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Speak softly and carry a big stick–what a load of horseradish. Tropico 5 finally takes us to the big leagues, where guns, goats, and gold mines just don’t cut it. A true dictator casts his eye upon the horizon and never looks back, leveraging trade fleets, cutting-edge research, and diplomatic …

Mugen Souls Z is an uncomfortable foray into the candy-colored world of Lolita complexes. A follow-up to the 2012 JRPG Mugen Souls, Souls Z picks up right where its predecessor left off in almost every way, right down to troubling fixations. Unfortunately, Souls Z also takes on the first game’s …

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 …

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 …

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 …

The first 20 minutes of Daylight are pure horror bliss. Hospital lights flicker and buzz as footsteps pound along in the distance; shrill screams echo through the halls, and unsettling visages of specters stare at you from afar. It’s genuinely spooky, making you wary of each step into its bleak …

A group of small-time crooks fall foul of a powerful crime lord and have to pull off their biggest job yet to pay their debts… Sound familiar? Trading the mean streets of East London for the picture-postcard hotspots of Miami, Plastic remains a Brit crime flick in the well-worn Lock, …

Nick Cassavetes’ female buddy movie at least begins positively. Leslie Mann plays Kate King, devoted wife to New York business tycoon Mark ( Game Of Thrones ’ Nikolaj Coster-Waldau), who soon discovers her hubby is cheating on her. The other woman is Cameron Diaz’s slick lawyer Carly Whitten, who has …

Sin when you’re winning! This week we have not one, not two, but three exclusive interviews for you: • Antony Johnston on the continuing success of The Fringe • Mike Carey on what to expect from the X-Men graphic novel No More Humans • Tom Scioli and John Barber on …