage through time, deep into music and cinema.” ›››
Continue reading Emma Stone & Ryan Gosling Dream Big in Third ‘La La Land’ Trailer
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“We woke up 90 years too soon…” Sony Pictures has debuted a new 30-second TV spot for the sci-fi movie Passengers, from a screenplay by Jon Spaihts, directed by Morten Tyldum. We featured the first trailer for this movie a few months ago, and I’m still very excited for it. The story is set far in the future entirely on a passenger ship carrying thousands of people to a colony on the other side of the galaxy. Chris Pratt stars as a mechanic whose sleep pod malfunctions, leaving him awake and alone and unable to last the 90 years left on the ship’s journey. This also stars Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Sheen as a robot bartender, and Laurence Fishburne. There isn’t that much new footage, but this is one of my most anticipated left to see in 2016 and I’m glad it looks so damn good. I’ve also included an extra poster from Thailand below. Enjoy. ›››
Continue reading First TV Spot for Jon Spaihts’ Sci-Fi ‘Passengers’ Shows More Footage
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“Choose the ones you love. Choose your future.” They’re back! Sony has revealed the first full-length trailer for T2: Trainspotting 2, Danny Boyle’s sequel to his 1996 cult hit film Trainspotting. The first teaser debuted during the summer and didn’t show much, now we finally get a good look at the story and where these friends are in their life. The four main guys are back: Ewan McGregor as Renton, Ewen Bremner as Spud, Jonny Lee Miller as Sick Boy, and Robert Carlyle as Begbie. The full cast also includes Kelly Macdonald, author Irvine Welsh, Simon Weir and Karl Argue. This actually looks like a totally wild follow-up to the original, based on the book Porno by Irvine Welsh, with even more drug-fueled craziness. ›››
Continue reading First Full Trailer for Danny Boyle’s Sequel ‘T2: Trainspotting 2’ Arrives
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Malick fans, listen up! The Brooklyn Academy of Music, aka BAM, is hosting the US premiere of Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life with live orchestra coming up later this month. BAM has announced two nights of The Tree of Life, on November 18th and November 19th, featuring “more than 100 musicians and singers from the Wordless Music Orchestra” performing live over the film. The first version of this live event took place in Dublin back in June, and now it’s finally coming to the US. The score was composed by Alexandre Desplat (read my interview with Desplat from Cannes in 2011), however the film also features additional music by Mahler, Berlioz, Brahms, Mozart and other legends. Tickets range between $35 and $85 for seats on either night, and they will likely sell out fast. This is one of those very rare don’t-miss-it special events. ›››
Continue reading ‘The Tree of Life’ with Live Orchestra is at Brooklyn’s BAM This Month
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“My verdict is: I, Olga Hepnarová, the victim of your bestiality, sentence you to death penalty.” Those were the famous words of a 22-year-old mass murderer, who in 1973 drove a truck into a group of innocent people in Prague. The film I, Olga (titled in full I, Olga Hepnarová) tells her story in black & white, and it’s a harrowing cautionary tale about how a careless society and relentless bullying drove this young woman to become a murderer. Michalina Olszanska plays Olga, described as a “complex young woman desperate to break free from her unfeeling family and social conventions.” This seems like an intimate story that takes a cold, hard look at how troubling and harsh society can be. And how it turns good people bad. Watch below. ›››
Continue reading Official UK Trailer for Cautionary Tale ‘I, Olga’ from the Czech Republic
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Black Friday is coming up later this month, and if you’re in the market for a new PlayStation 4 or Xbox One, yet another retailer has an offer you may want to consider.
BFAds.net posted the Kohl’s Black Friday ad today, revealing $250 PS4 and Xbox One offers. You can get the 500 GB Uncharted 4 PS4 Slim model with $75 in Kohl’s Cash for only $250. Additionally, the store will sell the 500 GB Minecraft Xbox One S bundle with the Kohl’s Cash for the same price.
The Kohl’s ad says some Black Friday deals will be available online starting on Monday, November 21 while supplies last. Physical stores open at 6 PM on November 24 (Thanksgiving Day), though hours vary by state and location. All “door-buster” deals, which include the console offers, will end by 1 PM on Black Friday, November 25, thus making it necessary to shop early if you want one.
Go to BFAds.net to see all the Black Friday deals that Kohl’s will offer.
It appears that $250 for a new PS4 or Xbox One is the standard console deal this year, as Sam’s Club and Dell are offering the systems at the same price. Dell may have the deal to beat this year for Xbox One, as it’s offering the 500GB Battlefield 1 Xbox One S bundle with a free copy of Gears of War and an extra controller for $250.
Keep checking back with GameSpot in the days and weeks ahead for more on the best Black Friday gaming deals.
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Sony Pictures may have found a director for The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo sequel, The Girl in the Spider’s Web. Sources told Variety that Fede Alvarez, who directed this year’s well-received horror movie Don’t Breathe and 2013’s Evil Dead, is “the choice” to direct Spider’s Web.
The movie is based on the David Lagercrantz novel, who continued the Stieg Larsson series after the author died in 2004. In the book, according to Variety, main character Lisbeth Salander “teamed up with journalist Mikael Blomkvist to enter a world of a ruthless underworld of spies, cybercriminals, and government operatives–some willing to kill to protect their secrets.”
Salander was played by Rooney Mara in 2011’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, with James Bond star Daniel Craig portraying Blomkvist. Whether or not they will return for the sequel remains to be seen.
Variety reports that Spider’s Web has been a “high priority” for Sony since it picked up the rights to the book last year. The film is now being “fast-tracked” and will reportedly enter production in 2017. Eastern Promises writer Steven Knight is writing the screenplay for Spider’s Web.
David Fincher directed The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. The movie won an Oscar for Best Achievement in Film Editing, while Mara earned a nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role.
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo made around $233 million from a $90 million budget, but this was ultimately what co-financiers MGM described was a “modest loss.” Fincher’s film followed the acclaimed Swedish adaptations of Larsson’s three Millennium books, which starred Noomi Rapace as Salander.
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