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Movie Review: Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Reel Weekend | 25 January 2008
Tim Burton is no stranger to dark gothic fantasy, neither is he shy about putting his favorite actor Johnny Depp in a lead role. Sweeney Todd is the first time, however, that Burton has matched his flair for the visual with a classic stage musical. In adapting Stephen Sondheim's Broadway classic Burton weaves his usual visual magic to tell the tale of The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, who's lust for revenge on those who've wronged him takes the shape of a very close shave and some very special pies.
Episode 3: Penumbra: Black Plague and Battalion Wars 2
Start/Select | 25 January 2008
In episode 3 of Start/Select, GameSpot UK's Guy Cocker talks to the scriptwriter for Penumbra: Black Plague about the game's background, its interactive qualities and how you get to be a game scriptwriter in the first place. He also has a chat with the creative director for developer Kuju, to find out more about Battalion Wars 2 for the Wii.
Episode 9: Nick Cave digs like Lazarus
Encoded | 24 January 2008
Nate Lanxon returns with the first Encoded of 2008 and brings a bumper hard drive full of audible goodies both old and new. Aussie writer, actor, singer and full time lord of darkness Nick Cave brings us his latest video; 90s hip-hop legend Guru resurfaces with a new album of smooth jazz-inspired beats; and rising hardcore punk stars Gallows bring news of a new album and single.
Reel Weekend | 18 January 2008
This week sees Tarantino's Death Proof arrive on DVD, giving us all a chance to see how it fairs on the small screen. Kurt Russell plays the murderous Stuntman Mike, who preys on innocent young women with his souped up, specially adapted Chevy Nova. There's plenty of hip, pop culture-savvy dialogue, shocking moments of blackly funny violence and a groovy collection of 70s tunes on the soundtrack, but is that really enough to class Death Proof as a great film?
Apple presents the MacBook Air
Crave TV | 17 January 2008
Steve Jobs once again had the world hanging off his every word this week as he presented the Apple keynote at Macworld 2008 – and once again he delivered the goods, wooing the crowd with the MacBook Air. Measuring 19.4mm at its thickest end and weighing just 1.36kg, it's Apple's thinnest, lightest laptop yet – small enough to fit into an envelope. He also announced upgrades to the iPhone, the iPod Touch and Apple TV, and launched iTunes movies to rent. Catch CNET.co.uk's highlights here...
Gadget Reviews | 17 January 2008
There's no mistaking where the Samsung F700 takes its design inspiration from – it's a dead ringer for the iPhone. But while Apple's phone is hamstrung by its limited EDGE system, the F700 has full-blooded HSDPA mobile broadband. Can its interface bear the same comparison, though?
Movie Review: Before The Devil Knows You're Dead
Reel Weekend | 11 January 2008
Veteran director of classics such as Dog Day Afternoon, Network and Serpico, Sidney Lumet returns to the director’s chair to bring to the screen this gritty crime drama, starring Philip Seymour Hoffman and Ethan Hawke as brothers whose attempt at a jewellery robbery goes disastrously wrong. Dark, brooding and morally corrupt, this is a film that avoids easy solutions or upbeat endings, and is all the better for it.
Episode 8: Darkness falls on These New Puritans
Encoded | 19 December 2007
This week's episode of Encoded sees some great new music from Essex of all places – we've got a dark new video from These New Puritans as well as an excellent free track from Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly – both hailing from sunny Southend. Also free to download this week is the title track from House of Brothers' latest EP, and we look forward to Emmy the Great's debut long-player, due in February.
Reel Report | 07 December 2007
In the first of a two-part interview, Reel Report speaks to maverick American director Todd Haynes about his latest movie I'm Not There, an unconventional rock biopic about the life of music legend Bob Dylan. Haynes talks about the challenges of telling Dylan's story, casting the six very different actors who play Dylan, and how he plans to take on the Bush administration with his next project.
Special Feature: 'Super Mario Galaxy' UK launch
Start/Select | 26 November 2007
GameSpot UK's Guy Cocker went down to the Super Mario Galaxy launch in London last week and met up with Charles Martinet, the voice of Mario, as well as some dedicated fans in a variety of creative costumes.
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