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The embargo for Star Wars Outlaws is up. Reviewers and critics are now allowed to talk about the game before it launches later this week on August 30. From the jump, it appears reviewers are all over the place.

While some absolutely love the open-world Star Wars adventure, others couldn’t get over the typical Ubisoft formula of the game. The general consensus is there are problems and bugs with the project that prevent it from being a really solid game.

Buyer Beware – Star Wars Outlaws Bugs & Performance Issues

Currently sitting with a 77 on Metacritic, the project has managed to deliver an open-world Star Wars experience that fans of the franchise can have fun with. However, for players who are not familiar with the space opera, the problems and overall Ubisoft gameplay loop rear its head.

Star Wars Outlaws | Reviews

9 – Psx Brasil

8.5 – GamePro

8.5 – GamingTrend

8 – Psu

8 – Shacknews

8 – TheSixthAxis

7 – IGN

6 – PressStart

5 – Gamer Guides...

Jodie Sweetin, Beverley Mitchell, and Christine Lakin share a bond like no other.

Having been ’90s child stars on their perspective television shows — Sweetin as Stephanie Tanner on Full House, Mitchell as Lucy Camden on 7th Heaven, and Lakin as Alicia Lambert on Step by Step — the women have now joined forces on Pop TV’s comedy series, Hollywood Darlings — a loosely scripted show that will highlight the stars (who play exaggerated versions of themselves) juggling work, motherhood, and friendship.

“The really exciting part about doing the show together is we grew up in this crazy sorority of child actors,...

Technological advancement holds no bounds, especially in the kitchen. The modern-appliance company June offers an oven that is so hi-tech, it will change the way we think about cooking gadgets. uInterview’s review of the June Oven gives you The Good and The Bad unvarnished. June Oven Review The Good: The biggest thing that the June Oven […]

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Ubisoft is currently developing numerous film projects and one of those projects, which was announced around the same time as Assassin's Creed, is Splinter Cell with Tom Hardy. After seeing Assassin's Creed, though, I'm worried about the rest of Ubisoft's slate of films.

I thought Assassin's Creed was one of the worst films I saw in 2016. It was such a big disappointment, but the bad reviews and lackluster box office performance isn't going to stop Ubisoft from trying again with Splinter Cell.

Hardy is set to take on the role of Sam Fisher in the film, and in a recent interview with Collider, producer Basil Iwanyk talks about what we can expect from the movie and says that it will feel more like a "badass, Tom Hardy action movie" than a video game movie:

"The challenge of making Splinter Cell interesting was we didn’t have this IP with a very specific backstory.

As much as we hate to keep saying it, Assassin’s Creed is a project that didn’t turn out too well for Ubisoft. This was the one that should have brought home the bacon and gave them the credibility needed to bolster the next project. However, if you were a video game fan who was worried that this may slow them down, you’re in luck. Ubisoft seems to be moving forward with their next big ticket I.P. with gusto.

Next on their plate is an adaptation of Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell, a third-person stealth game that follows field agent Sam Fisher. Like Assassin’s Creed before it, this is a franchise that is easily adaptable to the big screen and, in fact, it’s already made the jump to several books.

Tom Hardy has been attached to this project for some time now, but we’ve...

After more than 20 years of video game adaptations, Hollywood has still not churned out a truly great video game movie. Warcraft and Assassin's Creed tried last year, but they didn't quite deliver on their promise. Ubisoft, the video game studio behind Assassin's Creed, has another project on the burner in the form of Splinter Cell, which has been in development for years now. According to producer Basil Iwanyk, the movie is still happening, Tom Hardy is still going to be in it and if all goes well, the movie could go into production later this year. But, how will this one be different from the box office disappointment that was Assassin's Creed?

The producer recently spoke with Collider and confirmed that he is still involved in the Splinter Cell movie and had some encouraging things to say. They now have a draft of the script that they feel very confident in,...

Though the radio silence had left many fans feeling apprehensive, the Splinter Cell movie is still very much alive over at Ubisoft and New Regency.

Collider caught up with the movie’s producer, Basil Iwanyk, to talk all things Sam Fisher, including Tom Hardy’s commitment to the role and why Ubisoft is angling its latest live-action adaptation as a “hard PG-13.” Still simmering on the brink of development, Iwanyk began by confirming that Ubi’s Splinter Cell movie is awaiting the official go-ahead from Hardy, who will soon give the script another read-through before the cameras can start rolling.

At first, Collider asked Iwanyk if he’s still attached to produce the video game movie, to which he replied:

“I am. We’ve got a script. It’s a little long, but it’s the best script we’ve had. Now that I’m back from Mexico City, we...

As I also asked previously in an article I wrote about the Lone Ranger (Here), is John Ford's classic western "The Searchers" yet another example of black history "lost, stolen or betrayed" as they used to say? First of all, let me say that I love all movies - all kinds - but westerns just might be my favorite genre. I suppose I got my love of them from my father who loved westerns to death. And I'm convinced he saw maybe every western ever made, even small obscure B westerns, and could tell you the theater he first saw the film in. And there are so many great westerns that I love, like "The Good and The Bad and The Ugly," "For a Few Dollars More,"...

As diverse as his career has been, there is arguably one key feature that best defines a David Cronenberg film. There are, of course, exceptions (in some cases, great exceptions: A History of Violence [2005]), but from Rabid (1977) to A Dangerous Method (2011), the relationship between science and the human body and mind has been a prevalent and powerfully expressive theme in much of the great Canadian filmmaker’s work. Of his films that deal with the repercussions of this relationship, and their unique, often disturbing manifestations, The Fly (1986) may be his finest achievement.

In this horror/sci-fi classic, Jeff Goldblum plays Seth Brundle, a brilliant if socially awkward and rather eccentric scientific mind. His newest invention, a teleportation device that can move inanimate objects from one pod to another, seems innocuous enough, in theory anyway. And at least as he tells it, he seems to have genuinely developed the machine with the best of intentions,...

Neil Patrick Harris was the 4th choice to host Oscars — after Ellen, Chris Rock and Julia Louis-Dreyfus Ellen DeGeneres was against hosting for a 3rd time, according to The Hollywood Reporter, while a deal with 2005 host Chris Rock “failed to materialize.” “Veep” star Louis-Dreyfus, meanwhile, said no to hosting. Bryan Cranston responds to Toys ‘R Us pulling “Breaking Bad” toys: "Nicely played Florida Mom" "Word on the street is that they were sent to Belize,” he tweeted. World Series delivers its worst Game 1 overnight ratings ever Last night’s blowout win was topped by “NCIS,” “NCIS: New Orleans” and “The Voice.” Plus: “Selfie” sees a slight rise, and “Marry Me” falls about 15-20% in Week 2. Click Read Full Post For More PBS: At least 33 million watched part of “The Roosevelts” The average audience for all seven episodes was 9.2 million. Melissa Rivers is poised to inherit more than $100M from Joan Rivers...

Have you picked your jaws up off the floor yet, "The Vampire Diaries" fans? Because we haven't.

The 100th episode aired on Thursday (Jan. 23), and it was chock full of sexy Omg moments (Klaroline has sex in the woods!), shocking twists (Katherine becomes a Passenger possessing Elena's body!), familiar faces returning as ghosts (Alaric! Vicki!), familiar faces returning for a quick romp in the woods (Klaus with Caroline, and Rebekah with Matt!), familiar faces returning as hallucinations (Aunt Jenna! Uncle John minus his fingers! Elijah!), and familiar faces just plain old returning (Tyler's back!). It was one of the series' best episodes, and it left us with so many questions.

So who better to turn to for answers than the executive producer Julie Plec? Zap2it got the chance to pick the evil genius' brain after screening the episode to talk about all the shocking and amazing moments from "500 Years of Solitude,...

Many dream of kissing Matt Damon, but Michael Douglas is one of the lucky few who has actually done it. But for him, it was simply part of the job.

"Once you get that first kiss in, you are comfortable," Douglas, who stars as pianist Liberace in HBO's Behind the Candelabra, tells New York magazine in its latest cover story (on newsstands May 13).

"Matt and I didn't rehearse the love scenes. We said, 'Well – we've read the script, haven't we?' "

While locking lips with Damon was no big deal for Douglas, he says the film – which premieres May 26 – still came with challenges.

Many dream of kissing Matt Damon, but Michael Douglas is one of the lucky few who has actually done it. But for him, it was simply part of the job. "Once you get that first kiss in, you are comfortable," Douglas, who stars as pianist Liberace in HBO's Behind the Candelabra, tells New York magazine in its latest cover story (on newsstands May 13). "Matt and I didn't rehearse the love scenes. We said, 'Well - we've read the script, haven't we?' " While locking lips with Damon was no big deal for Douglas, he says the film - which premieres...

Top 10 lists are tricky things. It can be absurdly hard to narrow down anything to a select group of ten. It’s like being asked to choose your favorite child and you just want to wail, “But I love all of them!” This is particularly true in television. Each year I commit to nearly 100 television shows that air throughout the twelve-month period. Thus, to pare down to the few that were truly outstanding, it can be exceptionally difficult. But there are always a deserving few who manage to do the impossible: sustaining a high caliber of performance and be equally captivating entertainment. As a caveat, there will always be better shows, but sometimes those shows just didn’t manage to be as consistently entertaining. Addictiveness plays a large part of what makes television shows successful. It is a quality that is rare and elusive and can be dependent upon the personal tastes of the viewer.

In the final week of auditions, The X Factor showed America a ton of young hopefuls, a contestant passing out and the first singer to impress enough that I am calling him the Season 2 champion. Yes, already.

Let's recap who we saw perform on Wednesday night, both The Good and The Bad...

The Good

Dinah Jane Hansen: She lives with 20 people in a four room house, or at least that's what she told the judges. Her performance of "If I were a Boy" started out a bit shaky with the whisper, but once things got going she was pretty darn good.

Arin Ray: You may remember Arin from last season when he made it through the first few rounds, but was then place on the Frankengroup called inTENsity. I hated inTENsity, but vaguely remember Arin being one of the only few bright spots. Even if he was good last year,...

Real Housewives of New Jersey star Teresa Giudice has admitted that she felt "sick" after seeing her husband Joe Giudice use abusive terms to describe her on the show. In the latest episode of the Bravo series, Joe was seen describing Teresa as his "bitch wife" and a "c**t" during a phone conversation. Teresa has now admitted in her blog that she was horrified when she saw the scene. "I felt like I'd been kicked in the stomach," she said. "It has not been a good couple of weeks. Of course I begged Bravo not to air it, but when you sign up for a TV show, you sign up to show everything, warts and all. The good and the bad. Kind of like that other promise: for better or for worse. Welcome to the 'worse'." Teresa refused to make "excuses" for her husband's language, insisting that he's (more...

21 Jump Street is one of the funniest films we’re bound to get this year. There was a lot of trepidation because it seemed like a cash-in on a reimagined property, but that should not stop you. At SXSW I had the chance to sit down with co-directors Chris Miller and Phil Lord. During the roundtable interview we talked about improv, F-bombs and pulling off their own undercover investigation of a high school.

Can you talk a little bit about this trend in animators moving into live-action? We just saw Andrew Stanton do it this weekend with John Carter. We saw it at Christmas with Brad Bird.

Chris Miller: I’d like to be in company with those guys. [Laughs.] Those are talented guys. But there’s obviously a lot in common with animation and live-action. You’re trying to tell an interesting story that engages the audience. And in our case,...

Melanie Robel has only been acting in the "biz" for a few short years and she's already added the "executive producer" status to her resume with the upcoming Post Mortem America: 2021. Check out the interview below where she talks about her projects, what she does in her spare time and her guilty pleasures. Melanie also surfs and I needs me some lessons, I wonder if she's up for this kinf of task? This first image of Melanie is from artist Dennis Willman who does these amazing "Playzom" pieces inside his upcoming Ginger-Stein series and also does work with Comic Book Divas.



Brian S- Hi Melanie, so how'd you get into acting?

Melanie- When I was very young we discovered that I was able to memorize movie dialogs by listening, and then I would do one man shows. Complete with voice and expression changes. I remember my sisters and I would reenact the songs in Annie.

Remakes are a dime a dozen these days, and horror remakes have especially found a niche of being easily marketed to a built-in audience of die-hard fans. But just because classic horror films are remade numerous times a year doesn’t mean the end result is any good.

In general, most remakes are unwarranted, but there are a few out there that work. And by work, I mean they improved on the original movie’s concept or story, and deliver a better version. On the other hand, there are a number of horror remakes that simply don’t work – remakes that provide nothing new or innovate, and worst of all, the end result is so bad that it soils the original.

With Platinum Dunes, the minds behind some of the decade’s biggest horror remakes, releasing its remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street…

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The only regular article on the internet entirely powered by the “send friend request” button on MySpace*. Indeed, I will only review bands and musicians who try to become an e-friend with me on MySpace. I will only review them and I will review All of them. The good and the bad. And if you have a MySpace profile yourself then you’ll know that the majority of them are fucking terrible.

However, I’m going to attempt to add some light and fun to the mission by forgetting that these fine folks have feelings. Is it wrong of me to be so harsh? Probably, but they spammed me on a social networking site and on the internet these days… there are no rules. I mean, have you seen all that porn?

Sometimes though, I can be just plain wrong and in my last...

I think we are all pretty sick of video game movies these days, and whether this is because most of them suck, I couldn't tell you. But like it or not, there is a never ending supply of lazy executives who look no further than their home console for inspiration. But that is a rant best left for another time, because today's Cinematical Seven is all about the movies that aren't based on video games, nope, these are movies all about the cult of gaming.

If you watch enough movies centered on the world of video games you start to notice that a theme emerges: the desire and the peril of getting trapped in your favorite game. Granted it's a theme that isn't much of a leap considering that since the dawn of the gamer, there have been worried parents, teachers, and clergy convinced that those pixels are the work of the devil,...