Retro

Arcade Lights Made Michael J Fox’s Hair Look Magnificent

Of all the teen movies that crawled out of the 1980s, High School USA was far from the finest. And yet here we are, watching a scene of it, right here on Kotaku.


May 6, 2012
In Real Life

There’s So Much To Like About This Live-Action Max Payne Fan Flick

Kotaku AU

Max Payne: Valhalla. It’s a short fan-made tribute to Max Payne and while it has its rough edges, the action sequences are very well done. Trust me, it is seven minutes and 49 seconds you should watch.


May 2, 2012
In Real Life

Dark Knight Rises Trailer Screencaps Show Just How Bad It Gets For Bruce Wayne

After going through the latest trailer for The Dark Knight Rises frame by frame, we only have one question left in our minds: Why isn’t this movie called The Dark Knight Falls?


April 30, 2012
In Real Life

Watch Prometheus’ Launch Trailer

A small part of me knows it’s wrong to get excited about the trailer to a movie. After watching this, though, it is a very small part.


April 24, 2012
In Real Life

How Hollywood Managed To Not Screw Up Mortal Kombat, The Movie

Editor’s note: Hollywood seems to have a penchant for shitty video game adaptations, don’t they? But the utter disaster that was a movie like Super Mario Bros. didn’t quite scare away movie producers and directors.


April 23, 2012
In Real Life

Movie Posters Love Showing Off An Actress From Behind

Have you noticed that movie studios love to objectify an attractive actress by showing off her assets from behind on movie posters? Emily Asher-Perrin of Tor certainly spotted the trend and put together a convincing case about how awfully cliched it is.


April 19, 2012
News

Hawken Is Getting The Live-Action Treatment

As short as the world is on decent multiplayer mech games, I think the main reason so many people have been so excited for Hawken is the look of the thing.


April 18, 2012
In Real Life

New Prometheus Trailer: The Origins Of Alien’s Androids Are Just A Little Bit Creepy

This new trailer for Prometheus, Ridley Scott’s Alien prequel, sits us down with David, an earlier model of the androids which populate later movies in the series.


In Real Life

8-Bit Inspired Disney Toon Wreck-It Ralph Features Villains From Real Video Games

Last month, we first saw concept art from Disney’s upcoming animated feature Wreck-It Ralph. Set inside the world of video games, the film features a game villain — the titular Ralph — in his quest to become more than the sum of his pixelated parts.


April 16, 2012
Uncategorized

Team Fortress 2 Meets One Of The Greatest Films Of All Time

Charlie Chaplin’s The Great Dictator, a masterpiece of both comedy and propaganda, is rightly regarded as one of the most important motion pictures ever made. Meaning it’s well worth watching in its own right.