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Mark Wahlberg On The Mario Bros. Movie
7:00PM Brian Ashcraft | He’s Maxy Max, err, Max Payne star Mark Wahlberg. You know him. He’s the star of the Max Payne movie and is gonna talk about the 1993 Hollywood version of Super Mario Bros. More »
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Xbox Originals Getting Double Dose Of Payne?
5:40AM Michael McWhertor | Rockstar Games and Microsoft may be giving Xbox 360 owners a chance to brush up on their Max Payne history in advance of the release of Max Payne 3, courtesy of the Xbox Originals program. More »
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Why Do Gamers See Video Game Movies?
8:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Rule of thumb: Video game movies are not very good. I know it, you know it. Yet, game movies typically do pretty well at the box office. Why? More »
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3D Realms Now Big Fans Of The Ol’ Max Payne Movie
3:30PM Luke Plunkett | It was Monday we heard 3D Realms boss Scott Miller hating on the Max Payne movie. Monday of this week. Now it’s Thursday, and what do we see, but 3D Realms boss Scott Miller being totally in love with the Max Payne movie. “To be clear, I’m proud of this film” he told Edge. More »
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Max Payne Movie Tops Box Office
6:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Bad reviews, so what? The Hollywood version of Max Payne staring Mark Walhberg came out on top at the box office in its first week, beating out Oliver Stone’s W. That film debuted at the fourth spot. Explained Paul Dergarabedian, president of box-office tracker Media By Numbers: “The estimates for ‘W.’ were all over the place… You can’t really expect that a politically charged movie like that would take the weekend over a big video game adaptation with a movie star in the lead role.” W., of course, is director Oliver Stone’s take on the presidency of George W. Bush. Hey, W., so you’re President. What’s that like? Say “hi” to your mother for us, okay? More »
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Max Payne Reviewer Thinks No One Cries Over Video Game Deaths
12:00PM Michael McWhertor | Film critics, what are we gonna do with you? Look, we apologise that you’re forced to sit through a few godawful video game to movie adaptations each year, but we loathe them with every fibre of our collective beings too. But you can’t make blanket statements like this, Roger Moore of the Orlando Sentinel. In his review of the new Max Payne movie, which he pans like everyone else, Moore writes “But as good as a couple of its action beats are, Max still suffers from the heartlessness that makes games emotionally inferior to movies. Nobody ever shed a tear over a video-game character’s death.” Oh, Roger. A simple Google search for “I cried when Aeris died” shows just how wrong you are. Even I… have a friend whose tear ducts were fit to blow near the end of Shadow of the Colossus. Shit on Max Payne ’til your heart’s content, but realise we’re a sensitive lot. *sniff* Movie review: Max Payne — 2 out of 5 stars [Orlando Sentinel] More »
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Early Max Payne Review: ‘Horrid’, ‘Dodgy’, ‘Sub-standard’
5:40PM Brian Ashcraft | Excited about the Max Payne movie? Don’t be says Australian writer Latauro at movie site Ain’t It Cool News. While the film’s stars, such as actor Mark Wahlberg, have praised the script, the early buzz around the film is anything but praiseworthy. From the AICN review: More »
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New Alan Wake Trailer At Max Payne Finnish Premiere
8:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Finnish developer Remedy will be showing a new Alan Wake trailer at the Finnish premiere of Hollywood flick Max Payne on October 15th says Website Pelaajalehti.com. A Finnish source tells game site VG247< ?a> that this is “100 percent true”. So Finnish readers living in Finland, mark you calenders — October 15th! More »Still Sceptical About The Whole Max Payne Movie Thing?
8:30PM Luke Plunkett | You’ve every right to be! Game movies have, to the last, been truly awful. And since we haven’t seen Max Payne, it’s not out of the woods yet. But hey, you watch this trailer, you at least you know their heart’s in the right place. More »
