Transform and roll – oh, nevermind The Transformers movies do their one job exceedingly well: putting a bunch of awesome robots on the screen at once so they can beat the tar (oil?) out of each other. But aside from a massive special effects budget, the idea does require robots …

Now that the dust has settled on Gamescom and my game-addled mind begins to file away the unimportant stuff into subfolders of my psyche, a few standout moments remain in my mind’s eye. That amazing Batman: Arkham Knight demo (opens in new tab), playing as Claptrap in Borderlands: the Pre-Sequel …

Thrak Pot-Licker. That stupid, ugly, idiotic idiot orc must die. Why? Because he’s killed me three times in a row–and I’m a sore loser. Thing is, Thrak’s not some pre-made bad guy in Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor (opens in new tab). You’ll never encounter him when you play the …

The wheels are finally turning again on Inferno , the third part of Dan Brown’s Robert Langdon series, with Ron Howard set to begin filming in April 2015. Tom Hanks will be returning once more to reprise his role as the aforementioned Harvard professor, with the shoot scheduled to take …

In being brave, scrappy, and not quite as funny as it thinks it is, Gillian Robespierre’s controversial romcom mimics its heroine, a down-on-her-luck Brooklyn comedian (Jenny Slate) struggling to tell a straight-laced one-night stand that she’s become pregnant. We’re in Girls territory here, with awkward, confessional dark comedy that slyly …

“Deep Breath”. Is it a title? Or a statement of intent? Armed with “attack eyebrows” and a taste for the grisly, the Peter Capaldi era arrives with a tale that delivers a literal change of pace for Doctor Who, trading the giddy, pirouetting, breathless energy of Matt Smith for something …

Joseph Gordon-Levitt has provided an update on his forthcoming adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s comic, Sandman , which he is both producing and directing. “Right now we’re working on a script,” says Gordon-Levitt. “It’s me and [ David S. ] Goyer and the screenwriter and Neil Gaiman, as well as the …

Harry Potter spin-off Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them could be about to secure a director, with franchise veteran David Yates currently in discussions with Warner. Having taken the helm on the final four films of the main series, Yates clearly possesses an affinity with the material that the …

“The little band who couldn’t” is the affectingly bittersweet hook for Drew DeNicola’s loving doc about the almost-rise, demise and rediscovery of early ’70s US alt-pop beauties Big Star. Critics, musos and family members pop up to revere a band who spun melancholy into magic over three albums, before bad …

Roberto Orci has provided fans with an update on Star Trek 3 , revealing that the first draft of the script is now complete. “P & M & I wrote, ‘fade out’ yesterday on first draft,” said Orci, in reference to co-writers John D. Payne and Patrick McKay. “Things are …