Stargate Resistance Gets A Release Date
Stargate Resistance
Somehow I managed to totally miss the fact that this game was even in development, but publisher FireSky have just annouced that Stargate: Resistance, a 3rd person shooter from the guys at Cheyenne Mountain, is being released to PC on 10th of Feb 2010.
The story follows SG teams as they battle against the System Lords who have begun a savage campaign to dominate and enslave the known worlds. Players can decide to join up with the SGC, or side with the System Lords as they head through the Stargate to assault various planets across the galaxy.
This is hopefully good news for Cheyenne Mountain, who are also developing Stargate Worlds (the Stargate MMORPG) which has been worringly short on information since they announced they were having some finacial trouble. They have said the MMO project was very much still alive though, so hopefully we’ll see more info coming on that too soon.
You can find out more on Stargate: Resistance over at their website.
Competition: Win Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs on DVD
Win Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs on DVD
We’ve got another competition for you, this time to win Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs on DVD!
Plot Synopsis:
When Flint Lockwood’s (Bill Hader) latest contraption accidentally destroys the town square and rockets up into the clouds, he thinks his inventing career is over. Then, something amazing happens as delicious cheeseburgers start raining from the sky. His machine actually works! But when people greedily ask for more and more food, the machine starts to run amok, unleashing spaghetti tornadoes and giant meatballs that threaten the world! Now it’s up to Flint with the help of weather girl Sam Sparks (Anna Faris) and Steve, his talking monkey assistant, to find some way to shut down the machine before the world is covered in super-sized meatballs!
Click here to read our full review.
The Competition
There are 2 ways you can enter:
1. Enter Via Twitter
Competition now closed.
2. Enter Via The Site
Who provides the voice for the town’s cop, Earl Devereaux?
Competition now closed. The answer was Mr T.
You can enter via both twitter and the site, and double your chances!
The competition closes on 5th Feb 2010 and is open to UK residents aged 18 or over. There will be 1 winner picked from twitter and the on site entries (enter via both and double your chances!). By entering this competition, you are agreeing to the rules of this competition. Full rules can be read here.
TONY: LONDON SERIAL KILLER. Meet the director and lead!
TONY: LONDON SERIAL KILLER
For those of you out there that like a good serial killer movie, and want to support UK films, there’s a special preview screening of TONY, with director Gerard Johnson and lead actor Peter Ferdinando!
Screening is tomorrow at:
Empire Cinema, Leicester Square
Screen 1, 11:30pm
Friday January 29th
The impressive debut from Gerard Johnson, TONY has already drawn comparisons to Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer and Taxi Driver and is one of the most original and disturbing British films of recent years.
Unemployed and unemployable, Tony is an alienated psychopath with severe social problems, an obsession for action films and a horrible moustache. His life is interrupted only by his nervous attempts to make friends, which are invariably rebuffed by laughter or contempt. Occasionally he snaps, and violence is the result…
Featuring a star-making lead performance from Peter Ferdinando, Tony is dark, brutal, yet bleakly amusing and will stay with you long after you finish watching.
TONY is in cinemas (as well as Sky Box Office, iTunes, LOVEFiLM and FILMFLEX) 5th February, and on DVD 8th February.
Review: Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs
How to describe Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs…
Weird. Wonderful. And covered in ice cream!
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is the latest animated feature from Sony, and is based on the 1978 children’s book by Judi and Ron Barrett. The movie follows the life of Flint Lockwood, genius (if rather accident prone) inventor, who lives on a tiny island in the Atlantic, and who’s main source of food is sardines.
Sick of the all fish diet, Flint’s invents a gadget is designed to make food out of water. After his first attempt fails, he takes the ‘logical step’ that it just needs more power… Hooking it up to the main power station, it shoots the machine up into the clouds only for it start to rain food, turning Flint into a celebrity and giving him the recognition he’s always wanted… That is until things start to go awry…
Rather than go for A list celebrity cameos directors Phil Lord & Chris Miller went for talent that just really suited the characters. Lockwood, voiced by Bill Hader (Saturday Night Live) has a great childlike enthusiasm, and Anna Faris (Scary Movie 1, 2 and 3) matches him voicing intern weather reporter & love interest Sam Sparks. James Caan turns in a great understated vocal as Flint’s long suffering father, and the legendary Bruce Campell provides the voice for the greedy mayor. The show stealing performance though comes from Mr. T. as the tough (but ultimately good hearted) small town cop Earl Devereaux.
Cloudy might not be right up there with the WALL-Es and UPs of computer-animated movies, but the animation is perfectly fine, and has an entertaining plot that moves along a great pace. It’s a charming, funny and brilliantly surreal tale that both kids and parents will love.
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is released on DVD and Blu-Ray, Monday 25th Jan 2010.
8/10
2010 UK Air Dates for Geeky Shows!
2010 UK Air Dates for Cult Shows
Click here for the new updated list of UK air dates!
As we head into Feb of 2010 a number of our favourite shows are finally starting to come back to the screen, so I thought a list of air dates might be handy to a few of you out there!
If there’s any more show’s you’d like uk air dates for, just leave them in the comments and i’ll see what we can find out!
UK Air Dates for Cult Shows in 2010
24, Day 8 – Sky 1 – 9pm, Sun 24th January 2010.
First 2 episodes will be back to back at 9pm and 10pm!
Caprica, Season 1- Sky 1 – 9pm, Tues 2nd February 2010.
Lost, Season 6 - Sky 1 – 9pm, Fri 5th February 2010.
Supernatural, Season 5 – Living TV – 9pm, February 10th 2010.
First 2 episodes will be run back to back.
Legend of the Seeker, Season 2 - SciFi Channel – 8pm, Mon 15th February 2010.
NOTE: The first 4 episodes are running nightly on the 15th to 18th February at 8pm, and then will run weekly on Thursday nights at 8pm from 25th Feb.
True Blood, Season 2 - FX – February 26th 2010.
House, Season 6 (continued) - Sky 1 – March 7th 2010.
Fringe, Season 2 (continued) - Sky 1 – March 9th 2010.
Bones, Season 5 (continued) - Sky 1 – March 2010.
FlashForward, Season 1 (continued) - Five – Monday March 22nd at 9:00pm
Back with a double bill at with Revelation Zero Part 1 at 9pm and Part 2 at 10pm.
Stargate Universe, Season 1 (continued) - Sky 1 – 13th April 2010 at 8pm.
V, Season 1 – SciFi – 13th April 2010.
Doctor Who, Eleventh Doctor, Series 1 - BBC1 – 3rd April 2010 (13 episodes)
I’ve given up trying with Series numbers on Who. It’s Series Five of new Who, but DW Mag are referring to it as Series One… Although if your proper old school, it’s also series 31… ;)
Ashes To Ashes, Series 3 - BBC1 – Friday 2nd April at 9pm, 2010.
Last series of Ashes to Ashes, promising to answer questions and round off the Life on Mars/Ashes to Ashes story (8 episodes).
Castle, Season 1 - Alibi (sky 132, virgin 130) – Wednesday 7th April at 9pm, 2010.
Ladies, get your Captain Tightpants fix, as ‘Castle’ reaches the UK! Nathan Fillion (Desperate Housewives, Firefly, Serenity) stars as Richard Castle – a famous mystery novelist who helps the NYPD homicide department solve crimes.
Smallville, Season 9 – E4 – Best guess at the moment is ‘when E4 can be bothered…’ (usually around May 2010 if they’re true to form)… and they have the gall to complain about people downloading episodes, when it started airing in the US in Sept 09! UPDATE: Latest word from E4 is ‘sometime next month (JUNE 2010)’ after it finishes airing in the US on 14 May 2010… UPDATE 2: Latest rumour is June 1st 2010 for Smallville, Season 9‘s return to British TV!
Trying not to go off on another major rant about E4 and their ridiculous scheduling policies…
Dexter, Season 4 – FX – Friday August 27th 2010 at 10pm
Click here for the new updated list of UK air dates!
Star Wars: A John Williams A Cappella Tribute
Posting this for it’s muliple levels of utter awesomeness. ‘JOHN WILLIAMS IS THE MAN!’ A Star Wars-themed four-part a cappella musical tribute. Written and performed by Moosebutter (music by John Williams…)
Click here for your ‘Joss Whedon is My Master Now! t-shirts. ;)
If your wondering about the themes used (in order of appearance):
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind
- Indiana Jones
- Superman
- E.T.
- Jaws
- Jurassic Park
- Indiana Jones (reprised)
