Hey guys Josh here with a bit of interesting news. So it appears the streaming giant of the US of A is moving over seas to us in the UK. Will it be another Quickster? find out below.
So it appears Netflix wanted to branch out to an audience crying out for a decent streaming source that was legal and not too expensive (here's looking at you zune) So Netflix have announced they are bringing their streaming service to the UK and Irish Republic some time next year.
Netflix said it would provide a subscription service in the UK
offering unlimited TV shows and movie streaming over the Internet.The company said further details about the service, including
pricing and content will be announced closer to launch in early 2012. It recently expanded its subscription streaming service to
Canada and is reportedly looking to launch in other European countries (so don't bitch about being left out France)
But its not all smooth sailing for this branch out as the UK already has Love Film which our very own Chris is a member of. But with Netflix being exclusive to the Xbox i don't think the competition will be too fierce (but here's hoping it causes them to battle for the lowest price)
But Netflix does face competition with other audiences. Google is expanding its film rental offerings via its YouTube
channel, while Apple offers film and TV show rentals on its iTunes
platform and with Sky, Virgin and BT also increasingly offering on-demand services it might be harder than they originally thought.
So what do you guys think? Will you sign up on day 1 for you Xbox streaming?
Hey long time Internet. Josh here after a short break bringing you another Now Loading.. This time we are taking a look at a game that was released on PC and Xbox. Stubbs The Zombie was a great fun game that used a game engine from a pretty big tittle ( here's a clue it rhymes with Halo ) wait.....Anyway here's the story.
Eddie Stubbs is a travelling salesman in 1933 He temporarily finds happiness with a girl named Maggie Monday, but he meets his unfortunate end when Otis, Maggie's father comes home, chases him outside, and shoots him, leaving him to die. Years later in the fictional city of Punchbowl, Pennsylvania at its opening ceremony in 1959 (but somehow they have hovering cars and shit). the city, founded by Andrew Monday, Maggie's son, has been built directly on top of Stubbs' not-so-final resting place. Stubbs rises from his grave as a zombie and decides to get his revenge by eating the brains of the inhabitants of Punchbowl, quickly creating his own army of the undead, causing increasing amounts of havoc as the zombies clash with the various militant factions of the area.
Here's the trailer.
The main reason Stubbs The Zombie worked was because the game was a labour of love and that shines in every hilarious cut scene and movie reference. The game plays well with a lot of cool things you can do to even out the playing field against the small towns strangely infinite army. The game had mixed gamplay meaning one minute your driving a garbage truck the next your having a dance off with the chief of police which is why i think this game was great. It did so many things right and gave the player so many experiences and wasn't afraid to mix things up rather than being stuck with the same repetitive gameplay.
Also the soundtrack wasn't half bad. The theme was classic 1950's songs done by modern bands with a modern twist to them to go with the theme of the futuristic world. I have to admit a few songs have even managed to stay put on my Ipod after all these years (Mr Sandman, Lollipop and Earth Angel to just name a few you should check out)
So to end this Now Loading... Stubbs The Zombie was a great game that's well worth buying on Steam, Xbox games on demand or even fishing out an old copy and busting out "The Duke" controller and your old Xbox. If theres a game that needs a sequel or a HD remake with achievements Stubbs is begging literally begging for it.
Hey. Chris here bringing you the new trailer for David Fincher's The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. This trailer is a big one and shows a lot of footage. We also see dialogue and more of the story. For those who know nothing about the original film and book, this trailer will help you.
Personally, I can't wait for this film. Fincher is one of the best directors out there right now and him doing a film like Dragon Tattoo is perfect. The original film had problems and I hope Fincher fixes them with his adaption. Everything from the cinematography to the acting looks great. Be sure to check out The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo when it hits cinemas on the 26th of December.
So what do you think of the trailer? Looking forward to it? Are you a fan of the book or the original film? What's your take on David Fincher? Drop a comment below, let us know! Thanks.
Nicholas Winding Refn's Drive bursts onto the screen with a tense and ferocious getaway sequence that will go down in history as one of the best get getaways sequences of the past twenty five years. The film itself is a brooding, nerve racking art house thriller that is an instant cult classic, it's also the best film I have seen this year so far.
Drive is set in Los Angeles and follows The Driver (Ryan Gosling). A stunt driver for movies who moonlights as a getaway driver for the cities dirtiest criminals. He's quiet and methodical and akin to Clint Eastwood's Man With No Name. He speaks with his facial expressions. Driver becomes involved with his next door neighbour Irene (Carey Mulligan). He also, through working with Shannon (Bryan Cranston) at a garage, becomes acquainted with local gangsters Bernie Rose (Albert Brooks) and Nino (Ron Perlman). Irene's husband Standard (Oscar Isaac) returns from prison and owes some bad people a lot of money. Driver decides to help Standard get the money that he needs, the job goes wrong and the Driver falls into a world of gangland violence.
To me, Drive is the best film I have seen this year. Everything about the film is so brilliantly constructed. The performances across the board are great, with Gosling and Brooks standing out as early oscar contenders. Gosling's performance is so reserved, holding long pauses and conveying everything through facial expressions. Brooks, is haunting and brutal as Bernie Rose. What really throws me off guard, is when a comedy actor does a serious role that is really terrifying. Brooks voiced Nemo's Dad in Finding Nemo and to see repeatedly stab someone in the throat is quite unsettling.
The construction and directing in Drive is top class. I have been a fan of Refn's for years and I am glad Drive is what it is. More people will get to see how much of a master storyteller Refn is. Every frame so delicate, every scene positioned perfectly. Drive starts with a great getaway, then slows down and sets the story. For a while, everything is calm and tense. The build up is long and arduous, but then the films explodes into a final act that is violent, gory, shocking, powerful and excellent. The violence in this film is horrific, even more horrific because the fourty minutes at the beginning was so peaceful. It really takes you by surprise. All I will say is "Elevator Scene" . Even though the action is frequent and fast, it is high class action. Not your usual explosion filled summer blockbuster. The action is a lethal component at the heart of Drive's engine.
Another great attribute to Drive is it's electronic score and soundtrack. Cliff Martinez is on great form here and the selection of songs that Refn chose are brilliant. Set the electronic score to the nightlife and skyline of LA and you do have something truly mesmerising.
Drive is strictly European, it has European sensibilities. Long silences and focus on facial reaction. Some people might not find that enthralling and might think it's boring. I thought the slow burn was a great build to a relentless final act and worked fine. But some people may be put off by the art house direction. The trailers for this film have been really misleading, they promise more action than the film actually offers. Which is unfair to people who will expecting Fast Five. Fast Five, this is not.
There is only one problem I had with the film and it is very minor. It's Carey Mulligan undertaking the role of Irene. She doesnt handle the role badly, shes a talented actress. It's just that I never for one second believed she was the character, she seems very upper class in real life and plays those roles in other films and to me she looked awkward in the role of a working class mother.
Like Luc Besson did in the 90's with Leon: The Professional. Nicholas Winding Refn has blended his European code of conduct with the Hollywood film making method and it works a treat. Filled with superb performances, a brilliant soundtrack and violence that is enthralling. Drive is a special movie, that will be looked back on in years to come with such high regard. It will also be looked back upon as Nicholas Winding Refn's film that put him on the map.
Well, summer is over and my Summer Movie Preview went well, it got a few views and now I have decided to do a Fall Movie Preview. Yes, I know, I'm from the UK and we don't say Fall. But, meh! I do what I want. So yeah, This piece like the Summer Movie Preview will be split into two parts. There are a lot of great films coming in the next few months and things look more optimistic than the past summer. Many of the Oscar contenders will feature on the preview and most of the films that are released in Fall are usually better than the banal sludge of the summer.So let's start this rundown!
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Tomas Alfredson's follow up to the 2009 Swedish Vampire masterpiece Let The Right One In sees him tackle the classic novel John Le Carre. With an all star cast including Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, John Hurt, Mark Strong, Tom Hardy and Benedict Cumberbatch playing spies in the cold war era, the story takes the characters all over the world looking for the mole that is embedded into there agency. If any film had the cast that TTSS has, I would be excited. Then add in Tomas Alfredson who's last film LTROI was my favourite film of 2009 and the first two trailers for TTSS and that altogether makes me very excited for this film. I cannot wait!
Drive
One of the most exciting directors around right now is Denmark's Nicholas Winding Refn. His films Bronson and Valhalla Rising are amongst my favourites of the last few years. The director has a great eye for beautiful frames and the way he portrays violence on screen is all but masterful. His latest film Drive sees Ryan Gosling as The Driver, a stuntman by day and a getaway driver by night. A job goes wrong and The Driver is dragged into an underworld of crime. With a great cast involving Bryan "Badass Walter White" Cranston, Carey Mulligan, Ron Perlman, Christina Hendricks an Albert Brooks. Drive looks brilliant and I will be seeing it in the next few days, so look out for my review.
Red State
Kevin Smith takes a huge detour from his usual thing to direct a horror thriller based on the cult religious monsters "West Borough Baptist Church" . Red State follows three sex obsessed teenagers who reply to an ad online that is looking for three men to have a foursome with a lonely woman. They set it up and head out to a trailer were they meet Melissa Leo's character Sarah Cooper. They are drugged and wake up in the compound of The Five Points Church led by Pastor Abin Cooper. From the trailers this film looks really interesting and it seems like Michael Parks owns the role of Abin Cooper.
Melancholia
Lars Von Trier is one of the most outspoken directors around today. He goes to Cannes nearly every year and says outrageous comments like "I'm the best director in the world" and "I may have some Nazi in me". He loves controversy. But his films are hit and miss for me. His latest film looks pretty insane. The cast is pretty impressive, Kirsten Dunst stars in the apocalyptic drama that revolves around the wedding of one of two sisters, whilst Earth collides with a rogue planet. The film looks interesting and strange. I will be sure to catch it when it hits theatres in the next few months.
Warrior
If I were to have a Achilles heel of film. It would be sports drama, it doesn't matter how cliched they can be. I just love it and fall for it. Remember The Titans starring Denzel Washington is one of my favourite films. So, Warrior directed by Gavin O'Connor and starring Tom Hardy and Joel Edgerton as MMA fighters. Warrior follows the two men in there journey through an MMA tournament. The story is a story we have seen a thousand times, but it's the performances I am looking forward to. Tom Hardy was great in Bronson and Joel Edgerton was equally great in Animal Kingdom. Warrior should be entertaining!
The Three Musketeers
I'm not personally interested in Paul W.S Anderson's latest screen belch. He's a hack of a director, it's in 3D (Pointless), it has Orlando Bland, I mean Bloom. It just looks incredibly stupid. I don't want to see this film, but I had to include it. It is considered one of the major films coming out in the next few months. But, it looks terrible! So I shall not continue.
Real Steel
Hugh Jackman, giant robots boxing, in October you say? This sounds like it should be next to the summer blockbusters like Harry Potter and Transformers. But it's not. I'm gonna be honest. I have no desire to see this film. It looks silly and directed at kids. Sure it could be fun, but for now. I'm not too excited.
Contagion
Steven Soderbergh is apparently retiring soon. He is bowing out with a series of films. Contagion is the beginning of the end at it looks great. It takes a realistic look at a virus outbreak. The film also has a stellar cast. Matt Damon, Kate Winslet, Marion Cotillard, Laurence Fishburne, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Bryan Cranston and John Hawkes. So many Oscar winners and nominees. The trailer is really effective in portraying the horror of a virus. I'm really looking forward to this film, I hope it's great.
Tintin: The Secret Of The Unicorn
The famous European children's comic finally makes it's way to the big screen. Steven Speilberg and Peter Jackson bring Tintin to the silver screen. With the technology used in James Cameron's Avatar. Speilberg and Jackson aren't going for realistic CGI characters, they want the film to lok like the original comics. Add in a score by the legendary John Williams, a script written by Edgar Wright (Shaun Of The Dead, Hot Fuzz), Stephen Moffat (Matt Smith's Incarnation In Doctor Who) and Joe Cornish (Attack The Block). This film is looking hard to resist. The trailer isn't brilliant, but conveys the tone of the film. An with the people involved, I'm definitely going to be seeing this film.
The Ides Of March
This film has "OSCAR BAIT" written all over it. Starring George Clooney, The Ides Of March follows Clooney as a Democratic Candidate to the Presidency, Gosling is his assistant and mastermind behind his campaign. Clooney also directs the film and he is a favourite with Oscar voters. I will watch the film just for Gosling, he's a great actor and is an instant screen presence. the rest of the cast includes Paul Giamatti, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Evan Rachael Wood and Marisa Tomei. I'm not completely excited about this film. But I will watch it.
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Roland "Disaster Movie" Emmerich takes a detour from his usual forte and directs a historical thriller that ponders whether William Shakespeare actually wrote his most famous plays. Yes, it sounds very silly and it's directed by a man who's last film had a limousine driving through a collapsing building. But, the film has hit some festivals and early reviews indicate it's a good film which shocks me. Apparently it's a tense thriller that is a good romp and is not like anything Emmerich has done before. I'm willing to give this film a chance. Hopefully we get a fun film.
Well, that's the end of the part one. Eleven films to sink your film going teeth into. There are blockbuster, bait and bloody horror. For me, out of these eleven films. The ones I am most looking forward to are Tinker, Tailor, Solider, Spy and Drive. Be sure to look out for Part Two of my Fall Movie Preview next month sometime.
Hey Josh here with some news on the fan made Left 4 Dead live action movie. So before we get too far into this i feel i should give some back story.
A couple of years back a group of hardcore fans of Left 4 Dead decided to make a full length live action movie and release it online FOR FREE. The only problem was they had no budget and they wanted it to be a good standard or it wasn't worth doing. So they asked for other fans to donate and they will get mentions in the credits and will be providing the film with a decent budget to do it right. A trailer was made to show people that they where serious and even set photos, concept drawings of the Tank and even posters began to surface and things died down again. Until now.
Here's the original teaser trailer.
Here's the poster.
So here's the latest video released showing pre-outbreak stories to each character and we kick things off with my favorite (and fan favorite) Bill.
So what do you think? I have to admit I'm pretty hyped about this and it just goes to show the passion people have for video games where fans will pay other fans to create stuff for the fans for free *insert Inception noise here*
Be sure to keep checking back here for updates on this fan project and we will keep you ap to date.
Hey Josh here. Been a while since our last post and its not that we have gotten lazy its just there isn't that much big news to report on but never fear we have some new news on Devil May Cry. Don't worry if your a hardcore fan (like myself) I'm not talking about the reboot D.M.C, I'm talking about the original trilogy being re-released for Playstation 3 and Xbox 360.
Now if you didn't play the first three Devil May Cry games then your missing out on a big franchise that some would say revolutionised the hack and slash genre in gaming. Read up on this series here
So the folks over at the ESRB ( the guys who rate video games ) may of accidentally let slip some super secret project Capcom is working on. On their website they have recently posted the first 3 Devil May Cry games with a M rating for mature audiences which i admit isn't big news. But its the playable platforms section that got people talking. The listed platforms where Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 and PC. So it appears Capcom will be re-releasing the first trilogy in HD a lot like Konami is doing with the Metal Gear Solid series.
A release date isn't set yet and Capcom are playing dumb for now but odds are it will be out for or just after the 10th anniversary of the first Devil May Cry game which was released in 2001 which is becoming a big trend in video game companies. Meaning keep checking back for any more news on this and pray this is as awesome as we think it will be.
