Designing Bloodhunt's battle royale city
by Konstantinos Dimopoulos | Nov 24, 2021 | Feature, Gaming
Sharkmob’s game director talks us through the design decisions that shaped Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodhunt’s Prague
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The quiet return of the spoof movie
by Simon Brew | Nov 24, 2021 | Feature, News
The Naked Gun director David Zucker is trying to bring the spoof movie back - and we've been taking a look at just where it went right and wrong....
Mental health & wellbeing matters: forced joviality
by Simon Brew | Nov 24, 2021 | Feature
It's the bit of the site where we chat about mental health and wellbeing, and in this case the peer pressure to get involved with Christmas...
The lost art of handheld demakes
by Alan Wen | Nov 23, 2021 | Feature, Gaming
As the lines blur between consoles and portable systems, we remember the conversions that pushed handheld hardware to its limits
Mike Leigh's Naked: revisiting his darkest film
by Rob Daniel | Nov 23, 2021 | Feature, News
Mike Leigh's Naked is the centrepiece of retrospectives of his work playing in the UK at the moment: we look back at arguably his most divisive film....
The controversial $6m movie premiere for 2001’s Pearl Harbor
by Simon Brew | Nov 22, 2021 | Feature, News
Michael Bay's Pearl Harbor had cost Disney around $140m to make - and it needed a premiere to match: it'd be fair to say it went for it a bit....
The woman who became the first head of a major Hollywood studio
by Simon Brew | Nov 22, 2021 | Feature, News
Dawn Steel rose to the top of a Hollywood studio, but heck, did she have some battles: we chart the life and times of a Hollywood one-off....
Celebrating the 1990s movie roles of Rene Russo
by Simon Brew | Nov 19, 2021 | Feature, News
Rene Russo made much out of not always that much across a range of blockbuster movies in the 1990s: here's a salute to her work....
Film Quiz Friday: Better Late Than Never?
by Mark Harrison | Nov 19, 2021 | Feature, News
Who you gonna call? In this week’s film quiz on belated sequels, please be prepared to wait 20 years or longer for a response....
British movie podcast of the week: I'll Have What She's Podcasting
by Em McGowan | Nov 19, 2021 | Feature
Our movie podcast recommendation of the week features a whole lot of facts, and a title lifted from When Harry Met Sally....
Doctor Who and the terror of the Weeping Angels
by Mark Harrison | Nov 18, 2021 | Feature, News
Don’t blink! Jodie Whittaker and friends tangle with the Weeping Angels in the new series of Doctor Who, but what makes Steven Moffat’s creations so...
Revisiting the 1970s films of Michael Caine: Pulp (1972)
by John Upton | Nov 16, 2021 | Feature, Misc, News
Our lookback at the 1970s work of Michael Caine arrives at his second collaboration with Get Carter director Mike Hodges: it's Pulp....
The much darker original ending to Sweet Home Alabama
by Simon Brew | Nov 16, 2021 | Feature
The Reese Witherspoon-headlined romcom Sweet Home Alabama nearly took a bit of a dark turn....
1993. and the three huge Hollywood thrillers that hit big within one month
by Simon Brew | Nov 15, 2021 | Feature, News
The Firm, In The Line Of Fire and The Fugitive all debuted within four weeks of each other - and Hollywood's not had such a run of blockbuster...
The most expensive silent movie stunt of all time
by James Palmer | Nov 15, 2021 | Feature
A look at the astonishing practical stunt that sits at the heart of the Buster Keaton classic, The General....
Film Quiz Friday: A Quiz Called Wanda
by Mark Harrison | Nov 12, 2021 | Feature, News
“What would an intellectual do?” Try this week’s film quiz, which includes teasers on movie rules, actor anagrams, and the movies of Jamie Lee Curti...
British movie podcast of the week: FilmBusters - two years on...
by Em McGowan | Nov 12, 2021 | Feature
As we celebrate two years of our movie podcast of the week feature, we go back to where it began and catch up with the FilmBusters....
The three pillars of investigative gameplay
by Antony de Fault | Nov 11, 2021 | Feature, Gaming
Ever wanted a player to more deeply engage with the details of your story? Here’s how
Revisiting the film roles of sports announcer Michael Buffer
by Mark Harrison | Nov 10, 2021 | Feature, News
“Let’s get ready to rumbleeee!” Sports announcer Michael Buffer has made a career out of those five words, including a few major movie appea...
Mental Health & Wellbeing Matters: mental health shame
by Simon Brew | Nov 10, 2021 | Feature
In our weekly mental health and wellbeing feature, we're this week talking about the shame that sometimes comes with talking about mental health....
Two Crude Dudes and the joy of throwing things
by Ian Dransfield | Nov 09, 2021 | Feature, Gaming
Looking back at a brawler that stood out from the arcade pack thanks to a unique throwing mechanic
The endless march towards 150 minute blockbuster movies becoming the norm
by Simon Brew | Nov 09, 2021 | Feature, News
Is two and a half hours now becoming the acceptable given for a big blockbuster movie's running time? A few thoughts....
Old Movies: Sunset Boulevard, and the golden age of Hollywood
by Sarah Cook | Nov 09, 2021 | Feature, News
It's hard to pin down just when the Golden Age of Hollywood was - but few films demonstrate the more harder edged City Of Stars quite like Sunset...
The Dark Knight: how its tie-in videogame fell apart
by Andrew Fisher | Nov 08, 2021 | Feature, News
Work began on a hugely ambitious tie-in videogame to Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight - but here's why the project ended up collapsing....
Explaining the ending of Paw Patrol: The Movie
by Simon Brew | Nov 05, 2021 | Feature, News
With huge spoilers, we dissect what happens in Paw Patrol: The Movie, and explain some of the film's many mysteries....
Film Quiz Friday: One Quiz To Rule Them All
by Mark Harrison | Nov 05, 2021 | Feature, News
This week’s film quiz covers a variety of movie trivia, including American remakes, loose connections, and Peter Jackson’s Lord Of The Rings tri...
Attack The Block at 10 – Joe Cornish’s unique alien-invasion actioner
by Mark Harrison | Nov 04, 2021 | Feature, News
There’s a sequel on the way, but 10 years on, Joe Cornish’s “inner city vs outer space” sci-fi film Attack The Block is like nothing else we’ve s...
Look Who's Talking, and the story of a ridiculously quick sequel
by Simon Brew | Nov 03, 2021 | Feature, News
Few Hollywood studios have managed to turn a ridiculously quick sequel from scratch as Tri-Star did with Look Who's Talking Too....
Mental Health & Wellbeing Matters: fronting things out
by Simon Brew | Nov 03, 2021 | Feature, News
In our weekly mental health and wellbeing column, a few words on the day where we have to take a leap of sorts to make it....
Bobbins: The video games of Frank Sidebottom
by Jack Yarwood | Nov 02, 2021 | Feature, Gaming
Cult comedy legend Chris Sievey was also a programming genius. His family and friends share their memories
Disney, and how the 1980s ended its 20 year search for a box office hit
by Simon Brew | Nov 02, 2021 | Feature, News
Disney went through the back end of the 1960s, the 1970s and early 80s on the search for a box office hit: here's the story....
Old movies: all about #Noirvember
by Sarah Cook | Nov 02, 2021 | Feature, News
Old movies set into the limelight with #Noirvember this month: here's our guide to film noir to set you on your way....
