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Game Review: Contra 4
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Henchman21   |  @   |  

Contra 4 20th Anniversary Edition for Nintendo DSContra 4
20th Anniversary Edition
Nintendo DS

Contra‘s back and old-school video game lovers can now rejoice for having a decent update to a much loved series. Contra had fallen on hard times for a while, suffering through a slew of misguided attempts to update the series which failed to improve on the tried and true game play of the original. This game is a continuation of the story and game play from Contra 3 and it’s safe to say that this version will appeal to fans of the original game. Of course that means one other thing that may turn off more casual gamers — this game is tough.

Game play is back to the old standby of side scrolling 2D run and gun action. The player runs through each level shooting at enemies with a variety of weapons, the classic multi and spread shot, along with missiles, fire balls, and lasers as they come on to the screen. A nice carry over from Contra 3 is the ability to switch between two different gun selections, with the advantage being that if you die, you only lose the current gun you are using. It can be a bit tough at the start to remember to switch when you see a new weapon come up on the screen, but once you get the hang of it, the ability is a lifesaver.

Learning the pattern of where each enemy comes from is the only way to beat this game. Once you get some practice in on it, you’ll figure out when to run, when to stop and when to shoot the crap out of everything. There are 3 difficulty settings; the only difference between them seems to be the number of lives you receive, so I find them kind of suspect. Rest assured though, that even on easy, the game is pretty tough. The old one shot and you’re dead still applies to this game, and on easy, you still only get ten lives, which can go pretty quick if you don’t practice.

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‘Charlie Wilson’s War’ Release Date Moved Up
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Geek Beat   |  

Charlie Wilson's WarPRESS RELEASE

UNIVERSAL PICTURES MOVES UP RELEASE OF
CHARLIE WILSON’S WAR
TO FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2007

Universal City, California, November 30, 2007 – Universal Pictures has accelerated the release date of Charlie Wilson’s War by four days, moving the film from Tuesday, December 25, 2007, to Friday, December 21, it was announced today.

Adam Fogelson, Universal Pictures’ President of Marketing and Distribution, stated, “We saw an opportunity to advance the release of this film and are taking advantage of that. We’ve seen how strongly Charlie Wilson’s War plays and can’t wait to get it in front of audiences everywhere. We are confident that their enthusiastic word-of-mouth will be one of the things that helps us continue playing strongly through this terrific moviegoing period.”

The film, starring Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts and Philip Seymour Hoffman, tells the outrageous true story of how one congressman who loved a good time, one Houston socialite who loved a good cause and one CIA agent who loved a good fight conspired to bring about the largest covert operation in history. Director Mike Nichols, screenwriter Aaron Sorkin and producers Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman bring George Crile’s best-selling book to the screen.

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Comic Review: Tales From The Farm
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Ryan Midnight   |  

Essex County Vol. 1 - Tales From The FarmTales From The Farm
Volume One Of The Essex Country Trilogy
Written and Drawn by Jeff Lemire
Top Shelf Productions
Cover Price $9.95; Available Now

When Lester’s mother dies and he is orphaned, Lester’s uncle reluctantly brings him to his farm in the small county of Essex in Ontario, Canada. Uncle Ken doesn’t really know how to deal with kids, Lester doesn’t know his uncle all that well, and their relationship becomes strained and distant almost from day one. While in town getting gas, Lester pops into the store to pick up a new comic book. It is there that Lester meets Jimmy, a ex-hockey player who was injured in the NHL and has been written off as being “slow” and “different.” Jimmy and Lester soon become friends, and the pair of them set off on superhero adventures fighting an alien invasion and picking up games of hockey on a frozen pond. Ken, however, is not too fond of their friendship, and while he is determined to keep the two apart, Lester is all the more determined to keep the relationship going.

We all have memories, however distant or distorted from the really real truth, of when we were ten years old. It is a strange and bittersweet time when we begin to realize there is a lot more out there than just the backyard and math homework, where childhood rests and balances on a branch in our favorite climbing tree and can be blown off by just about anything. For Jeff Lemire‘s Lester, he has tapped into a cross-section of all those things that can close the final chapter on childhood before hurtling into those dangerous and often overlooked tween years.

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‘Watchmen’ Movie Photos Vs. Comic Art
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Empress Eve   |  @   |  

WatchmenMaxim has an article comparing the four recently released Watchmen movie’s backlot set photos to the original comic book illustrations by Dave Gibbons.

In the comparison, you can see how well the backlot set matches up to the comic book and read the Maxim commentary, some of which I don’t totally agree with. The sets were designed to look like 1970s New York City, which is the when and where the Alan Moore-penned comic takes place. Take it from someone who grew up in New York City during the 1970s — the set designers nailed it.

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DVD Review: Inside the Actor’s Studio – Johnny Depp
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MrOodles   |  

Inside the Actor's Studio with Johnny Depp DVDInside the Actor’s Studio – Johnny Depp
Directed by Jeff Wurtz
Starring Johnny Depp, James Lipton
Shout! Factory

Inside the Actor’s Studio: The Depth of Depp

Over the years, Johnny Depp and I have enjoyed a healthy, long-term, committed relationship. And by ‘healthy’, ‘long term,’ and ‘committed’, I of course mean ‘unhealthy’, ‘obsessive,’ and ‘stalkee-stalker’ respectively. My admiration for the man goes beyond the realms of sanity.

Currently, his movies occupy the 4th, 9th, 13th, and 25th positions on my Top 50 List. His creative processes, personal philosophies, and overall outlook have all been a source of inspiration to me personally.

It is fitting, then, that my first review published by someone other than myself is James Lipton‘s quest to lead us all into the psyche of the Teen-Idol turned Hollywood Rebel turned Acting Legend that is Johnny Depp.

The world of video interviewing consists of several styles. There is the Pop Culture Talk Show Interview that consists mainly of humorous antectdotes, rambling banter, and the plug of a new movie, show, book, or plea of insanity. There is the Larry King School of Comfort interview where the interviewer’s job is to relax the interviewee into a casual conversation and get answers to the questions that intrigue the audience. Finally, there is the James Lipton School of Exhaustiveness where every possible question is meticulously researched, written on blue index cards, and delivered to the subject in biographical and chronological order.

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