The alien invasion genre is still alive and well with our featured trailer this week for The Darkest Hour. That’s more than you can say for Earth’s inhabitants in this foreign-set adventure starring Emile Hirsch and Olivia Thirlby.
Yesterday saw a new teaser trailer from EA
Games’ upcoming NHL ‘12 skating out
onto the ice. The NHL series has so far
claimed twenty-two awards for ‘Best Sports Game of the Year’, so it’s fair to
say that NHL ’12 has a pretty big
legacy to live up to.
Fantomah, Mystery Woman of the Jungle, returns in Hack/Slash #5 and brings an interesting self-contained story, giving us a breather from the usually very involved story arcs previously produced from the series. But if the issue’s intent was to get more readers for Hack/Slash, it failed.
The
God-like entity Fantomah has finally returned after being trapped for
many years because of the Crime Cabal and now needs Cassie and Vlad’s
help. In exchange, she promises to help them succeed in their mission
and take down the leader of the slashers, the people responsible for
killing everyone around Cassie when she was younger by using her own
mother, the Lunch Lady.
You’ve heard the saying “Dying is easy, but comedy is hard.” While that might bear some truth, it’s not always easy for a comedian – or an actor known for comedy – to transition into “serious” dramatic acting. In fact, it’s hardly ever met without extreme skepticism from movie-lovers.
The television show “Oh Louie” takes us back to one of the more depressing times in a life filled with little else. C.K. was at his most self-referential in the episode ‘Tickets’, exploring two parts of his life that those unfamiliar with his career might not even know about. The episode explores the subject of plagiarism.
In a dirty version of the ’80s film Adventures in Babysitting, David Gordon Green’s new comedy The Sitter sees Jonah Hill as a slob who takes on a babysitting gig that predictably ends up in chaos.
This week I’ll chip in my thoughts on Tower Heist while turning my gaze to George
Clooney’s political thriller The Ides of
March. Capping off the four clips this week will
be Margin Call, a true-to-events Wall Street tale and a WWII dog-fighting drama Red
Tails. .
Visually stunning from the very beginning, El Shaddai, scheduled for August 16 release, is a game that appears to have innovation and imagination. From the moment you start the game, the vibrant colors and unique design immediately grabs your attention.
Despite the overwhelming disappointment of Green Lantern, led by Ryan Reynolds as the titular Justice League member, WB does in factwant Hal Jordan’s story to continue, albeit with a different director. There’s also a desire for an “edgier and darker” script.
One of the films that caught our attention at Comic-Con last weekend was Andrew Niccol‘s upcoming sci-fi thriller In Time. The Gattaca and Lord of War director
premiered an extended trailer-like clip at the convention, but if
you’re not one for overexposure, perhaps this will be more to your
taste.
Will (Justin Timberlake) lives in the
late 21st Century when time (to live) has become the major form of
currency. People stop aging at 25 and then have only a year left to
live. Unless, of course, they buy more time. Will works a blue-collar
job just to ensure he has enough minutes to live to the next day, but
when he saves a “wealthy” man from some crooks, he inherits over a
century of time, time that comes with consequences.
