House of Cars without a doubt is right up there with Boston Legal and The West Wing as the best TV shows of the new millennium. As romantic as the idea sounds, its story did not start in a quaint little café on the Lower East Side but rather across the pond in 1989. Like all good movies and television series it started with a book. The book House of Cards was written by Michael Dobbs in 1989 and was set in England.
Even though Rocksteady’s upcoming Batman Arkham Knight will see the release on June 2, 2015, the fans of the action adventure video game are still looking for whatever news they can find concerning the title. Good news, there is some information available for the installment thus far. Apparently the Man of Steel is set to make an appearance on the game, meaning Superman is confirmed! There are also speculations as to the identity of the Arkham Knight.
It’s about a week to go to the start of the 2014-15 NBA season and general managers from the whole league are falling all over themselves trying to find ways to reduce the roster number down to the standard 15 players. There have also been some rumors on the trading front about several big names who are available on the block this time.
When Apple did not bother to include the iPod Touch 6G in the list of products that it announced at the event on 16th this month, it disappointed a lot of the iPod fans. There were some techies expecting the tech giant would at least make an announcement on the upcoming device. That did not happen but there is hope of course for the release soon. Speculation on Apple’s delay for the device implies the new release date will be within the first quarter of 2015.
There is a new toy in town as per the Marvel Universe and it is the "Hulkbuster." It means exactly what you would think it would which is a suit designed to bust the Hulk. We all know there are very few things in the cinematic universe that are able to take on the Hulk, from the time we saw the Hulk beat Loki to a pulp without much effort.
There were a few problems trying to pin the release of the upcoming game, Final Fantasy 15, but the recent reports place it at some time next year with a demo coming in March of 2015. The game will be released for PlayStation 4, X Box One and possibly a PC version. It is worth noting that Movie-pilot insists that a PC option is less than likely so the PC release may just be a rumor.
CEO of Disney, Bob Iger has maintained the company is not rushing into making the second movie. Apparently, they do not want to disappoint the fans who watched the 2013 release. In an interview, Iger claimed, "In order to make the perfect movie sequel, the filmmakers have to write the perfect follow-up story for it. Otherwise, Frozen won't be as good anymore and that would surely disappoint everyone." In short, you cannot force a golden goose to lay a new egg.
Nintendo is currently developing a Zelda game for Wii U, of which the title is "The Legend of Zelda for Wii U." the game was first development to be in development by early 2013 alongside the remake for “ The Wind Waker.” During the Electronic Entertainment Expo which happened earlier this year, Nintendo released the trailer for the new Zelda game and announced a 2015 release date for the game.
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is an upcoming open world action adventure stealth video game being developed by Kojima Productions and directed and co-produced and written by the mastermind Hideo Kojima. This game follows the mercenary leader Venom Snake as he goes to Africa and Afghanistan during the Soviet war in order to exact some form of revenge on the people who destroyed his forces during the events of Ground Zeroes.
The Canon 7D Mark II with an 18-35mm kit lens, is a high performance camera. The 22 megapixel APS-C size sensor is relatively humble as per resolution however the sheer computing power that drives it is staggering. It has many of the same guts as the uber-souped up Canon 1DX. That is some impressive tech to squeeze into a device which is largely meant for advanced amateurs. This power is mostly used to drive the camera’s two selling points which are the autofocus performance as well as the burst speed.
The GoPro Hero 4 Silver Edition is a new middle of the range camera from the action sports camera company of record. It keeps the same form factor as the older GoPro Hero cameras however but shots tiny new modes, resolutions and really high frame rates. It will shoot 2.7k at 30fps, 1080p @ 60, and 720p at 120. You are really missing from the Hero 4 Black which is 4K at 30fps, 1080p at 120fps. There are also some higher resolution and frame rate combinations.
By now you all know about Michael Schumacher and the recent developments of his condition that led to him recovering at his residence in a semi comatose state so to speak. Apparently one of the doctors that treated him for the six months after his brain injury claims the legend has made some progress. Jean-Francois Payen, one of the doctors at a French hospital in Grenoble where Schumacher was treated warned that any recovery at the present would take quite a bit of time.
During a break from her engagements at the crucial stage of her second pregnancy, the Duchess of Cambridge showed little signs of the debilitating Hyperemesis Gravidarum as she welcomed the President of Singapore and his wife at London’s Royal Garden Hotel earlier this week with Prince William. The chatter about her health has died down significantly especially because she was looked fantastic during the appearance.
Serena’s recent loss 6-0, 6-2 by Simona Halep that took place on Wednesday at the WTA finals has got to be her worst loss since 1998; a blotch on her 18-time Grand Slam career. Serena Williams is a name that resounds at each mention, ranked as the top tennis player in the world. Her winning streak started back in 1998 during her ninth tournament in Oklahoma City.
Still Alice premiered at the 2014 Toronto Film Festival on September 8th 2014 and by 11th Sony Pictures Classics announced that they had bought the distribution rights at an undisclosed figure that is rumored to be in the low millions. The independent movie that got generally positive reviews is written, produced and directed by Wash Westmoreland whose vast CV includes documentaries and television in addition to independent films.