Who Watches The Blog-men? - Watchmen (2009)
If you believe the trailers and the hype, Watchmen is a movie twenty years in the making, and adapted from ‘the greatest graphic novel of our time.’ Writer Alan Moore has previously given us V For Vendetta, From Hell and The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen, but don’t expect that to be any indication of what you’ll see on the big-screen, as Moore’s distaste for Hollywood and the adaptations of his own comics has been well-documented. A far change from From Hell or V, Watchmen has much more in common with the Batman movies of the 80s and 90s, with camp costumes and shades of Bond shining through in a way that is both parody and highly reverent.
Friday The 13th (2009)
Jensen Ackles has already graced our screens this year in horror re-make My Bloody Valentine: now, it’s screen brother Jared Padalecki’s chance to shine in Friday the 13th, a re-make/reboot of the popular series that made Jason Voorhees (and his mother) a cult icon. Strictly speaking, the film is the twelfth in the franchise (just one short, dammit, and yes, we’re including the unspeakable horrors of Jason X and Freddy vs. Jason in there.
My Bloody Valentine 3D (2009)
Sometimes, a movie comes along so unflinchingly terrible, it’s just awesome. Sometimes, that film is called My Bloody Valentine,
Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe (2008)
Mortal Kombat? Batman? Superman? Fighting? In a video game? What’s not to like?”
At this point, expect a slap across the face to calm yourself down.
Fallout 3 (2008)
The world of role-playing games is a curious one: games following an RPG-model are a dime a dozen these days, a new release coming nearly every other month that tries to capture the feeling. Few games, though, are as immersive as they need to be to be to work, and there are a lot fewer ‘good’ games out there than ‘bad.’
Fallout 3, thankfully, fits into the ‘good’ category, sitting comfortably far from the borders of mediocrity. Gamers may already be familiar with Bethesda for their other recent RPG hit, Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, a sword-and-sorcery style RPG that made many critics’ lists for one of the best games of 2006. Fallout 3 takes what worked for Oblivion and updates them into an RPG of the future (despite some very retro looks and feels.)
Casino Royale - DVD Release (2008)
Coinciding with the cinematic release of Quantum of Solace, the deluxe edition of 2006’s Casino Royale, packages Daniel Craig’s first James Bond film with a multitude of special features that will appeal to fans of the Bond series and those new to the franchise.
Something of a departure from the standard gadgets, gizmos and girls structure of Bond films, Casino Royale follows Bond as he travels undercover to Montenegro to investigate Le Chiffre (Mikkelsen), the suspected financier of an international terrorist organision. Bond is accompanied by Vesper Lynd (Green) from the treasury and Mathis (Giannini), who assist him in the poker game he must enter in order to get close to Le Chiffre.
The X-Files: I Want To Believe (2008)
In what could only be described as a summer of superheroes, the arrival of an X-Files movie was somewhat understated and passed by without much fanfare. The DVD release of The X-Files: I Want To Believe may go similarly unnoticed, which is quite a pity: in the great scheme of things, it’s actually a rather good film.
Spider-Man: Web Of Shadows (2008)
Just as comic-book based movies have proven uber-popular (though not always good or successful) over the past decade or so, so too have video-games based on the characters and worlds of comics, with Marvel and DC comics in particular leasing out their characters for both original games and marketing tie-ins. Some are successful with fans, critics and general sales alike (generally the original games); some, not so much.
Spider-Man: Web of Shadows falls somewhere squarely between the two: while not a direct sequel to the Spider-Man movies and their tie-in games, there’s enough similarities to make this an unofficial Spider-Man 4, while enough content to make the game relevant and help it stand on its own.
Mutant Chronicles (2008)
To say Mutant Chronicles has slipped under the radar would be an understatement: for a sci-fi/horror film with liberal amounts of violence, blood, guts and gore, the film has received little advertising or press coverage.
Which is surprising, because it’s a hell of a lot of fun!
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