In a year that has seen several “blockbusters” released in the Video Game Market like Doom 3, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Half-Life 2, and the grand daddy of them all Halo 2 (which had a larger opening weekend than any movie in history), Slashdot points out an interesting article … [Read More]

Now there’s something that just tickled my interest, the trailer for The Weather Man. It looked to me like it was travelling the road of mid-life crisis man tries to get back with his family, eerily reminiscent of The Family Man, also with Nicolas Cage. Then something happened, half way … [Read More]

I can hardly believe this, and it deserves a post for the pure laughing involved. According to Reuters, students at the University College London have analysed the character of Gollum from the Lord of the Rings trilogy (books and movies) and presented their findings: The students noted his solitary habits, … [Read More]

So David Goyer is out of the Blade franchise? Well superb I hear most of you say…okay so I heard the voices in my head, don’t section me please. Goyer is lined up to write and produce The Flash, yes, the DC Comics Flash. Empire has the story with: David … [Read More]

So now the video film relationship is definitely a two way street. the Guardian has just announced that The Godfather movie is being made into a videogame, and will star the talents of the digitally recreated Marlon Brando. The rights to reproduce Brando’s likeness were obtained by the game company … [Read More]

Having worked in a visual effects studio for a few years, I like posting about the industry every once in a while. The amazing shop known as WETA, the effects group that did the visuals for the Lord of the Rings trilogy, is gearing up to make the magic for … [Read More]

I generally like all the stuff that the American Film Institute does. The organization just put out their list for the 10 best films of 2004, although they didn’t have enough guts to put them in any particular order. So why am I posting about it? Just because they were … [Read More]

Well kiddies, my utter contempt for the mess known as Blade Trinity has been well documented on the pages of The Movie Blog recently. However, I must admit that this little bit of news about a possible Blade 4 has me interested. They really do need another one to make … [Read More]

I know that this may sound like a contradiction in terms, but one film that is quietly starting to build up a lot of possible Oscar buzz is Clint Eastwood’s new flick Million Dollar Baby. Backed up by Oscar winners Hilary Swank and Morgan Freeman, the film looks pretty good. … [Read More]

Next up in the never ending groups and associations to hand out film awards is The Washington, DC Area Film Critics Association. This obviously may prompt the question “Just how many film critics does just Washington need?”. But I digress. Here is their list of this year’s winners: Best Film … [Read More]

…and they just keep coming. Paramount has the rights to direct the videogame Splinter Cell, which will be directed by Peter Berg. Coming Soon have the story. Variety says Berg is writing the script along with Splinter Cell game writer J.T. Petty and John J. McLaughlin (Man of the House). … [Read More]

My Star Wars geekdom is well documented here on The Movie Blog. So my interest in this article on UGO should come as no surprise to anyone: December 2004 saw the latest release in a long line of Star Wars related video games. As a sequel to one of 2003’s … [Read More]