movie review
In Real Life

Star Trek Into Dumbness

The new Star Trek movie isn’t a terrible film. Star Trek Into Darkness has some bravura action scenes, and some brilliant comic bits. But it’s also aggressively, tragically stupid. It’s not even a great popcorn film, because it fails to deliver on its own promises. And it’s not half as good as J.J. Abrams’ first Star Trek.

25 January 2013

In Real Life

Noobz: The Kotaku Review

One of the true joys of the movie-watching experience is having your expectations blown away. This applies to all forms of entertainment, but films are perhaps the best possible example. Because how many times have you seen a trailer and expected something to be God awful, only to be pleasantly surprised by the actual product in the end? It’s happened to all of us, countless times.

22 December 2012

PC

Minecraft: The Story Of Mojang: The Kotaku Review

You’ve heard it a million times already. How Minecraft is not just some little game about surviving the night and making stuff, but a major milestone for the entire medium. Along with how it has forever transformed the way that games are made, played, even perceived. So on and so forth.

26 October 2012

In Real Life

Silent Hill: Revelation 3D: The Kotaku Movie Review

Silent Hill: Revelations 3D opens nationwide tomorrow (or tonight at midnight in some areas). It’s the second stab at adapting Konami’s landmark survival horror franchise for the big screen.

30 June 2011

News

Transformers 3 Is A Movie About How Wrong You Were To Hate Transformers 2

A lot of people paid a lot of money to hate Transformers 2. The movie made enough money for Michael Bay to bathe in the blood of supermodels every hour, for the rest of his life. But people loathed it.

4 June 2011

News

X-Men: First Class: Not Your Same Old Mutant Angst

Are superpowers a blessing or a curse? Are mutants more like ethnic minorities, or queer people? For too long, TV shows and movies have been asking these same old questions, without really finding any interesting answers.

25 January 2011

In Real Life

Evangelion 2.0 Brings Giant Robot Teen Angst To America

Anime series Evangelion has mesmerised Japanese audiences since the mid-1990s with its story of angsty teens who fight Earth-destroying “angels” from the cockpits of giant robots. With Evangelion 2.0, its blend of teen drama, techno-action, and apocalyptic mysticism hits Stateside.

20 July 2010

Inception Review: Video Games Should Be Jealous

Inception is a big movie about flexible dreams and stubborn minds, but it is also a sorting hat. Try it on and you will know if you’re a gamer, or if you’re not.

19 June 2010

Toy Story 3 Movie Review: Childhood’s End

It’s been 15 years since Pixar Animation Studios ushered in the age of the CGI movie with Toy Story, a candid look at the secret lives of toys. Are we too old for one last trip inside the toy box?

18 February 2010

Halo Legends DVD Review: Ring Around The Halo Universe

Delve deeper into the Halo Universe with seven animated shorts from acclaimed animation studios in Halo Legends. Does anime and Master Chief mix?

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