Warhorse
The Artist
Moneyball
The Descendants
The Tree of Life
Midnight in Paris
The Help
Hugo
Extremely Loud
and Incredibly Close
Best Director
“Michel Hazanivicius, The Artist
Alexander Payne, The Descendants
Martin Scorsese, Hugo
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life”
Best Actor
“Demian Bichir, A Better Life
George Clooney, The Descendants
Jean Dujardin, The Artist
Gary Oldman, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Brad Pitt, Moneyball”
Best Actress
“Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs
Rooney Mara, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Viola Davis, The Help
Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn”
Best Supporting Actor
“Kenneth Branagh, My Week With Marilyn
Jonah Hill, Moneyball
Nick Nolte, Warrior
Christopher Plummer, Beginners
Max von Sydow, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close”
Best Supporting Actress
“Berenice Bejo, The Artist
Jessica Chastain, The Help
Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids
Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
Octavia Spencer, The Help”
The Adventures of Fenn Shea in SWTOR: Patch 1.1.2 – Now you can continue to run if you die and a bunch of classes got nerfed when fighting a boss. FennShea is now at level 34, I’m completed Act 1 and am off to take on the galaxy. http://www.swtor.com/patchnotes/1.1.2/272012
Name one superhero (who hasn’t already had their own movie) you would like to see on the big screen. How would you make their story compelling?
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SWTOR – The Adventures of FennShea week 3: 1.1 patch gets rolled out and all of the Rebels die. Plus, Matt rolls two alts (Sith Inquisitor & Rebuplic Jedi Knight) and the grinding slows to a crawl.
Steven Spielberg discusses his next project, an adaptation of Daniel H. Wilson’s book:
“”It’s a movie about a global war between man and machine. I had a great time creating the future on Minority Report, and it’s a future that is coming true faster than any of us thought it would. ‘Robopocalypse’ takes place in 15 or 20 years, so it’ll be another future we can relate to. It’s about the consequences of creating technologies which make our lives easier, and what happens when that technology becomes smarter than we are. It’s not the newest theme, it’s been done throughout science fiction, but it’s a theme that becomes more relevant every year.”"
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Steven Spielberg discusses his next project, an adaptation of Daniel H. Wilson’s book:
“It’s a movie about a global war between man and machine. I had a great time creating the future on Minority Report, and it’s a future that is coming true faster than any of us thought it would. ‘Robopocalypse’ takes place in 15 or 20 years, so it’ll be another future we can relate to. It’s about the consequences of creating technologies which make our lives easier, and what happens when that technology becomes smarter than we are. It’s not the newest theme, it’s been done throughout science fiction, but it’s a theme that becomes more relevant every year.”
“Star Wars: Underworld” is reportedly the working title for the live action series. Producer Rick McCallum dropped hints that the series will deal with the the hive of scum and villainy that takes place between Episode 4 and Episode 5.
Katie (Starbuck) Sackhoff voiced a character on Clone Wars
All our lives we have been told to floss our teeth. Flossing our teeth gets the bacteria and gunk out from between the teeth that brushing can’t do alone. But I have found it to be a mess and a chore. Being on TV, I can’t afford to have dinner hanging from my teeth during a show. Oh, I floss, but there are a few things I don’t like about it. So, with apologies to my dentist Louis and hygienist Mary, here are five reasons why:
1) In an effort to not use too much floss, sometimes I’ll break off just enough to wrap once around the finger. This proves to be fruitless as the minty string easily slips off of my fingers.
2) It’s messy. Chunks of food flying hither and yon, most of the times splattering on the mirror.
3) Pulling down so hard to get that piece of dinner that’s wedged in tight that the floss snaps in half.
4) Buying the wrong kind of floss that feels like a saw blade scraping across your gums.
5) Finishing up with a flossing session and tossing the floss away, only to find that you missed a chunk.
Bonus Reason:
6) Getting asked while you’re in the dentist’s chair if you have been flossing.
It seems like forever (in game world time) since EA introduced the world to online multiplayer shooters with “Battlefield 1942.” This award winning game released in 2002 took players to World War II locations and allowed them to recreate battle strategies like “parachute out of the jeep as you drive it off the cliff.” Since that time, EA has released many incarnations of the “Battlefield” franchise. The latest is “Battlefield 3.”
Time to make a Thunder Run
Single Player: The game’s single player scenario is set in the near future as tensions are at an all time on the Iraq-Iran border. The mission starts you off as an unnamed, unarmed character wearing half a handcuff. Clearly running from someone, your character hops a train (in dramatic fashion from an overpass) and proceeds to take out armed terrorists who have commandeered the train for their nefarious purposes. Just as you make your way to the head terrorist, the game transports you into a series of flashbacks, letting you close the gap towards real time by completing various missions that explain the story. The main character in the story is Sgt. Henry Blackburn. The Marine starts of the game being “debriefed” by American agents who are trying to unravel the events. Blackburn is up to his “Semper Fi” in trouble as he is at the center of questionable events surrounding stolen nuclear devices. The player doesn’t spend all of their time as Sgt. Blackburn, there are some missions where the player spends time as a tank operator, a F/A-18 weapons op and one Parisian mission as a Russian agent.
The handful of single player missions are very linear. You move your player from A to B to C to complete your missions. Some levels like the air strike mission are just rail shooters, but very beautiful rail shooters. In fact, much of the single player experience came across as a graphical treat for the eyes thanks to the Frostbyte 2 graphics engine. As if the programmers wanted to show off what the latest graphic cards can do. The four and a half hour tour of duty let’s you do a little bit of everything, but doesn’t focus too long on any one aspect of wargaming. The player will get to run and gun, sneak around, fly, drive a tank, take down a plane, sniper and knife opponents. It’s a quick tour though a beautiful world. But even on Normal mode, the constraints put on the player don’t let you explore it.
Single Player Rating: 6 out of 10
Soldiers check the scene in “Operation Metro”
Multiplayer: This is EA’s bread and butter. Multiplayer is what made “Battlefield 1942” and “Battlefield 2” such great games. “Battlefield 3” on the PC opens up the landscape with 64 player maps, multiple maps and weapon progression unlocks. The player can choose from four soldier classes assault, engineer, support and recon. Each class has a speciality and particular weapons assigned to it. “Battlefield 3” multiplayer works best when the player sticks to the job of the soldier class they have chosen. If you go into the battlefield as recon, then your job is to hang bank, spot enemy troops and amour and take sniper shots at the opposing troops. “Battlefield 3” rewards you the most when you help out your team and squad by performing the job for each soldier class. Sure you can run and gun with your .50 cal, but you will progress faster and unlock more items by helping out your team. “Battlefield 3” brings in multiple game modes including conquest, rush, squad deathmatch, squad rush and team deathmatch. Multiplayer hosts have the ability to choose game mode, number of players, maps and quite a few other customizable options.The maps can get a little laggy with 64 players on larger maps and with a game like “Battlefield 3,” having a low ping can make all the difference. Jeeps, tanks, APCs and jets are back for players to drive off a cliff (or fly) and parachute out. Ah, the good old days.“Battlefield 3” multiplayer uses your web browser for its Battlelog to sort through the servers and it acts as a communications center for your friends playing the game. But to get to that, it needs to have the Origin service up and running on your computer. An extra step that is a little frustrating. Another frustrating feature is that weapon load-outs can only be accessed in-game. It would be nice to accomplish that using a web browser. After a few PC and Xbox 360 server hiccups at launch, the multiplayer experience has settled down and now millions of solders are out there getting the job done. The game also features six Co-Op scenarios where you can a friend can take on the bad guys.
Multiplayer Rating: 8 out of 10
Surveying the battlefield at Mach 1.8
Final Word: EA keeps the franchise alive with “Battlefield 3.” Don’t think of it as a short single player campaign, think of it as a large scale multiplayer experience with a single player and Co-Op modes for those times when you want to take a break.
Final Score: 7 out of 10
This review was played on the PC with a download code provided by EA. The Entertechment Game Room review scoring system is based on the 1 through 10 model with 1 being the lowest score and 10 being the highest.
