Welcome to the revival of CHUD.com’s video game presence, Master Control Program. Since it’s an exciting [and expensive] time to be a video game aficionado, what better time to bring back the column that almost was, a look at all things console and handheld? That is what they call in the business a rhetorical question. … Continue reading
Welcome to a new The Special Edition. Beginning with this column, I am going to be making some changes as I go, trying to mold the column into something unique to my style. Newell changed things up when he was here to differentiate his column from that of John’s before him and I felt it … Continue reading
‘LIFE’ OF ‘ASHES’ If there’s one reason I hate not having cable other than not having HBO, it’s not having BBC America. And chief among the reasons I want BBC America is so that I can see Life on Mars, the time-traveling police procedural that combines two of my favorite tastes – cops and science … Continue reading
Super-documentarian Ken Burns of Jazz, Baseball, and The Civil War, can’t win when it comes to The War. The War, Burns’s latest opus for PBS, is a 14-hour documentary about World War II, told through people from four “distinctly American communities” – Waterbury, Connecticut; Mobile, Alabama; Sacramento, California; and Luverne, Minnesota. It’s also turned out … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Sony Home EntertainmentMSRP: $49.98RATED: NRRUNNING TIME: 541 Minutes SPECIAL FEATURES: Featurette The Pitch A boy is kidnapped and it’s up to A-Listers Jeremy Sisto and Delroy Lindo to recover him! The Humans Timothy Hutton. Jeremy Sisto. Delroy Lindo. Dana Delany. Doug Hutchinson. Mykelti Williamson. Robert John Burke. Carmen Ejogo. … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: TartanMSRP: $22.95 RATED: UNRATEDRUNNING TIME: 90 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• The Making of Slaughter Night• Theatrical trailer• OuttakesThe Pitch"It’s a horror flick for those who like their terror Amster-dammed!" The HumansVictoria Koblenko, Kurt Rogers, Jop Joris, Linda Van Der Steen, Steve HooiThe NutshellKris Lodema has it all, good friends, loving family, … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: DisneyMSRP: $26.99 RATED: TV-GRUNNING TIME: 85 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• Learn the Moves: Corbin Bleu teaches you how to double dutch• Inside the Ropes: The Making of Jump In!• Keke Palmer music video: "Jumpin’"• T-Squad music video: "Vertical" The Pitch"It’s about jump-roping, see? Real street, real extreme jump-roping, I tell ya! … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Tartan VideoMSRP: $22.95RATED: RRUNNING TIME: 95 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• Interviews w/ director and cast• "Making-of" featurette• Trailers The Pitch "It’s like the Fatal Frame series, only you don’t have to kill your sister." The Humans Ananda Everingham, Natthaweeranuch Thongmee (no! thong mee!), Achita Sikamana. The Nutshell Late one night, after … Continue reading
You won’t be surprised when I tell you that videogame tie-ins with Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix are slated to release alongside the film. It’s a long-standing tradition. Unfortunately, despite having an (I’ll gladly admit it) rich world, ripe for exploration, the previous game versions of Mr. Potter’s films have been mostly … Continue reading
I’m going to spend the weekend taking remedial economics courses, since apparently my opinion on the Guitar Hero 2 downloadable content, specifically my thinking that it’s reasonably priced, is wrong. I’m thinking I should probably hire an accountant before I fritter away my savings on things like, say, plastic controllers in the shapes of miniature … Continue reading