The latest in the long line of Traveller’s Tales tie-ins is this cumbersomely-titled effort, and as gaming experience it’s precisely what you would expect – a fact that brings a hint of comfort and a sprig of joy, but also a sense of laziness, and the nagging feeling that the well-worn Lego game formula is wearing thin.
After a grainy “FusionScope” introduction (such a shame that the ‘70s ninja movie vibe is not reflected in the tone or plot of the game or the movie), the player is thrown into Uncle Wu’s (Jackie Chan) training dojo for a tutorial, which culminates in a face-off against The Master Chicken. Everything you need to know about the game – from the typically irreverent humour to the simplistic gameplay – is contained in this first sequence.
The Lego games are basically puzzle adventures, although Ninjago’s core gameplay is naturally somewhat more combat-focused.
After a grainy “FusionScope” introduction (such a shame that the ‘70s ninja movie vibe is not reflected in the tone or plot of the game or the movie), the player is thrown into Uncle Wu’s (Jackie Chan) training dojo for a tutorial, which culminates in a face-off against The Master Chicken. Everything you need to know about the game – from the typically irreverent humour to the simplistic gameplay – is contained in this first sequence.
The Lego games are basically puzzle adventures, although Ninjago’s core gameplay is naturally somewhat more combat-focused.
- 10/26/2017
- by Rupert Harvey
- Nerdly
Other films in programme include Boyhood, Force Majeure, plus world premiere of Jens Lien’s new TV series.
Way Out West, the music and film event in Gothenberg, Sweden that runs Aug 7-9, will host the world premiere of Alexandra Dahlstrom’s All We Have Is Now [pictured], about the band Vulkano. Dahlstrom is a Swedish actress who makes her feature directorial debut.
Other world premieres at Way Out West will be Liza Morberg’s coming of age story Alone Together, about a group of friends on their way to the music festival; Klas Sivertson’s 7 Stripes; and Mia Thermænius’ The Group And The Gentlemen!.
The festival will also offer a gala screening of Ruben Ostlund’s Cannes hit Force Majeure (aka Turist) [a Nordic premiere], plus the Nordic premiere of Richard Linklater’s Boyhood. Other titles include Goran Hugo Olsson’s Concerning Violence.
IIn addition to the musical offerings of Motörhead, Outkast, Robyn & Röyksopp, Queens of the Stone Age, Janelle...
Way Out West, the music and film event in Gothenberg, Sweden that runs Aug 7-9, will host the world premiere of Alexandra Dahlstrom’s All We Have Is Now [pictured], about the band Vulkano. Dahlstrom is a Swedish actress who makes her feature directorial debut.
Other world premieres at Way Out West will be Liza Morberg’s coming of age story Alone Together, about a group of friends on their way to the music festival; Klas Sivertson’s 7 Stripes; and Mia Thermænius’ The Group And The Gentlemen!.
The festival will also offer a gala screening of Ruben Ostlund’s Cannes hit Force Majeure (aka Turist) [a Nordic premiere], plus the Nordic premiere of Richard Linklater’s Boyhood. Other titles include Goran Hugo Olsson’s Concerning Violence.
IIn addition to the musical offerings of Motörhead, Outkast, Robyn & Röyksopp, Queens of the Stone Age, Janelle...
- 7/23/2014
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Have I Got News For You led Friday night's primetime ratings outside of soaps, drawing in 4.68m viewers.
The BBC panel show, which was hosted by Martin Clunes and featured Jennifer Saunders and Bernard Cribbins as guests, took 22% of the audience share at 9pm. It was immediately followed by Live at the Apollo, which attracted 3.16m (15.4%) viewers.
Also on BBC One, The Graham Norton Show - featuring guests Jamie Oliver, Ben Stiller and Martin Freeman - pulled in 3.12m (21.7%) viewers at 10.35pm.
Over on ITV, anniversary concert Boyzone at 20: No Matter What was viewed by 3.06m people at 9pm, racking up a 14.6% audience share. Off the Beaten Track, which saw Christine Bleakley visit Fife, pulled in 2.89m (13.4%) at 8pm.
Qi was BBC Two's highest rated show, drawing in 2.05m (10.7%) viewers at 10pm. The channel enjoyed consistent ratings throughout the evening, securing 1.74m (8.1%) for Mastermind at 8pm, 1.21m (5.5%) for Kangaroo...
The BBC panel show, which was hosted by Martin Clunes and featured Jennifer Saunders and Bernard Cribbins as guests, took 22% of the audience share at 9pm. It was immediately followed by Live at the Apollo, which attracted 3.16m (15.4%) viewers.
Also on BBC One, The Graham Norton Show - featuring guests Jamie Oliver, Ben Stiller and Martin Freeman - pulled in 3.12m (21.7%) viewers at 10.35pm.
Over on ITV, anniversary concert Boyzone at 20: No Matter What was viewed by 3.06m people at 9pm, racking up a 14.6% audience share. Off the Beaten Track, which saw Christine Bleakley visit Fife, pulled in 2.89m (13.4%) at 8pm.
Qi was BBC Two's highest rated show, drawing in 2.05m (10.7%) viewers at 10pm. The channel enjoyed consistent ratings throughout the evening, securing 1.74m (8.1%) for Mastermind at 8pm, 1.21m (5.5%) for Kangaroo...
- 12/14/2013
- Digital Spy
I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! continued its winning streak on Friday night, topping the ratings once again according to overnight figures.
Around 9.33 million (38.36%) watched Amy Willerton tackle the latest Bushtucker Trial on the ITV reality show at 9pm, with a further 476,000 (2.53%) tuning in on +1. Earlier, Off The Beaten Track attracted 2.9m (12.89%) at 8pm.
BBC One's Have I Got News For You - hosted by Jack Whitehall - brought in 4.11m (16.6%) at 9pm, while a new series of Live at the Apollo, with Eddie Izzard at the helm, interested 2.74m (11.4%) straight afterwards at 9.30pm.
Over on BBC Two, 1.64m (7.29%) tuned in to watch Wales take on Tonga at the Millenium Stadium in the Rugby Union live international at 7pm. The Culture Show's Doctor Who special brought in 870k (3.97%) at 9.30pm.
Channel 4's highest ratings of the evening came from Alan Carr: Chatty Man, which attracted 1.29m (6.96%) at...
Around 9.33 million (38.36%) watched Amy Willerton tackle the latest Bushtucker Trial on the ITV reality show at 9pm, with a further 476,000 (2.53%) tuning in on +1. Earlier, Off The Beaten Track attracted 2.9m (12.89%) at 8pm.
BBC One's Have I Got News For You - hosted by Jack Whitehall - brought in 4.11m (16.6%) at 9pm, while a new series of Live at the Apollo, with Eddie Izzard at the helm, interested 2.74m (11.4%) straight afterwards at 9.30pm.
Over on BBC Two, 1.64m (7.29%) tuned in to watch Wales take on Tonga at the Millenium Stadium in the Rugby Union live international at 7pm. The Culture Show's Doctor Who special brought in 870k (3.97%) at 9.30pm.
Channel 4's highest ratings of the evening came from Alan Carr: Chatty Man, which attracted 1.29m (6.96%) at...
- 11/23/2013
- Digital Spy
Sitcoms. Love them or loathe them, one thing for certain is that we all spend far too many hours of our relatively short existence mesmerised by them. Wash some dishes? Sure, but only after having devoured this episode of Big Bang that I’ve already seen 17 times. Tidy the house? You’re kidding, the latest Parks and Recreation starts in five minutes. You get the jist.
But hey, give yourself a break. They’re a release from the mundanity of everyday life – regard them as the 30 minutes of sunshine and fresh air you didn’t get because for your working lunch you ate a Boots Meal Deal (always the Chicken Triple). At your desk.
Our unwaning obsession with the protagonists’ lives, trials and tribulations is further-augmented by the fact that, nine times out of ten, the lead female characters are clandestinely smoking hot. Not necessarily the obvious first pick of...
But hey, give yourself a break. They’re a release from the mundanity of everyday life – regard them as the 30 minutes of sunshine and fresh air you didn’t get because for your working lunch you ate a Boots Meal Deal (always the Chicken Triple). At your desk.
Our unwaning obsession with the protagonists’ lives, trials and tribulations is further-augmented by the fact that, nine times out of ten, the lead female characters are clandestinely smoking hot. Not necessarily the obvious first pick of...
- 11/13/2013
- by Stephen Roberts
- Obsessed with Film
BFI London Film Festival announced line-up of public events.
The 57th BFI London Film Festival (Lff) has announced this year’s programme of events, including Screen Talks with filmmakers Hirokazu Kore-eda, Catherine Breillat and Ralph Fiennes; Masterclasses with director Alfonso Cuarón and VFX Supervisor Tim Webber, cinematographer Barry Ackroyd, and composer Clint Mansell.
Talks will include a BFI-hosted panel focussed on the UK’s variety of filmmaking ‘British Cinema – Home-grown and all grown up’ and ‘William Faulkner: Film Noir & Nobel Prizes’ a talk from Adrian Wootton prompted by James Franco’s As I Lay Dying.
These sit alongside the previously announced talk with acclaimed artist Stan Douglas; and Sonic Cinema events, the special performance by celebrated British composer Michael Nyman, and a one-off live show by Angolan Kuduro act Buraka Som Sistema at Village Underground.
Screen Talks
The BFI will host a talk with Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda, whose Cannes Jury Prize winning Like Father, Like Son...
The 57th BFI London Film Festival (Lff) has announced this year’s programme of events, including Screen Talks with filmmakers Hirokazu Kore-eda, Catherine Breillat and Ralph Fiennes; Masterclasses with director Alfonso Cuarón and VFX Supervisor Tim Webber, cinematographer Barry Ackroyd, and composer Clint Mansell.
Talks will include a BFI-hosted panel focussed on the UK’s variety of filmmaking ‘British Cinema – Home-grown and all grown up’ and ‘William Faulkner: Film Noir & Nobel Prizes’ a talk from Adrian Wootton prompted by James Franco’s As I Lay Dying.
These sit alongside the previously announced talk with acclaimed artist Stan Douglas; and Sonic Cinema events, the special performance by celebrated British composer Michael Nyman, and a one-off live show by Angolan Kuduro act Buraka Som Sistema at Village Underground.
Screen Talks
The BFI will host a talk with Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda, whose Cannes Jury Prize winning Like Father, Like Son...
- 9/18/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
The 57th BFI London Film Festival line-up has officially been revealed, and it is led by a slew of incredibly promising films, many of which have already been buzzing on the festival circuit, and a number of which will be making their debuts here in London.
As previously announced, Paul Greengrass’ Captain Phillips will open the festival next month, and John Lee Hancock’s Saving Mr. Banks will close it, book-ending the festival with Tom Hanks leading two highly prominent, Oscar-primed movies.
Stephen Frears’ Philomena was also previously announced as the Lff American Express Gala, with The Epic of Everest announced as the Lff Archive Gala.
And leading the line-up alongside them this year will be some of the most Oscar-buzzed movies of 2013, including Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave, Jason Reitman’s Labor Day, Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity (in 3D), Joel and Ethan Coen’s Inside Llewyn Davis, Terry Gilliam’s The Zero Theorem,...
As previously announced, Paul Greengrass’ Captain Phillips will open the festival next month, and John Lee Hancock’s Saving Mr. Banks will close it, book-ending the festival with Tom Hanks leading two highly prominent, Oscar-primed movies.
Stephen Frears’ Philomena was also previously announced as the Lff American Express Gala, with The Epic of Everest announced as the Lff Archive Gala.
And leading the line-up alongside them this year will be some of the most Oscar-buzzed movies of 2013, including Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave, Jason Reitman’s Labor Day, Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity (in 3D), Joel and Ethan Coen’s Inside Llewyn Davis, Terry Gilliam’s The Zero Theorem,...
- 9/4/2013
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Mark Wright has landed a new party-planning show. The former 'Only Way is Essex' star will front new ITV2 series, 'Wright Off the Beaten Track', which will see him travel the world to get to know people from various backgrounds and cultures for a week before throwing them a huge party. Mark - who finished second on 'I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!' in 2011 - said: ''I know the Essex party scene inside out but I've no idea what to expect about the people I'll be meeting or the parties I'll be throwing. ''Not since leaving the jungle have...
- 7/10/2013
- Virgin Media - TV
Mark Wright will front a new ITV2 series Wright Off the Beaten Track later this year.
The six-part series will follow the Essex presenter as he travels the world in search of locations and groups in order to throw extravagant parties.
Each episode will see Wright challenged to take on unique and wild parties around the globe and discovering different 'tribes' of people, before throwing them a special event.
Parties will include Us frat events and Harlem block gatherings. Wright will have just one week to get accustomed to the different groups' way of life.
Wright said of the new show: "I know the Essex party scene inside out but I've no idea what to expect about the people I'll be meeting or the parties I'll be throwing.
"Not since leaving the jungle have I been put in a situation that feels completely out of my comfort zone, but I'm...
The six-part series will follow the Essex presenter as he travels the world in search of locations and groups in order to throw extravagant parties.
Each episode will see Wright challenged to take on unique and wild parties around the globe and discovering different 'tribes' of people, before throwing them a special event.
Parties will include Us frat events and Harlem block gatherings. Wright will have just one week to get accustomed to the different groups' way of life.
Wright said of the new show: "I know the Essex party scene inside out but I've no idea what to expect about the people I'll be meeting or the parties I'll be throwing.
"Not since leaving the jungle have I been put in a situation that feels completely out of my comfort zone, but I'm...
- 7/9/2013
- Digital Spy
Mark Wright has landed a new party-planning show. The former 'Only Way is Essex' star will front new ITV2 series, 'Wright Off the Beaten Track', which will see him travel the world to get to know people from various backgrounds and cultures for a week before throwing them a huge party. Mark - who finished second on 'I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!' in 2011 - said: ''I know the Essex party scene inside out but I've no idea what to expect about the people I'll be meeting or the parties I'll be throwing. ''Not since leaving the jungle have...
- 7/8/2013
- Virgin Media - TV
Irish documentary 'Off The Beaten Track' has been officially selected to screen at the Sao Paulo International Film Festival in Brazil this October. velopment of a three-minute film. Dieter Auner directed the documentary with Siún Ní Raghallaigh and Cristian Mungiu producing for Ikandi Productions and Mobra Films. Nora Agapi was the DoP, and Eugene McCrystal, Cillian Duffy and Wolfgang Auer worked on post-production.
- 8/29/2012
- IFTN
Donegal-born film producer Siún Ní Raghallaigh has been appointed Chairperson of the Board of TG4. Ní Raghallaigh is a former director of marketing and development at TG4. She previously worked with Tyrone Productions, the company responsible for 'Ros na Rún' and the 'All Ireland Talent Show', before establishing her own independent television company Ikandi Productions, which produced the documentary 'Off The Beaten Track' in 2011. Ní Raghallaigh currently sits on the board of the Galway Film Fleadh, which will take place over July 10-15.
- 4/24/2012
- IFTN
The ninth annual Irish Film & Television Awards took place tonight at a Gala Awards Ceremony held at the Convention Centre Dublin.
In the field of film 'The Guard' was the big winner of the night receiving the Ifta for Best Film, with writer/director John Michael McDonagh named Best Director, Best Screenwriter and the Irish Film Board Rising Star for his feature directorial debut. Fionnula Flannagan who was honoured with a lifetime achievement award also won best supporting actress for her part in 'The Guard'.
Michael Fassbender picked up best actor for 'Shame' while Saoirse Ronan picked up best actress for her role in 'Hanna.' Ryan Gosling picked up the best international actor for 'Drive,' Chris O'Dowd picked up best supporting actor for 'Bridesmaids', and Glenn Close picked up best international actress for 'Albert Nobbs.'
'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy...
In the field of film 'The Guard' was the big winner of the night receiving the Ifta for Best Film, with writer/director John Michael McDonagh named Best Director, Best Screenwriter and the Irish Film Board Rising Star for his feature directorial debut. Fionnula Flannagan who was honoured with a lifetime achievement award also won best supporting actress for her part in 'The Guard'.
Michael Fassbender picked up best actor for 'Shame' while Saoirse Ronan picked up best actress for her role in 'Hanna.' Ryan Gosling picked up the best international actor for 'Drive,' Chris O'Dowd picked up best supporting actor for 'Bridesmaids', and Glenn Close picked up best international actress for 'Albert Nobbs.'
'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy...
- 2/11/2012
- by noreply@blogger.com (Flicks News)
- FlicksNews.net
Albert Nobbs and the other nominations for the 2012 Irish Film and Television Academy Awards have been announced. The 9th Annual Irish Film and Television Awards (IFTAs) “sole aim is to celebrate Ireland’s notably talented film and television community. The ceremony is considered to be one of Ireland’s most prestigious awards event, and can be viewed as the Irish equivalent to the American Oscars.” The awards ceremony will be held on February 11, 2012 at the Convention Centre Dublin (Ccd).
The full listing of the 2012 Irish Film and Television Awards is below.
Film Categories
Best Film
Albert Nobbs – Alan Moloney, Bonnie Curtis, Julie Lynn and Glenn Close (Parallel Film & TV Productions)
Charlie Casanova – Terry McMahon (Source Productions)
Stella Days – Jackie Larkin & Leslie McKimm (Newgrange Pictures)
The Guard – Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Chris Larke, Flore Fernandez Marengo(Element Pictures)
Director Film
Rebecca Daly – The Other Side of Sleep (Fastnet Films)
John Michael McDonagh...
The full listing of the 2012 Irish Film and Television Awards is below.
Film Categories
Best Film
Albert Nobbs – Alan Moloney, Bonnie Curtis, Julie Lynn and Glenn Close (Parallel Film & TV Productions)
Charlie Casanova – Terry McMahon (Source Productions)
Stella Days – Jackie Larkin & Leslie McKimm (Newgrange Pictures)
The Guard – Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Chris Larke, Flore Fernandez Marengo(Element Pictures)
Director Film
Rebecca Daly – The Other Side of Sleep (Fastnet Films)
John Michael McDonagh...
- 1/11/2012
- by filmbook
- Film-Book
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