Spore, by Electronic Arts Rated E10+ for animated blood, comic mischief, and fantasy violence. Genre: simulation/strategy/action. Release: 09/07/08 Imagine a game in which you could manipulate every aspect of life, from the tiniest cell to a space-faring species, all in a few dozen hours. Spore allows you to do that. You begin as said Cell...
Category: <span>2009 Archive</span>
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Movies – Knowing
Knowing, by Escape Artists and Summit Entertainment Starring Nicolas Cage Rated PG-13 for disaster sequences, disturbing images and brief strong language. Genre: Disaster Thriller If someone were suddenly whispering to you something that you were compelled to write down, that you could not immediately discern, what would be your reaction? It would probably be to...
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Gaming – Resident Evil 5
Resident Evil 5 by Capcom Rating: Mature (17+) for, from what I’ve observed so far, blood and gore and violence. Genre: survival horror Players: one or two over Xbox Live The Resident Evil series, since 1997 has been one of the leading and scariest survival horror series ever. First released on the original PlayStation, with...
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Movies – Watchmen DVDs
At the beginning of last month, I reviewed the movie Watchmen, the interpretation of the graphic novel written by Alan Moore in the late 80s. I noted that several things were taken out or changed to enhance its cinematic quality, but in the end it did not affect the movie, and it turned out to...
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Movies – Watchmen review
Watchmen, by Warner Brothers, Paramount, and DC Comics. Genre: action-adventure, crime thriller, superhero fantasy. Rating: R for nudity, lots of bloody violence, language and adult situations. Review by Wade Manns I really liked Watchmen, based on the graphic novel of 1986 and 87 by Alan Moore and masterfully converted into a stunning motion picture by...
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Super heroes and war
Published: March 8, 2006 Although “Holy Terror, Batman!” may be the dark knight’s first foray into the wars of the real world, it isn’t the first time a comic book super hero has gone to war. During the late 1930s, and into the 1940s, many comic book creators showed their characters fighting the war in...
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Miller’s Dark Knight goes to war
Michael Rutschky Published: March 8, 2006 Last month at WonderCon in San Francisco, comic book creator Frank Miller unveiled his plans for a 200 page graphic novel which will bring Batman into the war on terror. The project will be titled “Holy Terror, Batman.” Miller, who’s popular comic book series Sin City was recently adapted...
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Independent-film fans seek refuge in Gulf Breeze
by Paul Smith video segment produced by Paul Smith When most moviegoers decide to take in a film, they will usually check the show-times for the recent blockbusters, and then make the short jaunt down to the local megaplex for the latest installment of Hollywood escapism. But imagine instead, checking the show-times of the most...
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Movies – Watchmen film misses point of graphic novel
by Paul Smith Alan Moore’s “Watchmen” was largely considered to be the “holy grail” of graphic novels, the treasured masterpiece of superhero storytelling that was in a class all by itself. At full disclosure, while I am an avid reader of graphic novels, I grew out of reading superhero comics when I was about 12...
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Spanish Heritage Civic Band Concert
Preeminent composer, Robert W. Smith, will guest conduct the Pensacola Civic Band performing his new Symphony No. 3, “Don Quixote” during the Civic Band’s “Our Spanish Heritage” concert on Tuesday, March 17th at Marcus Pointe Baptist Church. The concert is held in conjunction with Celebrate Pensacola’s 450th Anniversary celebration of the settlement of Pensacola in...