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G iovanni Ribisi has joined the cast of 1940s crime drama Gangster Squad . The Avatar actor joins an already diamond constellation of actors that includes Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling, Anthony Mackie, Michael Pena and (possibly) Bryan Cranston. Ribisi is a great character actor who’s boosted many a …

Panasonic Marketing Director Andrew Denham has criticised Hollywood for releasing substandard 3D movies. At the recent Intellect Consumer Electronics show he made some pretty scathing remarks “It all comes back to quality,” Denham said. “Hollywood damaged 3D by rushing so many badly converted films out in the Avatar ‘s wake.” …

Good news for gentlemanly purveyors of devious puzzles, fine teas and refined animated cinema. Viz Media, a San Francisco company specializing in the localization of Japanese entertainment for English speakingconsumers, announced during theAnime Expo 2011 (opens in new tab)in Los Angelesit will be bringing the anime film Professor Layton and …

Above: Muggy, a plucky securitron with a penchant for coffee cups Old World Blues moves the action into the Big Empty, where players will explore pre-War research centers for secrets to their past, and ancient technology which could either blow old enemies to smithereens, or be a vital tool in …

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Friday Night Lights star Adrianne Palicki has joined G.I. Joe: Cobra Strikes as female lead Lady Jaye. Palicki recently starred as Wonder Woman in a TV pilot that wasn’t picked up, and she also appeared in awful Paul Bettany vehicle Legion . She joins recently-cast Dwayne Johnson in Joe sequel …

How do you like your gun-swinging, high-kicking witch protagonists to look?Happy witha figure-hugging catsuit made of hair that drops off a second’s notice? Or would you prefer a big set of sci-fi boots and a long coat? Or maybe something more akin to a Steampunk Harley Quinn would be more …

Director Michael Bay jumped to the defence of his Transformers movies when journalists dared to brand first sequel Revenge Of The Fallen a flop. During a press conference for the third Transformers film – subtitled Dark Of The Moon – Bay was asked if he was worried Transformers 3 would …

Splash Damage has dropped new screens and an updated release date for Brink’s upcoming DLC pack, Agents of Change. Originally scheduled toland this month, the developer has confirmed the content will arrive in “early July” for PSN, XBLA and Steam, and will be free to play for its first two …

Marvel’s latest superhero movie Captain America: The First Avenger is out next month, and they’ve just released a brand new trailer to remind us all about it. Unveiling a slew of new footage, this new look at the movie delves further into the sequence of events that leads to weedy …