New players and old hands alike have moments of confusion and paralyzing bewilderment in World of Warcraft, trying to figure out where and how to complete quests, find items and defeat monstrous bosses. But there’s an easier way than fighting your way through the darkness alone: hire a guide who’s been there before.
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Burning Crusade gave players never-before-seen levels, as well as two brand-new races and specific techniques to buff their own stats. With an entire new continent to explore, Warcraft players were able to customize their experiences like never before.
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Even though the two factions have different appearance and features and are often opposing each other in the battle for survival, neither Horde nor Alliance can be named “good” or “bad.” Both factions share common enemies and fight against the corruption, evil and doom that the demons, Scourge and various evil monsters that invade and poison the lands of Azeroth bring.
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Remember Me writer Will Fetters was in New York this weekend to promote his romantic drama, which stars Pierce Brosnan, Chris Cooper, Lost’s Emilie de Ravin, and Robert Pattinson, but he also chatted about the remake of A Star is Born, which is on his list of upcoming projects. Seems demand for the young writer is growing; he’s also adapting the Nicholas Sparks novel The Lucky One for the screen, in what seems an appropriate follow-up to Remember Me.
He inadvertently confirmed that Nick Cassavetes is doing the Star remake, although the rumors about Beyoncé and Russell Crowe are still just that. Fetters said, “I
As opposed to making it in the same vibe as the earlier films, Fetters said, “We’re going to try and make our own statement on that. The one thing about it is it’s been made three other times, so you know, my draft of it was much more about trying to reconcile [the] modern music industry and how this, what is an iconic tale of a star’s rising and a star falling, can be kind of told in the modern day. And it’s really how much - not necessarily how much people change, it’s how much the industry’s changed and how much trying to make it [has changed]… It’s disconcerting how similar it is to get to the top as it was before, but there’s a lot of new in this story. It’s not just going to be a derivative kind of remake.”
He also said, “If it’s not Beyoncé and Russell, it will be that age range, I would imagine. That’s who it’s written for… It’s not going to end up having Zac Efron and someone… It’s going to be that age range [as before].”
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As a general rule, I
Call it a duel: Paul W.S. Anderson wants to modernize the story in his 3-D version, while keeping “…eye-popping action, romance and adventure” in the mix and Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes producer, Lionel Wigram, is looking for a helmer on the Warner Bros. adaptation. The studio is eyeing up both Marley & Me director David Frankel and Doug Liman (Mr. & Mrs. Smith) for the position. Liman seems the more likely of the duo to adapt the swordplay story, but for me it’s not the director I have an issue with, it’s the nagging question of why are they
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Continue reading ‘The Three Musketeers’: Do We Really Need Another Feather in the Hat?
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So this weekend I
Another idea was to name the fish Asta, both a reference to my favorite pet in a movie and a somewhat sad acknowledgment that I can’t have a dog instead. But no, that wouldn’t be fair to the fish. And anyway, it would be a sad reminder that I can’t have a dog instead. My girlfriend unfortunately already previously used the best celebrity-as-pet-name idea: Fisher Stevens. Meanwhile, I don’t have enough of a favorite actor to name him by. Possibly to the disappointment of you readers, we named him Jupiter. It’s a long story (and, yes, I have other interests), but the important thing is it’s not a story that’s cinematical in nature in any way.
But it got me wondering about the rest of you. Surely some have pets — dogs, cats, snakes, fish, whatever — named for movies, movie characters or favorite actors, actors or filmmakers. And I’m curious what they
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You may have seen the candy commercial in which two old folks are slammed into the mud during a pickup football game. Betty White and Abe Vigoda are the “old folks,” which is supposed to be what happens to young people who don’t keep up their sugar rush by eating candy bars. It’s a funny ad, but (forgive my rudeness), I
Ms. White, for the record, is 88, and Mr. Vigoda just turned 89. When I first saw them on television — Ms. White as Sue Ann Nivens on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Mr. Vigoda as Detective Fish on Barney Miller (I didn’t catch up with The Godfather until later) — I was a much younger lad and they looked old and wizened to my eyes. Now that I’m middle-aged myself, they hardly seem to have aged at all. A few more lines and wrinkles, sure, like all of us as we age, but they sound hale and hearty.
Certain actors appear ageless, either because they’re blessed by genetics or because they looked all grown-up when they first made an impression. Steve Martin, for example, didn’t make his first movie until he was in his 30s (The Jerk); his prematurely white hair made him look even older. Now that he’s 64, he looks younger than his age. Meryl Streep was in her late 20s when she made her movie debut, but in a long string of serious roles she often looked older than her age — more mature, more dignified, more weight on her shoulders. She’s turned 60, yet looks younger than ever, thanks in part to taking on some lighter, comedic characters.
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Continue reading Ageless Actors: Who’s Your Favorite?
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FarmVille is an online game that is habit-forming, quietly exciting, purposeful in its own fashion and a tremendous clock exploiter. Now if only you could recreate, level up, make dozens of FarmVille coins and dollars and have a wonderful appearing farm which is constantly spreading out to contain all that produce and game trophies without employing all that deserving time?
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Chances are even if you don’t know Harold Faltermeyer by name, his work is immediately familiar. In the 1980s, he not only composed the scores for Fletch, Beverly Hills Cop, and Top Gun, but he worked with musical luminaries like Giorgio Moroder, Donna Summer, Barbara Streisand, Patti LaBelle and many more. “Axel F,” probably his most famous piece of music, went to Number One on Billboard’s Adult Contemporary Chart and Number Three on their Hot 100 Chart, and further cemented Eddie Murphy’s status as a superstar when it was released in conjunction with Beverly Hills Cop in 1984.
Suffice it to say that Faltermeyer has been out of the news for a while, but this week he returns as composer of the score for Kevin Smith’s Cop Out. A buddy cop adventure that the Clerks director hand-picked Faltermeyer to provide music for, the movie pays homage to the decade in which the film composer flourished, and provides a musical backdrop that suits its style and tone, and most importantly, stands out as a terrific and entertaining collection of themes.
Cinematical recently caught up with Faltermeyer via telephone to discuss his work on Cop Out. In addition to describing his collaboration with Smith, he talked about the task of updating his signature ’80s sound, and reflected on the music and memories that made him famous.
Cinematical: How did you get involved with Cop Out, and what direction or mandate did Kevin Smith give you when he enlisted you to compose the score?
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Continue reading The Keeping Score Interview: ‘Cop Out’ Composer Harold Faltermeyer
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World of Warcraft players are taken to a complete universe of wonders, magic, adventures and stunning views to fight against the evil and cruel, destructive forces and protect, value and support the good. New quests, dungeons and events are implemented on regular basis, giving the players new and powerful foes to defeat, new quests to complete and much more while following the story line and learning more and more about the World of Warcraft lore.
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