03 Aug 08
Letter to the Odeon Comment
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Yesterday, (Saturday 2nd August 2008), I attended the 16:15 screening of The Dark Knight at your Guildford Odeon Cinema....
24 Jul 08
Max Payne: The Movie Film and Gaming
A possible film has been in development hell and is unlikely to see the light of day any time soon.
Adam Wilcox
Little did I know, when I blogged about the Max Payne duology, that just over 12 months later the film trailer would be released....
Read the rest of this entry »07 Jul 08
Tomb Raider Anniversary Gaming
More than a decade after Lara Croft made her console debut, Tomb Raider Anniversary is a remake of that original game. For some reason, I’d never played a Tomb Raider game prior to getting the Wii version, so to me all of this was brand new.
According to PlayStation 3 Magazine “Players should expect a minimum of 15 hours of gameplay, significantly longer than Legend.” Well, the game has given me about five months of infrequent playing, which is either an indictment to just how bad I am at games, or it is a testament to how long and hard this game is. You be the judge, I should note that I referred to a walkthrough on several occasions, and yet it still took me half the year to complete....
Read the rest of this entry »03 Jul 08
Movies of 2007: The Middle Ground Film
Last year, I started to keep a record on Flickr of all the films I watched. This was inspired by the insanely active movie watcher Peter Noster I had planned to blog about this over Christmas/New Year, but due to the fact that I was working all over the festive period I forgot all about it until now.
I’ve broken the film list into three parts, complete with brief Kermodian style reviews....
Read the rest of this entry »10 Jun 08
Indiana Jones & The George Lucas Problem Film
To kick off, I’m not a huge fan of the original Indiana Jones trilogy. It’s not that I don’t like the films, I just would far rather sit down and watch The Mummy. The is probably my childhood fascination with Egypt showing through, but I obviously appreciate the legacy of Indiana on the adventure movies that have followed in the 20 years after the last instalment. That said, along with my Indy loving girlfriend we trooped off to the cinema, for about two hours of fedora and whip, tomb raiding fun.
Spoilers after the jump....
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