Posted in: Highly Defined, News and Opinions by Archive Authors on June 25th, 2007
Shouldn’t you be out at the beach right now?
I don’t know about you, but I burn easily, so I can’t spend as much time at the pool as others, so I get to watch movies, and I watched Ocean’s Thirteen at a theater that just opened down the road from me. The theater itself is pretty nice, the film delivered what it’s supposed to do, which is be fun, so you can’t ask for too much more I guess. Overall, there really isn’t that much to pore over, other than surveys which reiterate what everyone already know...
Posted in: Brain Blasters, News and Opinions by David Annandale on June 22nd, 2007
After a brief absence (dja miss me?), here we go with The Wishlist, Part 2. This time around: The Reflecting Skin. This 1990 British film, directed by Philip Ridley, did get a DVD release in Japan in 2005, but has yet to show up on these shores, and more’s the pity.
The film takes place in the American Midwest in the 1950s, and has the supersaturated colours and creepy beauty one would associated with Terrence Malick, and, as with Malick, all sorts of nastiness lurks under the beauty. The protagonist...
Posted in: Dare to Play the Game, News and Opinions by Michael Durr on June 20th, 2007
A Bloody Wolf, A Piggy Bank smashed for GTA content, and a Band of Bugs - Welcome to the column that is animal friendly as long as there is no snuggling afterwards known as Dare to Play the Game.
Welcome to another edition of Dare to Play the Game. Do you realize that this past weekend was father's day? I did, got my father the dvd boxset to Indiana Jones. Yeah I know, they released that many moons ago but my dad still had the VHS tapes. I've...
Posted in: Highly Defined, News and Opinions by Archive Authors on June 18th, 2007
I’ve got enough tiki torches, guava juice and poi to last awhile.
Well, I’m still trying to catch up on things on East Coast time, even as things in Hawaiian Time are still dark out as of this writing, not to mention just so damn nice out. Anyway, moving on to the news, which is, well, pretty bland, since all of the next gen released equipment is just about to come out or has come out. Blu-ray buyers do have reason to celebrate though, as Blockbuster has announced Blu titles in their stores for carrying. On...
Posted in: Dare to Play the Game, News and Opinions by Michael Durr on June 13th, 2007
Prince in Persia, Game Dev in Texas, and PS3 dominant in 2009? - Welcome to the column that predicts it will be #1 in readers by 2010 (but probably remain at 4,235) known as Dare to Play the Game.
Welcome to another edition of Dare to Play the Game. I did get my brand spanking new 20" screen. I think I cried in joy when it turned on. I had been flopping around with my 17" tube for so long, I forgot what it was like to actually really see wh...
Posted in: Brain Blasters, News and Opinions by David Annandale on June 8th, 2007
The Wishlist, Part 1. Wherein I pine over films that are overdue for a DVD re-release, or have yet to see the light in that format at all. Today’s subject: the 1980 sci-fi fiasco Saturn 3.
The film is a joy for a number of reasons. First, there’s the absurd plot: on a research base orbiting Saturn, passions flare as the idyll of the couple living there is disrupted by an unstable new arrival and his killer robot, who both wind up lusting after the woman on board. If the storyline were all that was ri...
Posted in: Dare to Play the Game, News and Opinions by Michael Durr on June 6th, 2007
No more farming, No 360 Port for Ninja Gaiden & No sense in Zelda II - Welcome to the column that refuses to take no for an answer (but gets it anyway) known as Dare to Play the Game.
Welcome to another edition of Dare to Play the Game. I'm kinda in limbo this week. I feel I'm on the verge of something but I'm not sure what the heck it is. Work is going okay for the most part but I still don't have anything resembling a social life. I would j...
Posted in: Brain Blasters, News and Opinions by David Annandale on June 1st, 2007
A couple of months back, Shriek Show released its Evil Animals box set, presenting a triple feature treat for fans of 70's horror that has more than a touch of cheese to it. There are two theatrical flicks here, and one made-for-TV opus, and the titles should ring nostalgic bells for anyone who was a kid in that decade.
Two of the films – Grizzly and Day of the Animals – are the work of director William Girdler, and man whose output was never what one might actually call “good,” but was always...
Posted in: Dare to Play the Game, News and Opinions by Michael Durr on May 30th, 2007
A Complete Lego Star Wars Set, Master Chief Gone Wild, and time for one more Party - Welcome to the column that will soon have a patch available to remove all explicit content (but then only consist of 5 words) known as Dare to Play the Game.
Welcome to another edition of Dare to Play the Game. I spent Memorial Day on a pretty good note. I spent most of the time with a friend I hadn’t seen in roughly ten years. We went and saw a movie (Shrek 3...
Posted in: Highly Defined, News and Opinions by Archive Authors on May 28th, 2007
And now for a little change of pace this week, here’s a list of my Top Ten War Movies in honor of Memorial Day. Everyone should never forget…with the inclusion of these into your collection.
I figured what the hell, let me attempt to dive into my own list, and attempt to do some justice to a hotly debated movie genre…war movies. The ability of fighting forces across the world to hurt people and break things has evolved over the years, and so have the war movies, as many have done with the dramatic death in ...
