The first full-length trailer for Conan The Barbarian has swept online. And despite some impressive scope-boosting visuals, there are distinct echoes of The Scorpion King to be found in its beefy hero fighting silly-looking foes in sandy landscapes. Jason Momoa plays the titular Conan, tagging the role from Arnold Schwarzenegger. …

THQ’s investor calls are always good for a few newsworthy nuggets, and yesterday’s fourth quarter 2011 chat led by CEO Brian Farrell lived up to this reputation by revealing details of the publisher’s plans for future Homefront DLC, uDraw ports and a strong 2012 lineup. Among the call’s highlights was …

The British ‘hood movie has gone from near-the-knuckle realism (Kidulthood) to fist-in-the-face parody (Anuvahood) of late, but Attack The Block beams in from a whole new angle. Billed as ‘Inner City vs. Outer Space’, this feature debut from Joe Cornish (yes, he of The Adam And Joe Show) offers a …

Blame Michael Flatley for this post-Riverdance documentary about hoofing children heading to Glasgow for the 40th Irish Dancing World Championships, each with hopes of becoming the year’s finest high-kicker. Yet while it’s easy to sneer at the tweens and their scary parents, you can’t ignore their dedication to their dying …

Though Sony declined to testify to Congress at today’s hearing regarding the PSN/SOE intrusion which compromised millions of users’ data, Sony Computer Entertainment of America chairman Kazuo Hirai has revealed new details on the attack in an 8-page letter (opens in new tab) to members of Congress. According to the …

Oh Nintendo, you wily, wily, tricksy sods. When will we ever be able to work out what you’re up to? Just as soon as you think you know where thehouse of Mariois going, is always pulls the rug out from under you and reveals that it was actually heading in …

Bethesda has confirmed the arrival of three new DLC packs for Fallout: New Vegas, as well as its affinity for naming post-apocalypticadventures after depressing country songs. Entitled Honest Hearts, Old World Blues and Lonesome Road, the New Vegas add-ons will arrive in May, June and July respectively, and will release …

Larry David has been recruited to play a nun in The Farrelly Brothers’ new Three Stooges movie. The former Seinfeld writer and star of Curb Your Enthusiasm has signed on to play Mother Mengele, the “unfortunate” nun who oversees the orphanage where the Stooges are raised. That means you can …

Tom Hiddleston gave great villain as evil god Loki in the newly-released Thor , and we should expect to see more of him in The Avengers. Joss Whedon’s comic adap, which unites Hulk, Thor, Captain America and Iron Man, is currently deep in production (despite script leak problems). And according …

The Orphanage (2007) Language: Spanish The Movie: Genuinely terrifying horror films are few and far between these days, with a reliance on cheap jumps and fake scares seeming to take precedence over set-ups of genuine menace. Not so Juan Antonio Bayona’s old-fashioned ghost story which sets about unravelling a tightly …