Pigs must be flying: Shenmue 3 & The Last Guardian exist!
So today at 2:30am Sony had their E3 press conference. They were expected to show some cool new games, more of Uncharted 4 and maybe a price cut. Well we got all of that,...
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Game of Thrones – Mother’s Mercy: As good a finale as they’ve ever done
(SPOILERS FOLLOW, but you’ve probably worked that out by now) So, wow, everyone, we have a lot to talk about. Let’s start by just covering what’s happened over this finale. Cersei confessed to (some...
E3: Bethesda Announce Dishonored 2
“It’s happened again: someone’s pulled the rug out from under you. An empire at your feet, and you’ve lost it all. Be honest, did you really deserve any of it?” Bethesda Softworks and Arkane...
The good, the bad, and the Bond: Re-evaluating 007 – Goldfinger
FROM Russia with Love cemented Bond’s appeal in the eyes of the public, but the next entry in SCM’s re-evaluation of the Bond canon helped define our common perception of the superspy: 1964’s Goldfinger. Andrew Monk: Continuing the...
Review: The Look of Silence – A vitally important milestone in documentary cinema
2012’s THE ACT of Killing was one of the most harrowing and powerful films of its year, its depiction of grinning butchers re-enacting their deeds in the Indonesian genocide of 1965-66 framed with commendable...
Album released this week in… 1985: Talking Heads – Little Creatures
COME 1985, Talking Heads were in an unlikely ascendancy. Having refined their artistic pop sensibilities in Remain in Light and commercial breakthrough Speaking in Tongues, David Byrne’s troupe of polyrhythmic weirdos established themselves as...
Film Torments Special: House of the Long Shadows (1983)
WITH Christopher Lee’s sad passing yesterday afternoon, the world lost one of its last living links to an older age. With a career spanning 65 years and 206 films, Lee inhabited the roles of...
Film Torments: Psycho (1998)
SPEAKING as someone who has never been especially enamoured with Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho – a contemporary trailblazer dulled by the passage of time and reference yet buoyed by Anthony Perkins’ wonderful performance as Norman Bates...
Game of Thrones: The Dance of Dragons – Tripping over its own feet
AS THE FIFTH season of Game of Thrones reaches its end, the world is holding its breath for how it will wind into its downwards spiral. Long time fans of the show will know that...
The good, the bad, and the Bond: Re-evaluating 007 – From Russia with Love
NOW THE AWKWARD first steps are out of the way with Dr. No, it’s time to examine one of the most acclaimed films in the series, beloved by fans and critics alike. Often considered to be...
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