By Jamie Downes (Guest Writer)
The first in a two-part collaborative effort between Terry Pratchett (the Discworld series) and Stephen Baxter (the Xeelee Sequence series), The Long Earth is a novel named after the seemingly infinite number of parallel worlds at its heart, worlds that become traversable by most humans with the invention of a simple homemade device.
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By Ian McCabe
Wes Anderson is back, at last, with the delightfully quirky Moonrise Kingdom, his seventh live action feature. Set in 1965 in the quaint New England town of New Penzance, it follows two fleeing unpopular young lovers and their ensuing search party of parents, the town’s police captain and the American Boy Scouts. It stars newcomers Kara Haywood and Jared Gilman alongside Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Frances McDormand and Tilda Swinton and received a limited cinema release on the 25th May 2012.
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By Adele MacGregor
J. Edgar Hoover was one of the most notable figures in American History. During his time as head of the FBI he kept files on hundreds of American citizens including Robert and John F. Kennedy, Eleanor Roosevelt and Dr Martin Luther King, threatening any individual who dared to cross him or appeared to be participating in “un-American activities”. Written by Dustin Lance Black, this biopic stars Leonardio DiCaprio as both the younger and the elder J. Edgar, in a film that spans several decades.
By Stewart Sutherland
Released in 2010, Metroid: Other M is an exclusive title for the Nintendo Wii. Following the success that Retro Studios had with the Metroid Prime series, Nintendo and Team Ninja worked together to make a game with the classic Metroid navigational feel, while still featuring the graphics and first-person mode of the last trilogy.
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By Adele MacGregor
Inspired by a true story, 50/50 follows the painful journey of a 27 year old man who discovers he has a rare form of cancer, leaving him with a 50/50 chance of recovery. Joseph Gordon-Levitt (500 Days of Summer) plays Adam, a good law abiding citizen working at a Seattle radio station with his best friend Kyle (Seth Rogan, Knocked Up, The 40 Year Old Virgin), living an ordinary existence until a doctor’s appointment turns his whole life upside down. Almost overnight Adam’s life becomes consumed by the alien world of hospital appointments, chemo and therapy sessions.
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By Kim Newman
Give me a hansom cab, a magnifying glass, a diabolical mystery, a deerstalker, a rattled-off deduction and Dr Watson being baffled, and I’m usually happy. I enjoy most Sherlock Holmes films – with the exception of the Peter Cook and Dudley Moore version of The Hound of the Baskervilles and the likes of Sherlock Homie: The Ass Detective, of course – but here I select my particular favourites, highlighting slightly off-the-beaten-track efforts.
Filed under Alternative Musings, Film
By Jamie Downes (Guest Writer)
Originally released in 1998, Sanitarium is a PC adventure game created by Dreamforge and more recently re-released and made playable on modern machines by GOG.com. Despite receiving a mixed reaction from adventure outlets back in the day, it is still often cited by fans of the genre as a classic for its twisted and unsettling atmosphere. As a fan of psychological horror and thrillers across all forms of media, I was understandably excited when given the chance to belatedly discover what all the fuss was about. With the credits now behind me, I’m unfortunately no nearer to finding out.
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