It was recently announced that, because of the upcoming movies, all of the previous Star Wars video games were no longer cannon. But if you want to play some Star Wars games that will never be disavowed, you can’t go wrong with Star Wars Pinball: Heroes Within, the addictive new tables Zen Studios are bringing to their pinball games on the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360, PCs via Steam, Macs, iOS devices, Android smart phones and tablets, and Amazon’s Kindle. (What, no virtual Boy!?!)
Category: Movies
Long before he made Silicon Valley for HBO, long before he made the classic movie Office Space or the iconic cartoon King Of The Hill, Mike Judge was the mastermind behind Beavis & Butt-Head, the cutting edge ’toon that paved the way for Family Guy, Superjail!, and Metalocalypse.
In 1996, while he was working on the movie Beavis & Butt-Head Do America, I interviewed Judge for Bikini magazine about the movie, the show that inspired it, and what Mssrs. Beavis and Butt-Head will be like when they grow up.
What follows is a slightly edited version of that interview, most of which has never been published before.
NECA have announced that they will release a new Freddy Krueger action figure this September in honor of A Nightmare On Elm Street celebrating its 30th anniversary.
With The Amazing Spider-Man 2 coming to theaters on May 2nd, it was inevitable that there’d be a video game adaptation as well. But along with the one Beenox are making for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, the WiiU, and the 3DS, there’s a unique one coming to iOS, Android, and, later on, Windows devices, too. I spoke to Gameloft’s Tatiana Nahai about what it took to bring Spidey and his super friends to smaller screens.
The techno-cyber-thriller Transcendence is just the latest in a long line of movies in which some new technology is taken to its most evil conclusions, and thus shown how, in the wrong hands, it will kill one, some, or all of us. It’s The Lawnmower Man (virtual reality goes nuts), it’s Gattaca (genetic research goes nuts), and it’s Videodrome (TV goes nuts). Heck, there’s probably a movie from the ’50s in which a waffle iron goes nuts and kills people. And therein lies the problem with Transcendence: It’s nothing we haven’t seen before.
With great picture and sound, as well as some good extras, the DVD/Blu-ray combo pack, 3D DVD/Blu-ray combo pack, and limited edition 3D DVD/Blu-ray combo pack of The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug are all a good way to watch this fantasy film in the comfort of your own home. But if you want a more complete version of the movie, or the trilogy of which is part two, you might want to wait.
Aniplex Of America have announced that the Japanese Blu-ray of the anime Shin Megami Tensei: Persona3 THE MOVIE #1 Spring Of Birth — which is based on the 2006 video game Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 — will be available in other countries, in limited numbers, and in both Standard and Collector’s Editions, starting May 20th.
Funko have announced that they will release both POP! vinyl action figures and Wacky Wobbler bobble-heads of characters from the upcoming movie Guardians Of The Galaxy on June 24th.
Funko have announced a new line of plush action figures they’re calling Fabrikations. Because clearly no one at Funko can spell.