Month: August 2022

While Ubisoft’s official plans for the future of the Assassin’s Creed franchise remain somewhat mysterious and strangely complicated, a new series of rumors strongly suggest that the 2023 Assassin’s Creed game will feature a somewhat surprising setting that may represent the game’s broader creative direction. Several days ago, French YouTuber j0nathan posted a video of
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Activision Blizzard is currently under investigation following accusations of harassment, discrimination, and fostering a hostile work environment. You can read more about the investigation here. Most of us probably assumed the answer to the question “Why did Microsoft buy Activision Blizzard?” was “Money.” While that assumption isn’t strictly wrong, the specific reason why Microsoft decided to
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There are plenty of brilliant picks at this year’s Arrow Video Frightfest film festival but when we were told we could host a movie from the plethora of genre goodies on offer, we couldn’t help but gravitate towards Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead’s sci-fi thriller, Something In The Dirt. Not only are we big fans of
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Director: Neil Marshall Cast: Charlotte Kirk, Jamie Bamber, Jonathan Howard, Hadi Khanjanpour Running Time: 90 mins It is April 2017, in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, and if there is one thing that we know, it is that Neil Marshall’s The Lair is going to end with a bang. We know this because text at the very
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Director: Travis Stevens Writer: Travis Stevens, Nathan Faudree Cast: Sarah Lind, Josh Ruben, Malin Barr A Wounded Fawn opens with a quote from Leonora Carrington about the sudden realisation of her embodied vulnerability – and later we will see a copy of Susan L. Aberth’s book Leonora Carrington: Surrealism, Alchemy and Art (2010), while a
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Director: Jacob Gentry Cast: Brea Grant, AJ Bowen, Scott Poythress, Sandra Benton Running Time: 96 mins Near the end of Night Sky, someone will menacingly promise protagonist Oren (AJ Bowen) “a long excruciating couple of agonisingly painful hours while you – you helplessly wait to bleed out,” adding,  “a sensation with which I think you’re
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Director: Michael Hazanavicius Cast: Romain Duris, Berenice Bejo, Finnegan Oldfield, Gregory Gadebois Running Time: 111 mins Final Cut (Coupez!) opens with a conflicted young woman (Matilda Lutz) fending off a young man (Finnegan Oldfield) with an axe, while trying to reconcile herself to the fact that he is no longer her boyfriend but a braindead
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Executive produced by Rick and Morty and Community‘s Dan Harmon, the new FXX animated comedy series Little Demon blends elements of Rosemary’s Baby, The Omen, Dogma and Family Guy into an engaging and hilarious stew of sacrilegious silliness. The story chronicles the relationship between Satan (Danny DeVito), the Earthly woman he impregnated, single mother Laura
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Super Mario Kart didn’t invent racing games, but the changes it made to the usual genre formula (like adding Nintendo’s most popular characters, weapons that could be used to slow down opponents, and the multiplayer battle mode) made it feel like a revolution. There’s a reason why so many other developers have tried their hands
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