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Adapted from Tomi Ungerer’s 1966 children’s picture book, Moon Man is an unusually slow, gentle animation that will bore Despicable Me -loving kids, but soothe the soul of arthouse adults. Ripped tonally and visually from the pages of its source material by first-time director Stephen Schesch, it tells the tale …

Zoos provide a convenient location where wimps like me can come face-to-face with ferocious animals that, in the wild, would surely eat us. Zoo Tycoon on Xbox One aims to delight and inform animal lovers by capturing the thrill of such interactions in digital form. It’s no replacement for the …

Walk-on role in Django Unchained aside, it’s been way too long since we last saw Bruce Dern in anything of substance, so it’s good to report that the veteran actor is back in career-best form in Alexander Payne’s latest bittersweet mix of comedy and tragedy. He plays Woody Grant, a …

If it had been made in 1972, Getaway would’ve probably been an amazing little B-flick. The premise has a ring of Corman-esque brilliance: a former race car driver’s (Ethan Hawke) wife (Rebecca Budig) gets kidnapped by some unseen madman in Bulgaria, who forces him to take on increasingly ridiculous high-speed …

“Once something is done, it cannot be undone!” declares Father Christmas in Saving Santa , an amateurish cartoon that’ll have you fervently hoping the opposite. The Hobbit star Martin Freeman diversifies as elf hero Bernard, a lowly shoveller of reindeer shit whose dreams of being an inventor expose Santa’s North …

Daniel Auteuil continues his association with author Marcel Pagnol by directing, writing and co-starring as César in a new version of Pagnol’s lauded Marseilles trilogy. This opening instalment revolves around César’s son Marius (Raphaël Personnaz), whose love for childhood friend Fanny (Victoire Bélézy) is compromised by a secret passion. The …

Episode 2.06 Writers: Beth Schwartz & Ben Sokolowski Director: Guy Norman Bee THE ONE WHERE: Dig is on a mission to rescue his ex-wife, held captive in a gulag in Russia – and it’s a mission that will bring him face to face with Deadshot… THE VERDICT: An episode that …

You are the star of Tearaway. Yes, you. No other modern game puts the player so squarely in the centre of everything it does. It isn’t just the story that focuses on you–the tale of a paper messenger called Iota, delivering a missive to the person holding the PS Vita–it’s …

Amid the feverish hubbub of next-gen’s arrival, a lone PS2-era game is still managing to make one heck of a noise. SoulCalibur 2 HD Online is an all-singing, all dancing-around-your-feeble-attempts-at-vertical-attacks shout from last-gen. So, just for a moment, wrench your eyes from Killzone, Forza, and whatever is catching your eager …

Misfits Series Five Episode Four TV REVIEW Episode 5.04 Writer: Jon Brown Director: Lawrence Gough THE ONE WHERE Rudy and the gang get a shock when Rudy 2 goes missing but then turns up as a confused old man. Meanwhile, Abby finds a new animal friend, Alex uses his power …