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by Guest/Previous | 29/07/2010 · 12:00 am

FILM REVIEW – Inception

By Joseph Viney

Once every so often a film hits cinemas and changes the landscape forever. Whether it is through the use of special effects, star power, scripting or acting, some films are immediately lifted to the pantheon of greats and set a new precedent. The Matrix set the tone for post-millennial Hollywood with its dizzying mix of computer graphics, story and mythology building – at least until those two awful sequels surfaced. This past year may have witnessed two such landmark events. December 2009 saw the release of Avatar, the special effects spectacle that broke box-office records. Summer 2010 has Inception.

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Tagged as Avatar, Batman Begins, Christopher Nolan, Cillian Murphy, Dark Knight, Dreams, Dreamscapes, Ellen Page, Hard Candy, Inception, Inception Film, Inception Review, Joseph Gordon Levitt, Ken Watanabe, Leonardo Di Caprio, Michael Caine, Pete Postlethwaite, The Matrix, Tom Hardy

by Martin Mulrooney | 28/07/2010 · 12:00 pm

GAME REVIEW – Red Dead Redemption (PlayStation 3 & Xbox 360)

By Marty Mulrooney & Duncan Voice

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With AMO still growing every day, it is sometimes difficult for us to get our gaming reviews out the door as quickly as we would like, especially with huge titles such as Red Dead Redemption. On the plus side, this can often give us a far more extensive amount of time than our competitors to fully complete a game and offer a clearheaded verdict once the hype-leaden dust clouds have settled. For players who have already finished the game and newcomers finally ready to bite the bullet, this multi-format review will cover RDR’s single and multiplayer modes in-depth, on both PS3 and Xbox 360.

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Tagged as Grand Theft Auto, GTA, John Marston, PS3, RAGE Engine, Red Dead Redemption Ending, Rockstar Games, Western, Xbox 360

by Martin Mulrooney | 26/07/2010 · 12:00 pm

FILM REVIEW – Toy Story 3 (3D Version)

By Marty Mulrooney

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After languishing in development hell for nearly ten years, Toy Story 3 has finally arrived. Disney’s own Circle 7 Animation tried to do a third sequel without Pixar’s involvement in 2004, but when relationships were patched up in 2006 (Disney actually bought Pixar in January of that year for $7.4 billion) production was halted and the project transferred back to Pixar where it belonged. Four years later, the toys are back in town for one final adventure, this time in Disney Digital 3D.

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GAME REVIEW – DeathSpank (Xbox Live Arcade & PlayStation Network)

By Duncan Voice

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DeathSpank is the creation of Ron Gilbert, one of the brilliant minds responsible for the perennial AMO favourite Monkey Island series. His development team Hothead Games released the well received Penny Arcade Adventures: On The Rain-Slick Precipice Of Darkness – Episode One back in 2008. Their latest title is DeathSpank, a downloadable only hack and slash adventure… and it’s bloody funny!

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