We're big fans of Tony Zhou's cinematic analyses, but we're especially fond of his recent breakdown of Michael Bay's visual approach, which manages to acknowledge the director's knack for spectacle while identifying him as a slave to his own system – a gratuitous, over-evolved action style we love to hate. » 7/05/14 3:55pm 7/05/14 3:55pm

Here is a fascinating dissection by Vimeo user Matthias Stork which is seven months old, but recently written up by Indiewire and tweeted by Roger Ebert, so I thought it was worth sharing. It delves into the relationship held between movies and games—which goes further than simply having more cutscenes in games… » 1/16/13 1:30pm 1/16/13 1:30pm

This week at the Cannes Film Festival, Japanese director Takashi Miike tipped off he was working on a Phoenix Wright adaptation for the big screen. Capcom has now confirmed it. A news release says the live-action Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney will open in Japan in early Spring 2012. » 5/26/11 10:52pm 5/26/11 10:52pm

Mubi, the new film service for the PS3 that we're quite big fans of, ran an interesting test over the weekend: showing a movie the same day it was out in cinemas. » 11/23/10 5:30am 11/23/10 5:30am

A few years back, Disney was working on a movie called "Joe Jump", the tale of an outdated video game character who's able to find his way into new titles. It had been presumed scrap, but no, it's not! » 11/23/10 12:00am 11/23/10 12:00am

Did you ever play Space Invaders and, while you were dodging and firing and shooting, make up a story about who was in the tank and wish you could someday see them in a movie? Yeah, I didn't either. » 3/02/10 8:30pm 3/02/10 8:30pm

A writer over at CC2K claims to have gotten hold of a script for the long-in-pre-production God of War movie. Having read that script, he proceeds to tell us all about it. » 7/13/09 3:30am 7/13/09 3:30am

The Oscars? Hah! Anyone can win an Oscar. And the show itself, gah, it's so boring. The Razzies, though, a night honouring the worst in Hollywood, well, now we're talking. » 2/23/09 5:30am 2/23/09 5:30am

News from Hollywood here, kids, and the news is good. In an interview with IGN, movie producer Paul W.S. Anderson has revealed that not only is the Castlevania movie stalled, but Spyhunter is stalled and then some. » 12/19/08 11:20pm 12/19/08 11:20pm

To refresh: Gordon Chan is directing a King of Fighters movie. Previously, details were scant, but today, details on the flick have surfaced. We wish they'd remained scant. » 12/02/08 11:40pm 12/02/08 11:40pm

Ian Bogost and his students have a new project underway looking at the intersection of journalism and games; their new blog is full of interesting stuff. » 11/30/08 1:00pm 11/30/08 1:00pm

Is there a market out there that needs/wants to stare intently at high-definition renditions of Kylie Minogue's butt cheeks, Jean Claude's chest cheeks and Raul Julia's...cheeks to the extent we need Street Fighter released on Blu-Ray? We'd like to think there isn't, and that the release of the forgettable,… » 11/12/08 4:30am 11/12/08 4:30am

What a world we live in. Universal Pictures have bought the rights to make a movie based on EA's Dante's Inferno » 11/03/08 3:00am 11/03/08 3:00am. And they've bought them for a "seven-figure sum". Bear in mind, . The project will be overseen by , as well as Jonathan Knight (from the gaming side of things), and both game and movie will involve - wait…

When Hollywood adapts a property for the big screen - be it a book, comic or game - they can often take a few...liberties with the source material. Take the Mario Bros. movie, for example. The upcoming Gears of War movie, however, will be doing no such thing, with the film's screenwriter Chris Morgan telling MTV that… » 10/30/08 12:30am 10/30/08 12:30am

It was Monday we heard 3D Realms boss Scott Miller hating on the Max Payne movie » 10/23/08 1:30am 10/23/08 1:30am. Monday of . Now it's Thursday, and what do we see, but 3D Realms boss Scott Miller being with the Max Payne movie. "To be clear, I'm proud of this film" he told Edge. From haterade to champagne and talks of sequels in half a week?…

Lots of people have seen the Max Payne movie » 10/20/08 11:40pm 10/20/08 11:40pm, lots of people . Add 3D Realms boss Scott Miller to the chorus of nay-sayers. Having had a hand in the production of the 2001 classic, he knows what he's talking about when he says "There are several fundamental story flaws ... in the film that have me shaking my head in…

It's been years since we first heard of Blizzard's plans to make a movie out of WoW. In that time a bunch of game movies have come, disappointed and faded away, and still » 10/17/08 5:30am 10/17/08 5:30am we have no WoW movie. So what's the deal? Has it been Starcraft Ghosted? Nope. Turns out the project's just been moving along at a snail's pace,…

In case you missed it, our own Mr. Hollywood, John Gaudiosi, ran an excellent » 10/02/08 10:30pm 10/02/08 10:30pm feature this morning on the Avrads, and their plans to start making video game movies that don't suck. If you haven't read it, it's good stuff, . If only because Avrad gives the first details on the Uncharted movie project, which . So, more…