Gears of War: The Board Game is the brainchild of tabletop designer Corey Konieczka, whose previous works include board game versions of Battlestar Galactica, StarCraft and Lord of the Rings (aka Middle-Earth). His latest creation based on Epic Games’s third-person shooter is advertised as a “cooperative board game of fierce …

Kingpin (1996) The Haircut: Somewhere between a comb-over and an overgrown mess. All the better for bowling with? Weirdest Detail: Just look at it all floaty and whispy, like mouldy candyfloss blowing in the wind. Even the hair seems to want to escape that scalp. Does It Work? Ernie should …

In 1976, a film examining the redemptive power of violence won Oscars for Best Film and Director, albeit not for its committed star. Shame the winner was Rocky, not Scorsese’s masterpiece of urban alienation, which turns 35 this month. Though its iconic elements – De Niro’s unstable cabbie, Jodie Foster’s …

Sean Bean and Danny Dyer are outlaws of a different kind in this corny World War II actioner about ‘30 Commando’, an “elite smash and grab unit” set up by Ian Fleming (who he?) for search-and-destroy missions behind enemy lines. Whether the real regiment would have recruited an insubordinate lout …

The first poster for Jason Segel’s new The Muppets movie has been unveiled online. A dodgy, low quality snap of the one sheet was revealed over the weekend, but now the official hi-res image has been released. Featuring Gonzo, Fozzie, Kermit, Miss Piggy and Animal, it’s a slightly bizarre affair …

On a scale of one to “holy crap these are awesome,” robotic engineer Chris Myles’s replica Portal 2 PersonalityCores fall somewhere between “damn I want one now” and “seriously, I would kick a puppy for these – just say the word.” Granted, this rating system needs some fine-tuning, but you …

The Flintstones is the latest property up for the reboot treatment, and animation guru Seth MacFarlane is exec-producing. Produced by 20th Century Fox and Warner Brothers, MacFarlane’s 21st century take on the classic 60s animation will focus on “the lives of the Flintstones and the Rubbles, two hard-working middle-class families …

Terrence Malick’s long-awaited The Tree Of Life has finally screened in Cannes – to a mixed reaction. We’d say the cheers/catcalls ratio at the film’s end was roughly 70/30. Both sides will agree that it’s the US auteur’s most abstract meditation to date on life, the universe and everything. While …

As Thor continues to rake in the cash at the box office, star Chris Hemsworth has landed the role of the Huntsman in Universal’s Snow White And The Huntsman . Hemsworth has been rumoured to be in the running for the role ever since Viggo Mortensen backed out, and he’s …

Gemma Arterton has signed on to Neil LaBute’s big screen adaptation of Agatha Christie’s murder mystery Crooked House . The plot sees three generations of family living in the same mansion. When the millionaire patriarch is murdered, suspicion is spread amongst his eccentric family, all of whom have motive. The …