Reznik clearly has secrets to hide, but what are they? Why hasnt he slept in almost a year? And whos leaving enigmatic messages on little post-it notes on his fridge? Ad content continues below As Rezniks paranoia builds, he finds companionship in two women. The second is Stevie (Jennifer Jason Leigh) a prostitute who doubles as Rezniks bedroom psychoanalyst. The Machinist is,quite simply, the kind of movie that Hollywood could not make....
But in the mid-60s, a 24-year-old chap had joined Nintendo straight from university. Other hit toys followed, all designed by Yokoi. Curiously, this latter equipment is still in production. The Game & Watch series was, however, rather different. The buttons were responsive, and the equipment was perfectly sized to fit comfortably in the hand. With each successive Game & Watch release, Nintendo played around with the handheld format. 1982sDonkey Kongwas even better....
Paul Verhoevens Total Recall is an action classic. With the film out now on Blu-ray, we look closer at its bleak subtext. If youre watching this, things have gone wrong and youve got a wet towel wrapped around your head. If Im not me, then who the hell am I? And then things go awry. Baby, you make me wish I had three hands. People are trying to kill you left and right....
Ad content continues below Ray Peacock:Its a petulant reaction to a lack of TV opportunities. EG:Certainly its magnifications of our personalities. Ray, in particular, gets to act very childish on stage. Is that as liberating to perform as it looks, or just exhausting? RP:I am fun! EG:Its not that much of a stretch… RP:So its me thats tiring, isnt it? I am just trying to be a good boy. Thats all I am trying....
Sometimes, even the best teen movies can have murky underlying messages. Message:that man offering you sweets isnt creepy, hes just eccentric. Ad content continues below Willy Wonka is a man with some issues. Message:pregnancy is just a minor inconvenience with no long lasting consequences. This is all very lovely and heart warming, but just a tiny bit unrealistic. And all I have to do is get pregnant at 15? Count me in!...
Mark takes a look… How different are they in essence? Are some of the changes in the reboot simply for the sake of change? And of course, which one makes a better job of it? Maguires Peter is a dork, through and through. Hes nerdy, perhaps set apart from his classmates by the fact that he lives with much older relatives. His parents arent even mentioned. Heres where the reboot falls down a little....
Director Abel Ferraras King Of New York was recently reissued on Blu-ray. King Of New Yorkalso arrived at a unique time in American filmmaking. Understandably, Franks utopian vision doesnt go down to well with his fellow gangsters. You know what, Frank? Nor have Franks antics gone unnoticed by the local police. Ferraras film presents an intriguing world of clashing opposites, where no one is wholly evil nor particularly good. On the other side of the fence, theres Bishop and his fellow cops....
This article contains spoilers. From 2009, there was a definite air of trepidation about a new run of the E4 dramaSkins. When series five debuted, things were looking up. But then series six arrived, and it exactly followed the pattern established by series four. Now thatSkinsis no more, heres a look-back at some of the mis-steps of its uneven final season. Ad content continues below Killing a character in the second series of each generation has become something of aSkinstradition....
Pick any Ghibli movie you like, and youll find that its populated with incidental yet adorable supporting characters. Nausicaawas Miyazakis second animated feature film, and its success resulted in the creation of Studio Ghibli in 1985. Dotted aroundNausicaasepic, post-apocalyptic landscapeare the fox-squirrels furry yellow creatures with distinctive long ears and striped tails. 2008sPonyosaw Hayao Miyazaki take a back-to-basics approach to animation. Ponyofeatures a subtle change in style, too. Totoro, of course, is in no way an incidental character....
Not all RPGs have to be couch-ridden multi-hour epics. And, often, theyre from the cream of the turn-based crop, fromFinal FantasytoKnights of the Old Republic. Well have to see. Is this game worth importing?Ysindeed. Although, solitary hack-and-slashers were still catered for with a single-player campaign. But wheres the fun in that? Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow (DS) Yes,Castlevaniacounts. It features four characters, each of which represent a different game mode. As always, theres an overworld map, random encounters, and a big boss to defeat....
Futurama returns for its seventh season with a strong double-bill that shows no signs of weakening. Read Cameron’s review here… This review contains spoilers. And just how on the ball it is too. Thankfully the rest of the episode reaffirmed and validated this belief. But why the excitement? Of course, this beingFuturama, everyones delighted. None more so than Fry who reacquaints himself with his addiction to Slurm. But it takes a threesome with Robo Sluts (I like a little romance with my orgy!...
Chainsaws, zombies, pom poms, decapitated boyfriends? The environment is just as important at times too, and interacting with it is essential to survival. Oh, and you get to listen toHey Mickeyin this state too, which is… nice. He can then be manipulated, via the medium of QTE button presses into doing certain tasks. Still, the game does reward skilful play, most notably via the Sparkle Hunting mechanic. Lollipop Chainsawis a decent, if short and repetitive scrapper....
Ryan takes a look back… There was a time when filmmakers really didnt have a lot of respect for comics. It was subjected to a less than respectful movie adaptation in 1991, calledMutronicsin the UK andThe Guyverelsewhere. The Guyvers origins Bio Booster Armor Guyver,first published back in 1985, remains an enormously successful series. Guyversorigin story isnt unlike that of Marvels Spider-Man, in fact. Its wildly camp sometimes cringe-inducingly so but also guiltily enjoyable....
