Hey, it’s another trailer for the Hulk. The folks at Sega are pushing this game hard. As I’ve said before, it looks beautiful and appears to be an exact copy of Ultimate Destruction only prettier. Looking forward to trying this out. Although I have to go on record as saying, I’m not a fan […]
VIDEO GAME RELEASE: Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars Hits the Consoles today
The alien invasion has begun with the announcement that id Software’s Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars™ published by Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) for the Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system has shipped to retail stores nationwide. Set in the year 2065, Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars pits the […]
INTERVIEW: All About Eve, a talk with Torchwood star, Eve Myles
“It’s always emotional to say goodbye to people.” Most of the time, Eve Myles, Torchwood‘s no-nonsense Gwen Cooper, bounds around like an over-excited puppy. On stage at the Rift Convention, she overcomes her apprehension at facing her first convention appearance by regaling fans with tales from the set of Torchwood that quickly have […]
DVD REVIEW: Buso Renkin, Sheldon Says Sometimes You Need A Resurrected Hero To Git ‘Er Done!
To Kazuki Muto it all seems like a dream when he recalls saving a young girl from a strange monster, but dying in doing so. An encounter with a teacher who changes into something else – and finding his lost backpack in a location from his dream – jolt him, but not as much as […]
COMIC NEWS: Three Musketeers comes to comics
I love the swashbuckler and there’s no greater story than the Three Musketeers. The folks at Marvel Comics are bringing this classic book to comics and we have some the early pages. It’s brought to us by the team that did their last adaptation – The Man In The Iron Mask, which I started reading […]
MOVIE NEWS: Indiana Jones Cannes Press Conference
One of these years I’m going to make it to the Cannes Film Festival. Every time I come close to pulling the trigger, I start thinking, am I going to get something out of this, that will make it worth spending over $4,000 on? My answer always end up being no. Here’s a look at […]
Wii-kly Update: Dr. Mario is Here and Metal Slug!
Dr. Mario® Online Rx (Nintendo, 1-4 players, Rated E for Everyone, 1,000 Wii Points): The doctor is in! Mario™ takes a break from his adventuring ways and once again dons his stethoscope for a new generation of germ-battling mayhem. In addition to the classic mode of using vitamins to exterminate viruses, you’ll find two battle […]
MOVIE ESSAY: Raider of the Lost 80s – by Scott Essman
When RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK was released in 1981, it did the unthinkable – the movie superseded the previous works that creator-producer George Lucas and director Steven Spielberg had each done individually in genre filmmaking. And that said a lot, with Lucas on the heels of the first two STAR WARS films, and Spielberg […]
Television Review: The Andromeda Strain, Sheldon Says Don’t Strain Yourselves For This Weak Remake!
Robert Wise’s The Andromeda Strain was the first adaptation of a Michael Crichton bestseller to film. That was in 1971, and the 2001-like elegance of its design, and the computer-like efficiency of the members of the Wildfire team, gave us an entertainment was scary on so many levels that it was almost an improvement on […]
Death Note, Volume 4: Sheldon Says The Pen Is Indeed Mightier Than The Sword!
Imagine, if you will, that you could easily, and in total anonymity, execute criminals who had gotten off on a technicality. Not only that, but the only person who could even hope to figure out your identity was a consultant for the police – and your father was the police chief. This is the situation […]
The Tellybox: Once again into the weird world of Eurovision
It’s May Bank Holiday, time for pootling off to Brighton, huddling under umbrellas while picnicking in the park and, of course, watching our Eurovision entry get trashed with the obligatory “nul points” from those countries which don’t like us. Which seems to be pretty much everybody right now. I can’t pinpoint the year […]