I must say right from the start that the film adaptation of Prince of Persia – The Sands of Time is not the pile of garbage most gamers thought it would be. In fact, it ain’t half bad. Unfortunately, it is one-third bad, give or take a few stupid moments and under-written characters. But that leaves two-thirds of goodness, so all is not lost for gamers hoping for the first decent adaptation of a video game. Friends, we finally have one.

Before I go into what worked for me, I’ll get the bad stuff out of the way. First up is Ben Kingsley’s so-called performance as the film’s villain, Nizam. I say “so-called” because he doesn’t really do anything. Kingsley seems to be sleepwalking through the film, standing on his marks when required, speaking his lines, then exiting stage left at the appropriate time. I guess that’s better than the ridiculous over-acting he’s given the film world over the last decade or so, but I can’t help hoping for more from the man who once won an Oscar for masterfully playing Gandhi. (more…)

According to a recent post at IGN, an Uncharted movie is getting closer to a reality.  By the sounds of the post, the seems to be in final stages and Sony is looking for someone to direct the movie.  As long as it is not Uwe Boll directing, I think this has a chance to be a decent movie (as far as game movies go).  Now the question for you all.  Who would you like to see play the main characters?

Legion was released last Friday in theatres everywhere.  The premise of the movie is that Michael the Archangel comes to earth to save a woman and her baby from being killed by God’s wrath as He passed judgment on the world for it’s sin.  The movie had some interesting moments that I am unable to explain without giving away some of the plot.

“Continue Reading” to find out what I thought about Legion and why I didn’t like it. *Spoiler Alert* (more…)