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David McVay
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May 13
Forgotten Films: The Ruins
Director: Carter Smith Writers: Scott B. Smith (Novel) Scott B. Smith (Screenplay) Actors: Johnathan Tucker, Jena Malone, Laura Ramsey, Shaun Ashmore, Joe Anderson Plot: A Group of “twenty something” college students on holiday in Mexico travel to an archaeological dig site, upon arrival they are forced onto the ruins and what they find is an …
May 13
A Strong Turn Out By Gamers May Have Hurt the R18+ Rating Campaign – WTF!
Only in our strange weird world can a strong turn out in support of something cause it to fail! Okay, fail is a harsh word, but the discussion on the introduction of an R18+ Rating for games seems to have stalled. According to Federal Homes Affairs Minister Brendan O’Connor, more than 86% of the submissions …
May 13
Mac Users Rejoice – Steam Public Beta Released with Free Portal
Steam, Valve’s online gaming service, is now available for Macintosh computers. The public beta was released today and Valve is considering the Mac a tier 1 Platform. Tier 1 means that Valve games (Half-Life, Left 4 Dead etc.) will be released on both platforms (PC and Mac) simultaneously. Currently Valve only has Portal and Team …
May 12
Short Film: The Secret Mission of the Terminator – Funny Stuff
This amusing little film is for all the Apple vs. Windows people out there. I wasn’t sure were it was going but the pay off is very funny. The visual effects by this very talented Chinese filmmaker are top notch.
May 12
Jane Goldman Re-Writing ‘X-Men: First Class’
Things are looking up for the new X-Men film, ‘X-Men: First Class’. First we learned that Matthew Vaughn (‘Kick-Ass’, ‘Stardust’ and ‘Layer Cake’) was hired to direct the new film, now he has hired ‘Kick-Ass’ writer Jane Goldman to re-write the script. Ms. Goldman is a fantastic writer, who also worked with Vaughn on ‘Stardust’, …
May 12
Trailer: J. J. Abrams’ Super 8
J. J. Abrams (‘Mission: Impossible 3’, ‘Star Trek’ and TV’s ‘Alias’ and ‘Lost’) loves secrecy and his latest film, ‘Super 8’, is no different. The film was shot is secret and the trailer was delivers in a locked case (or so the story goes). Now it is online and you can see it below. So …
