With cameras finally rolling on Star Wars: Episode VII , the steady stream of casting and plot-point rumours have gradually ground to a halt, but fortunately, we’re now at the stage where the first images are emerging from the production. Today’s nugget isn’t a new on-set image, but rather a …

John Turturro’s fifth film as director comes with a gilt-edged premise: Woody Allen as a would-be pimp, touting Turturro’s reluctant gigolo to horny Manhattan housewives (led by Sharon Stone). It’s tailor-made for Allen; not only is he as funny as he’s been in years, he and Turturro make a wonderful …

The days of seeing one game developer making a single title may be over. It’s no secret that many of the most massive, blockbuster games have been made by multiple game studios. But one publisher has the multi-studio development down pat. Ubisoft is cranking games out like a well-oiled machine, …

Dating from 1962, Ozu’s sublime final film (and one of his only two in colour) plays variations on his perennial themes of marriage and inter-generational tensions. Chisû Ryû, Ozu’s favourite actor, is the elderly widower who comes to wonder if he’s being selfish in relying on his unmarried daughter to …

Exciting news for film fans, Martin Scorsese’s The Wolf Of Wall Street is available to buy right now – which means in a few easy steps you can be watching it on your laptop / iPad / whatever-you-want, via iTunes (opens in new tab) , Blinkbox (opens in new tab) …

Subtlety and restraint aren’t words you tend to associate with tentpole blockbusters, particularly not those featuring hulking great monsters. The latest incarnation of Toho’s iconic kaiju might be the tallest ever, clocking in at around 350ft, but the movie itself isn’t afraid to build to the stomping with baby-steps, favouring …

Updated on 5/9/14 Scroll to bottom for full PS4 impressions. Innovation happens slowly in Major League Baseball, and Sony’s MLB: The Show franchise has mirrored its sport accordingly. Over the course of the PS3 generation, The Show slowly, thoughtfully built modes and features into the game without drastically altering the …

It’s almost exactly a year since Troma announced they were in talks with Arnold Schwarzenegger to appear in the Toxic Avenger remake (opens in new tab) , and it would appear those talks are still ongoing. When we asked Schwarzenegger about the project during a recent Sabotage junket, he said …

Sonic the Facthog If there was an award for ‘most fanatical fans’, then Sonic’s followers would be in with a shout of winning it. They just love to pore over every little detail, not only of the games themselves, but every little scrap of pre-release footage and information, in the …

No stranger to wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey stuff, the 11th Doctor, Matt Smith, has landed a role in Terminator: Genesis . Game Of Thrones director Alan Taylor is to head up the sequel which is intended to be the first of a brand new Terminator trilogy. Smith is reportedly taking on a …