First up today was DreamWorks’ Megamind, which stars Will Ferrell as the voice of the titular uber-villain, who does the unthinkable and kills his arch-rival, Metro Man, and becomes all powerful – only to discover it’s far less fun when you’re on top. Co-stars Jonah Hill and Tina Fey were present, though largely upstaged by a blue-painted, prosthetic-craniumed Will Ferrell aping the look of his animated alter-ego. Fans lost their minds when the host mentioned that Metro Man himself, Brad Pitt, would make an appearance, only for Ferrell to walk on with a cardboard cut-out of Pitt (which Fey proceeded to caress throughout the panel). With Angelina here for the upcoming Salt panel, we imagine someone had to stay home and look after the kids.
A five-minute sizzle reel did a solid job of selling the film’s premise, showcasing Ferrell in top funny form. We’d love to comment on the use of 3D but, having arrived late, we managed to miss the glasses they were handed out a...
It’s no secret that Comic-Con is absolutely huge. To get an idea of exactly how huge you need look no further than preview night. Two years ago it was just a case of the main floor opening for a few hours the day before the Con started so that those who’d flown into San Diego a day early had more to do than scarf Subways and wander the streets getting beaten up by sailors from the local naval base. Nowadays the ‘quiet preview’ of everything on offer at the Con is rammed from port to starboard, hordes of sweating bodies swarming the aisles in a geektacular stampede that rivals anything you’ll find on Saturday – the traditional ‘rush’ day.
As the seconds ticked closer to 6pm, there were queues backing out of the main doors at every single hall and when the doors finally swung open it was like the gates of Mordor had finally given way as the men of Gondor (and Anaheim and Delaware and just about every other corner of the US and beyond) pressed...
It’s hard to believe it’s been five years since Microsoft’s Xbox 360 first arrived to make HD gaming a reality. Five years in which the PS3 has emerged to vie for position as king of the consoles, while Nintendo’s Wii lurched out of leftfield to sew up the casual gaming market. In ages gone by, a half decade would most likely herald the announcement of an all-new platform but, as Microsoft have been keen to point out, there’s a great deal of life in the 360 yet.
Instead of a new Xbox 720, what we have instead is a complete facelift, providing the rather clunky-looking console with a sleek new look and addressing some of the design flaws that have afflicted the 360 since launch. The Xbox Slim (or Xbox 360 S) hits stores this Friday and if you have yet to lay your hands on Microsoft’s console (or your existing one has seen better days) then this may be the time to shell out for one.
When Sony retired the fat PS3, the console swaped piano black for a mat...
With a dearth of anything approaching actual entertainment on telly over Christmas (is it wrong to dream of bludgeoning Brucie to death?), I dusted off some old, unwatched TV from the archive and found myself drawn into a marathon session of The Practice. For those of you who didn’t lap this up in the late nineties, The Practice was the eldest child in David E Kelley’s Bostonian law tilogy – otherwise known as the show that wasn’t Ally McBeal, ran longer than Ally McBeal, was consistently better than Ally McBeal but that almost no one actually watched.
The show sprung out of a weird first-refusal deal Kelley struck up with both ABC and Fox, which saw The Practice snapped up by ABC, Ally McBeal going in to production at Fox and both hitting screens at the close of 1997. In tone the two shows were night and day. While both were set within the same universe (and city) McBeal was a fluffy, caricatured romp about legal buffoonery and the occasional dancing baby. The Practice, o...
One thing Comic-Con has become famous for is people dressing up in weird and wonderful costumes. A healthy percentage of all Con-goers are sporting some kind of costume, whether it be as film stars, superheroes, anime icons or just about anything else you can think of. It all builds up to a huge event on Saturday night called the masquerade, where the best of the lot compete for the grand prize. Sadly press aren't allowed to take pictures of the masquerade - and besides, the queue was legendary - but we've been keeping an eye out for the imaginatively attired throughout the Con and compiled an extensive gallery of some of the best (and worst) this year's Con had to offer. ...
Matthew Vaughn's comic book adaptation really does kick ass, hurling Mark Millar's vision onto the screen in a lurid splash of ultra-violence and young girls with the mouths of truckers. The director/writer/producer basks in the glow of the film's Comic-Con reception before returning to his hunt for a distributor. Watch the interview after the jump. ...
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