Two years ago Todd Haynes enraptured Cannes with exquisite Patricia Highsmith adaptation Carol. While his latest literary adap, Wonderstruck, doesn’t reach the same lofty heights, the magical realist fable of two deaf pre-teens on journeys of discovery around New York more than delivers on the promise of its critic-baiting title. Dreaming of a rendezvous with Mayhew, she too takes a solo journey to New York, and finds herself similarly drawn to the Natural History Museum. They both visit the sam

Destiny 2 is about to be laid bare after years of anticipation, and you can watch it all happen right here. Bungie will share the first ever public gameplay footage of Destiny 2 on its Twitch channel starting at 10 am PDT / 6 pm BST, with an hour-long countdown to the event beginning at 9 am PDT / 5 pm BST. While you wait for the future of Destiny to unfold, why not read up on what we know so far? We have some compelling arguments about Destiny 2’s story as well as a bunch of hints that we glean

The first film to show in the official competition for the Palme d’Or, Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Nelyubov (Loveless) begins as a portrait of doomed marriage before reconfiguring itself, surprisingly but organically, into a stark missing-person thriller. Still co-inhabiting but already seeing new partners, Boris (Alexey Rozin) and Zhenya (Maryana Spivak) clash incessantly, his emotional numbness inflaming her callous put-downs. (Image: © Altitude)What doesn’t happen is that Boris and Zhenya find commo

But they can look like it when you don’t know what’s going on behind the scenes. As you can see, the player view in the bottom right shows the same view each time. Level of detailAnother thing a game can do to save precious resources is to only draw the details on things close up. Even so, large worlds or poorly optimised games don’t always blend between different levels of detail, which is when things ‘pop’. RaysRays, or ‘ray casting’ is a fundamental way that games find out where things are in

But it had a big ol’ Nathan Fillion-shaped hole that disappointed pretty much everyone who saw his japes on the Guardians set. Heck, even director James Gunn was a bit down in the dumps cutting an ‘appearance’ from one of his best friends. Gunn, though, has revealed who he was meant to be playing, and why he could still return in a future movie (hint: it’s a superhero). Writing on his Facebook page, James Gunn revealed that Fillion – star of Firefly – would’ve remained firmly grounded on Earth,

This rock-looking alien species made a brief appearance in the first Thor movie and is set to return in Thor: Ragnarok. It’s unlikely that his role will have wide reaching implications for the MCU – but it’s a nice little nod to a future MCU movie. Stan Lee is a WatcherThe Easter egg: Every MCU movie has a Stan Lee cameo and GOTG2 is no exception. The birth of Adam WarlockThe Easter egg: This one is pretty easy to spot but means a lot for the future of the MCU. Jeff Goldblum’s Thor character cam

What’s a Dredd TV show without Judge freakin’ Dredd himself? The TV show may be slowly but surely making in-roads into appearing on our screens but there’s been very little in the way of concrete information. Except one of the show’s producers wants Karl Urban on Judge Dredd: Mega-City One. Karl Urban sounds like a pretty busy guy. https://t.co/5KeUAizPNSApril 21, 2016So, should Judge Dredd: Mega-City One stand on its own two feet, or is falling back on the last on-screen Dredd the way to go?

The first Star Trek: Discovery trailer has been released and focuses heavily on Federation ship the USS Shenzhou encountering the Klingon. We already had an inkling that the Klingons would be taking their look from an unused Star Trek: The Motion Picture design, now we know for sure. @ColtGustafson @startrekcbs Those Klingons are proper weird.May 17, 2017@startrekcbs Okay, #StarTrekDiscovery looks #Awesome!!! ))) #FakeKlingons] Real Klingons are a must, for #StarTrek!May 17, 2017@startrekcbs @Tr

Nintendo’s first new franchise for the Switch arrives next month in the form of Arms, a colorful fighting game starring a handful of cartoony characters equipped with a variety of strechy arm attachments. preview delves into whether or not its experiment is proving successful, Nintendo announced during a special Direct today that you can get a taste of its motion-controlled fighting for yourself in two Global Testpunch events, beginning May 26. The first weekend begins Friday, May 26 (for North

This upcoming Nintendo Switch game is founded on two of the least popular frameworks in the fighting game scene: a third-person, behind-the-back camera, and a system built with motion controls in mind. This fighting game delivers lots of depthCharacter choice is just the beginning. Nintendo’s new wave of competitive multiplayer Wondering what other competitive games like Arms are coming to Nintendo Switch? Check out our list of all the upcoming Nintendo Switch games for 2017, including Splatoon

Want to see everything Xbox that comes out of E3 this year? Make sure you tune into the PC Gaming Show. Our friends at GR+ sister site PC Gamer have confirmed that Xbox will be a sponsor and presenter at the event for the third year in a row; expect to hear more about how Microsoft is expanding its gaming products and services across Xbox, PC, and more. Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds, Battletech, Total War: Warhammer 2, and more will also share the stage. The PC Gaming Show will begin on June 12

A new set photo from the production of Shane Black’s The Predator has surfaced and hello, yes, I have some questions. Also also, is that Predator on top of the tank throwing up peace signs? Predators don’t believe in peace and love, you hippy! When Black said The Predator would span genres, I don’t think comedy was on his list (though there are definitely some laugh-out-loud funny moments in the original). But then, The Predator takes place in suburbia, so there’s just all kinds of twists going

Notable examples: Kimahri (Final Fantasy X), Oengus (Child of Light), Sten (Dragon Age: Origins)The Irritable PunkSmirks, scoffs, and “Tch! Notable examples: Jack (Mass Effect series), Teepo (Breath of Fire series), Kanji (Persona 4)The Compassionate MysticHealing is, by its very nature, an altruistic role. Notable examples: Selphie (Final Fantasy VIII), Rise (Persona 4), Rikku (Final Fantasy X)The Boring OneHey, it’sthat person! Maybe The Raging Flirt is constantly overwhelmed by lust; maybe th

Alien’s chestburster scene is one of the most famous moments in cinema, but did you ever wonder how they made all that gorey magic happen without any digital effects? Alien (and Alien: Covenant) director Ridley Scott broke the process down for us step by step in a fascinating video interview which you really have to watch if you’ve ever enjoyed an Alien film. This is how it all began. Does Scott’s new movie measure up to the world of terror glimpsed in the original Alien? Read our Alien: Covenan

Bottom line: we can barely contain all this info on the newest South Park game. South Park: The Fractured But Whole’s release date is October 17 2017TFBW’s planned December 6, 2016 release date got delayed until early 2017, and now it’s been confirmed as October 17, 2017. South Park: The Fractured But Whole gameplay looks greatly improved, with tactical combat and time-distorting fartsThe Stick of Truth nailed the classic, poignantly crude comedy of South Park, but its turn-based combat could gr

Cannes Film Festival has a habit of awarding its prestigious opening slot to forgettable Euro fare (Standing Tall) and starry Hollywood stinkers (Grace of Monaco). In keeping with tradition, Ismaël’s Ghosts, from A Christmas Tale’s Arnaud Desplechin, errs towards the former with a splash of the latter. It sees Bond baddie Mathieu Amalric haunted by a spectre from the past when his missing wife Carlotta (Marion Cotillard) returns after 21 years presumed dead. There are hints the film could veer t

Middle-earth: Shadow of War is showing off its improved and expanded open world in a new trailer, and I gotta say, things look much better this second time around. Not that there was anything particularly bad about the environments in Shadow of Mordor, mind you. But this just seems to have a lot more variety and the keeps that dominate the skyline make for impressive visuals. I can show you the wooooorld / Grimy, filthy, infeeeesteeeed / Tell me Bright Lord, now when did you last cut off an orc’

When friends have a question about cars, you’re the one they come to. The Forza Horizon 3 Hot Wheels DLC was made for you. The Forza Horizon 3 Hot Wheels DLC was made for you too. It’s what the Horizon series does best: give you beautiful landscapes to look at while you push your foot to the floor. The Forza Horizon 3 Hot Wheels DLC takes that focus on visual splendor and the joy of speed and blows it up further than ever before to create something everyone can enjoy.

Take your first look at Star Trek: Discovery’s final frontier. CBS shared the image via the official Star Trek Twitter account, showing starring actress Sonequa Martin-Green in her role as first officer Michael Burnham and Michelle Yeoh as captain Philippa Georgiou, leader of the USS Shenzhou. @startrekcbs @SonequaMG I think you may have made a mistake. @startrekcbs @SonequaMG Thank you for the pic release! Sybok had huge potential as a character.May 17, 2017Read our Star Trek: Discovery roundup

You may have seen recently that someone’s managed to finish Prey in a shade over 6 minutes. There’s a lot of wall glitching here, allowing the player to pretty much walk straight to the end of the game. And then there’s Ikkitrix, who’s clocked the entire game in a little under 40 minutes, with Link in pants. Still, if you can get through the game in barely 25 minutes you’ll have all those combinations covered in an afternoon. Fallout 4 in 43m57s360msLike Prey, there’s a fair few wall clipping gl