Nexus

Title: Auteur House - Bill Murray

Richard Swainson

Teaser:

Some would argue that Bill Murray came of age as an actor in “Lost in Translation”. Playing a variation on himself, Murray is perfect as a self-loathing, washed up Hollywood star making some money on the side in Japan fronting a whiskey commercial. The connection he makes with Scarlett Johansson’s neglected wife is all the more touching for stopping short of romance, for the film isn’t anything as obvious as an older man/younger woman melodrama.

Title: Tales from Tinseltown

Emma Edwards

Teaser:

Love and marriage came under the spotlight this week in Hollywood, with numerous couples making or breaking the relationship. For those that love a happy story will be pleased to hear that former Friends star David Schwimmer is engaged to photographer Zoe Buckman. The pair met whilst Schwimmer was directing Run Fatboy Run in 2007. It will be first marriage for both the bride and the groom.

Title: Student foods

dumb blonde

Teaser:

Anyone who has worked in a supermarket has seen it: a box comes in the storeroom, marked Signature Range, for argument’s sake. You pick it up, take it out, and slice it open to shelve it...and find that you’re in the wrong place in the aisle, because the contents? Bluebird. Mislabelled in packaging. It came off the same production line in the same factory, and some dope put the packaging changeover in the wrong place.

Title: Comic Review - Planetary

Art Robinson

Teaser:

Warren Ellis (Words)
John Cassaday (Pictures)
I had this book forced upon me by young Scott of Mark One. I’m not big into superheroes (unless they’re horrible bastards like in The Boys), so I have to say I was a little hesitant about getting into Planetary. Having read it, I’m still not sure what went on in its beautifully coloured pages.

Title: Comic Review - Scalped

Homeless Chinese Brother #1

Teaser:

Scalped? What is it?
Why only the best damn comic series being published right now.
Brilliantly written by Jason Aaron and filled with stark artwork by R.M. Guera, Scalped is the story of Dashiell Bad Horse, a Native American undercover FBI agent returning to his childhood reservation, partly to uncover the decades of corruption that has taken place there and partly for his own personal agenda.

Title: Game Review - Napoleon Total War

Angry bastard

Teaser:

Hot off the shelves comes Napoleon Total War, the latest Creative Assembly game in the Total War series. It is the fifth game in the series (not including multiple expansions for all the previous titles) and it is certainly a step above. Where the previous titles have been a leap above their predecessors, Napoleon Total War feels only like an expansion rather than an entirely new game. It uses the same menus, the same sound effects (only with a little more French) and a far more annoying auto-hint feature

Title: Game Review - PWN3D

Scampy Darksiders

Teaser:

By R16
Developer: Vigil Games
Publisher: Konami, THQ
Hunted by heaven, hated by hell. You play as War, one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse sent to the realm of man to bring judgement to all, except something is wrong. Your brothers are nowhere to be seen and it appears that Armageddon was initiated too soon. Your task is to find out what happened to the balance between heaven and hell, and to bring those responsible to justice. It’s too late for us mouth-breathers; we’ve been wiped out!

Title: Village Review - Law Abiding Citizen

Teaser:

Starring Gerard Butler and Jamie Foxx.
For all the praise heaped upon Jamie Foxx and Gerard Butler for their performances in film, I really think they’re super ugly. Jamie Foxx has one of those faces that looks like it’s about to either sneeze or fight you. Gerard Butler, best known for his role as Leonidas, King of the Gays in 300, as gone on to be in one out of three movies that come out every month. Gamer, P.S. I Love You, The Ugly Truth, Rock N’ Rolla and even Nim’s Island all feature this punching bag of a man.

Title: Kevin Pryor Goes Down on Books - The Picture of Dorian Gray – by Oscar Wilde

Kevin Pryor

Teaser:

There are a handful of books in my life that have had a tremendous impact on me, even going so far as to permanently alter my conciousness. Kind of like taking loads of acid and never quite being able to get back your original mental state.
The Picture of Dorian Gray is one of those books.

Title: The Strain

Mrs Robinson and Her Awesome Face

Teaser:

Guillermo del Toro & Chuck Hogan

Guillermo del Toro is the creator of Pans Labyrinth, a creepy movie. And Chuck Hogan is a writer of creepy stories, one of which scared Stephen King so much he gave him a prize. The Strain is the first of a trilogy and I’m angry the other two haven’t been written/published yet because I need to read them.