Scarlet Street Film Review – L.A. Noire Film Project James Schumacher, June 21, 2011July 17, 2015 Scarlet Street is a 1945 Film Noir from Austrian director Fritz Lang. Lang was a master of the dark genre of German Expressionism which lent itself so well to the Noir genre. The British Film Institute titled him as the Master of Darkness. Lang was best known for the still popular… Continue Reading
Knights Contract has been Revoked James Schumacher, June 20, 2011June 20, 2011 Every time I see or hear anything remotely like “has just been revoked” I automatically think of the end of Lethal Weapon 2 after Riggs has been shot, and the South African d-bag claims diplomatic immunity. BLAM! “It’s just been revoked”. Hell yeah, Sgt. Murtaugh! That was Lethal Weapon 2,… Continue Reading
Gun Crazy Film Review – L.A. Noire Gold Film Reel Series James Schumacher, June 16, 2011March 2, 2014 Gun Crazy (originally called Deadly is the Female) is a 1950 Film-Noir from director Joseph H. Lewis and writer MacKinlay Kantor who wrote the screenplay based on his original work. An interesting side-note, Millard Kaufman received a co-credit as screenwriter. Kaufman was creator of Mr Magoo at the time and… Continue Reading
Mass Effect 3 Collector’s Edition Pre-Order Package James Schumacher, June 14, 2011June 14, 2011 Mass Effect 3 N7 Collector’s Edition Just like they did with ME2 there will be a N7 collectors edition for Mass Effect 3 and it comes with some pretty cool stuff. Mass Effect 2 got a similar treatment plus a connection to the “Cerberus Network” which served as the DLC… Continue Reading
Blog Notorious (1946) Film Review – L.A. Noire Golden Film Reel Series James Schumacher, June 13, 2011June 24, 2017 Notorious is 65 years old this year (2011) and stands out to many individuals as one of Alfred Hitchock’s finest films. It intertwines multiples genre, the spy/espionage thriller and the film noir, while at the same time being the most overtly romantic of his films. In fact, though actually an… Continue Reading
E3 Winners and Losers James Schumacher, June 10, 2011June 12, 2011 Every year the question after E3 is who won? Sometimes its clear-cut, other times things are simply divided by fanboy (and/or girl) lines. “Insert Console Company” kick “Insert other Console Company’s ass this year. Oh, and Nintendo is for kids! “Console Company” is for “insert favorite ethnic or homophobic slur”…. Continue Reading
Assassins Creed II Deluxe Edition PSN Deal – $9.99 James Schumacher, June 10, 2011June 10, 2011 Assassins Creed II Deluxe PSN Deal Assassins Creed II Deluxe Edition with DLC (Bonfire of the Vanities and Battle of Forli) is right now $9.99 on the Playstation Store. This may be a permanent price drop as it is not listed under PLUS or special deals. This is a great… Continue Reading
Hitman Absolution Debut Trailer – 47 is Back James Schumacher, June 8, 2011 The best thing about E3 isn’t about console wars pr which developer is better, it’s about finally getting a good look at new I.P.s and the continuation franchises that you had hoped or heard were making a return. I have always thoroughly enjoyed the Hitman series. Though the last few… Continue Reading
Nintendo E3 2011 Breakdown – Wii U James Schumacher, June 7, 2011June 8, 2011 Wii U Console Announced We’ll get to the software and such later. What everyone wants to talk about and possibly at least part of what they were expecting came to pass during Nintendo’s morning press conference. Nintendo announced their new controller… I mean new system. The Wii U. I joke… Continue Reading
Xbox 360 E3 2011 Press Conference Thoughts James Schumacher, June 7, 2011 Microsoft E3 2011 I guess MS doesn’t hold press conferences, they hold “Global Media Briefings” 😛 Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 Demo Opens straight with Modern Warfare 3 footage, which is actually pretty cool. Underwater incursion into a sub-marine. After surfacing it looks like we are in the U.S.,… Continue Reading
Action Sony E3 2011 Press Conference Breakdown James Schumacher, June 6, 2011June 7, 2011 I want to start off first by discussing some system specific topics. I cover PS3 and PC almost exclusively. I admit some ill-will towards Microsoft as a company. I think their customer support and most obviously with the Xbox 360, their quality control is awful. I also find their flagship… Continue Reading
Ubisoft E3 2011 Press Conference Breakdown James Schumacher, June 6, 2011June 7, 2011 Ubisoft Games – E3 2011 Ubi celebrating their 25th anniversary at this E3, founding in 1986. Feed Trouble Looks like there was some feed trouble on both IGN and Gamespot. Gamespot now states that due to a limited Internet connection only archives will be available. Nice! I ended switching over… Continue Reading