As they walked through the Johannesburg Botanical Gardens on a recent balmy evening, Justin and his two friends discussed safety and how they would react to being mugged. It was, after all, getting towards sunset, in a relatively isolated section of a big park that has seen its share of unhappy incidents
Browsing: Weekend
Signs of the traditional gaming industry’s decline are everywhere. They’re in the financial results of the giants of games publishing such as Electronic Arts, which saw revenues drop nearly 8% year-on-year in its latest quarter, and of THQ, which was this forced into bankruptcy early this year. They’re in the
Can a genre film make a serious point? Quentin Tarantino thinks so and he doesn’t care if anyone disagrees. His latest film, Django Unchained, is a taboo-smashing exercise in excess that entertains for nearly every minute of its running time, besides those where it shocks and appals. It is a film designed
Mob flick Gangster Squad proudly claims to be inspired by a true story, but its definition of the terms “true” and “story” seems to be particularly loose. There’s not much truth here, and little in the way of story. No matter. This pulpy, derivative treatment of the battle between the Los Angeles
The gaming industry is getting 2013 off to an explosive start, with a range of highly anticipated games hitting the shelves in the first quarter of the year. Here’s a small sampling of what to expect in the next three months, building up to 31 days of March madness that could leave you flat broke
With a number of blockbusters originally tipped for release in 2012 slipping into 2013, this was one of the slowest years for the gaming industry in ages. But no-shows like The Last of Us, Bioshock Infinite and Grand Theft Auto V cleared the way for a few sleepers to shine. There was no shortage of great games
From Sam Mendes’ stunning reinvention of James Bond in Skyfall to Wes Anderson’s quirky look at young love in Moonrise Kingdom, 2012 has been a great year at the cinema. Here’s a rundown of some of the best films of the year
Director Rian Johnson is keenly aware that the mechanics of time travel in movies don’t make much sense – and that they make less sense the more you think about them. In Looper, he cheekily dismisses the physics with a wave of his hand and tells you to think about the metaphysics instead
Skyfall takes James Bond to darker, more personal places than any other film in the series ever has. Before the film rebuilds him, its Bond is a wreck, pill-popping and borderline alcoholic, his nerves as shattered as his body is dilapidated. He’s an anachronism, a symbol of the withering
Agent 47, the antihero with the bald, barcoded head, is back after a six-year absence, every bit the self-possessed and cold-blooded predator he was when we last saw him in Hitman: Blood Money. Though the new Hitman game makes some concessions to the latest gaming trends, Hitman: Absolution