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In hindsight, giving one of the more irritating foes from Ghosts ‘N Goblins its own spinoff may not have been the smartest marketing choice for Capcom, but the winged protagonist Firebrand earns his keep in this difficult and crafty fantasy adventure. Beyond a reputation for being brutal in the challenge …

Having tackled one beloved English literary heroine in Alice In Wonderland, rising star Mia Wasikowska promptly has a crack at another in the latest take on Charlotte Brontë’s 1847 novel. The elegant, brooding results could hardly be further removed from Tim Burton’s baroque whimsy, or from 2009’s Sin Nombre, the …

Without question, the two God of War games released on PSP are among the very best titles ever to appear on the handheld. That’s not just according to us, either; God of War: Chains of Olympus still stands as the highest-rated PSP game of all time on Metacritic, and while …

French publisher brings the wild west to vivid life

We liked the original No More Heroes when it came out on the Wii way back in the dusky year of 2008 because it was crazy in a way that no Western game could pull off. That’s not a surprise to anyone familiar with Suda51 (real name: Goichi Suda), the …

The classic Irish sitcom Father Ted had a great conceit: its characters just happened to be priests, but first, foremost and with extreme fallibility they were, simply, humans. We’ve seen this trick before in cop films, but John Michael McDonagh’s melancholic comedy displays much of Ted’s cock-eyed charm. Without overstating …

Spanish auteur Pedro Almodóvar’s 18th feature – his first with one-time muse Antonio Banderas since 1990’s Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! – explores the director’s oft-worked themes of sexual identity and desire while exhibiting his fondness for vivid colours, vibrant melodrama and zesty living spaces. Yet in adapting Thierry …

You get two Dominic Coopers for the price of one in Lee Tamahori’s latest, a fact-based thriller about a man who spent four years being the ‘fiday’ (double) of Saddam Hussein’s deranged son Uday. That much is corroborated, both by public record and by double Latif Yahia himself, a former …

Everyone has their reason for why they fall in love with a particular anime. Whether it’s the flashy, high-action battles, an unpredictable story, or well-rounded, intriguing characters, there’s always a part that some fans cling to more than others. Bleach could have been a Dragon Ball Z clone, but it …

Conceived as an authentically French riposte to John Huston’s Moulin Rouge, Jean Renoir’s 1954 film offers a romanticised take on the founding of Montmartre’s most famous nightspot. Jean Gabin is impresario Danglard, juggling rich backers, bailiffs and various mistresses to achieve his ambition. If the film lacks the social bite …