Matsumoto Hitoshi, the popular comedian turned film maker has announced his latest work, ‘R-100′. The title refers to the Japanese film classification system i.e. R-15, R-18, and the director revealed at the press conference “…this was a case where the title came first. When I was doing the press for ‘The Scabbard Samurai’, I came up with an idea: why is the […]

The cherry blossoms have already been and gone, the days are getting warmer and things are looking brighter, unless you go to the cinema that is. This month is strangely dominated by horror, so if your looking to escape the heat, get to your local picture house where more than just the air-con will leave you with a chill.   3rd The Evil Dead Gangster Squad   […]

  Here is the exciting trailer for Nicolas Winding Refn’s ‘Drive’ follow-up, ‘Only God Forgives’. The director has again teamed up with Ryan Gosling for a return to a world of cool characters, stylish night-shoots and ultra-violence. No release date for Japan yet but the Bangkok-set film will be out in July in America. […]

There's been some fuss about how used games work on the Xbox One—do we have to pay a fee to Microsoft to play them? Is Microsoft killing used games dead? Supposedly, no. Polygon is reporting that the Xbox One will NOT require gamers to pay a fee to reactivate an Xbox One used game.Read more...     […]

Perhaps you're whittling the last couple of hours away at your desk, trying to look busy until quitting time. So while you're trying to make it to the three day weekend, here are some of the best design posts we showed you this week. Read more...     […]

The long weekend is finally here. And what's better than spending a holiday enjoying the warm weather with family and friends? Well, how about having a few iPad apps that help you stay connected and ready for whatever Mother Gaia has to throw at you—just in case. Lucky for you, we've got them right here.Read more...     […]

Celebrate Bob Dylan's 72nd birthday today with a look at the music video for "Duquesne Whistle," the jaunty lead single from Tempest, released last year. It was directed by stuntman-filmmaker Nash Edgerton (Star Wars: Episode II and III, The Matrix, … more » […]

When it comes to managing and manipulating digital video, Sorenson Squeeze has been a reliable workhorse. That continues to be the case with the advent of Squeeze 9 Pro, the most significant revision to the transcoding tool since v6 over … more » […]

Cnet News talks to sound-design legend Ben Burtt (Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, E.T.) about the different sound effects that went into Star Trek Into Darkness. […]