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Last-Minute Holiday Gift Guide 2009: Console Games

Last-Minute Holiday Gift Guide 2009: Console Games

By W. Andrew Powell • Dec 14th, 2009 • Category: Reviews

For those of you still stumbling around looking for the perfect gift this holiday season, here are a few suggestions that may come in handy for that special adult gamer in your life. Including some of the best video games released this year, these titles are sure to please the person in your life who just can’t tear themselves away from their console.

From music and shooters to action and racing, here are a few suggestions this holiday season.



Film Friday: ‘Zombieland’ & ‘Capitalism: A Love Story’

Film Friday: ‘Zombieland’ & ‘Capitalism: A Love Story’

By W. Andrew Powell • Oct 2nd, 2009 • Category: Films

Once again, theatres are jammed with new releases, and the good news is that this is a banner weekend for movies with most of the films getting great early reviews. Coming out this weekend we have the horror/comedy Zombieland, Michael Moore‘s Capitalism: A Love Story, the comedy The Invention Of Lying, Drew Barrymore‘s Whip It, and the re-release of Toy Story and Toy Story 2 back-to-back in 3-D.



‘Zombieland’ trailer

‘Zombieland’ trailer

By W. Andrew Powell • Sep 29th, 2009 • Category: Features, Movies & DVDs

Bring on the gore, bring on the laughs; on Friday, October 2 Columbia Pictures debuts their new movie, Zombieland, and if you’re a fan of horror and comedy, you’re going to want to check this one out.



Bring out yer dead: Capcom confirms ‘Dead Rising 2′

Bring out yer dead: Capcom confirms ‘Dead Rising 2′

By W. Andrew Powell • Feb 9th, 2009 • Category: Gaming & Electronics

Finally, after a way-too-long wait, Capcom has some good news for the zombie-killing fanatics out there like me.

According to a Capcom press release today, Dead Rising 2 is already in the works for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC (yet another reason that Macs suck?).



DVD Tuesday: ‘National Treasure 2′, ‘Diary of the Dead’

DVD Tuesday: ‘National Treasure 2′, ‘Diary of the Dead’

By W. Andrew Powell • May 21st, 2008 • Category: Films

American history gets the adventure treatments once again in the often dizzyingly surreal National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets launches Ben Gates into another search for lost treasure as he also tries to clear his ancestor’s name from the plot to kill President Lincoln. Also arriving this week is the zombie-driven horror Diary of the Dead, futuristic anime in Vexille, the 80s hit comedy Short Circuit, and the first season of 24.



Chris Alexander interviews Amy Lalonde

Chris Alexander interviews Amy Lalonde

By W. Andrew Powell • Jan 9th, 2008 • Category: Movies & DVDs, The GATE

Mr. Horror himself, Chris Alexander, interviewed Diary of the Dead star Amy Lalonde about her role in George A. Romero‘s film for Fangoria, and I had to pass it along. Check it out over in his Blood Spattered Blog. I’m also going to be posting some stuff on Diary of the Dead before it goes [...]



DVD Tuesday: ‘Ratatouille’, ‘Fido’

DVD Tuesday: ‘Ratatouille’, ‘Fido’

By W. Andrew Powell • Nov 6th, 2007 • Category: DVDs, Reviews

Arriving this week on DVD: A rat helps a clumsy cleaner become one of Paris’ star chefs, the dead rise again to serve the living, Chuck and Larry tie the knot, the ninja turtles get animated, and Michael Moore lands in two films.