Win a copy of Gran Turismo Sport

Win a copy of Gran Turismo Sport

Welcome to the future of motorsports – the definitive motor racing experience is back and better than ever on PlayStation 4.

Get instant access to the fastest, most desirable driving machines on the planet and experience the thrill of speed without limitation, be it alone, with friends or in the definitive online racing completion so real that it’s sanctioned by the FIA (Federation International Automobile).

Create your legacy as you represent and compete for your home country or favourite manufacturer. The best of the best will get their chance to become legends at the annual world finals of the FIA Gran Turismo Championships.

FEEL ONLY SPEED!

• Drive the fastest, and most sought after cars in the world – Only the best cars in the world have made the cut, from Vision Gran Turismo concept vehicles and GT SPORT exclusive prototypes to the best in real world motoring.
• All cars have been built from the ground up to deliver the most realistic looking cars ever available in Gran Turismo.
• The legendary “Tokyo Expressway” and more new tracks – Race your way through multiple tracks and locations across the world, including the ever-popular Nürburgring Nordschleife (North Loop), and a host of new tracks such as the half mile oval the “Northern Isle Speedway”
• Built from the ground up for PS4 – True-to-life graphics at 1080p resolution and 60 frames per second

THE ACCESSIBLE DRIVING EXPERIENCE

• Brand new handling – With a new physics engine and more realistic handling, GT Sport provides a range of driving experiences to suit first time players right through to seasoned pro’s.
• Vision GT – More than two dozen exclusive concept cars, designed exclusively with auto manufacturers and global brands, including Bugatti, Aston Martin, and Mercedes
• Brand Central – A new form of car discovery through an interactive past, present, and future timeline through the lens of auto manufacturers
• Livery Customization –Choose and personalize your vehicle with your favorite performance brand and logos
• Brand new photo mode – “Scapes”, Featuring stunning real world locations from across the globe, and cutting edge technology, “Scapes” will enable you to create stunning photo-realistic static and animated imagery

THE NEW STANDARD IN RACING

• Introducing the worlds first and only official FIA (Federation Internationale de l'Automobile) Online Championship – Represent and compete for your home country or favorite car manufacturer through two sanctioned Championships: Nations Cup & Manufacturers Fan Cup
• Advanced Matchmaking – Compete against your friends or the world with multiple class divisions across age, region, and driving manners, allow drivers of all skill levels to race and develop competitively
• Watch & Participate – Compete in races or watch the best in the world go head to head in a live race program as they compete to build their own driving legacy, and to be crowned global champions. Driver Identity – Create your own legacy as you create, manage, and compare your professional racing career against drivers around the world through numerous events, challenges, and seasonal race leagues, all leading into the annual FIA Championship

To win a copy thanks to the PlayStation NZ team, all you have to do is email  your details to this  address: darrensworldofentertainment@gmail.com or CLICK HERE NOW!

Include your name and address and title your email GT SPORT!
Competition closes November 10th

The Walking Dead: Season 7: Blu Ray Review

The Walking Dead: Season 7: Blu Ray Review

The Walking Dead's seventh season sees Rick and his ragtag bag of survivors faced with their greatest threat since the Governor.

With last season ending on a cliffhanger as Rick was outplayed by Jeffrey Dean Morgan's barb-wire bat-wielding psychopath Negan, the tensions there at the start prove to be fairly palpable.

As the season progresses the grief and mournful tone is replaced by a sense of more energy in the back half.

But the decision once again to split the gang fuels the narrative but slows the pace.

Some lulls as ever hit the series but as the arcs build and the pieces move on the board, a lot of series 7 looses some of the way and borders in fast forward territory unfortunately.

However a great finale gives a real sense of set up and provokes plenty of excitement for The Walking Dead season 8

Fans will enjoy and while there is a sense of a jumping on point, the episodes show a series in need of a bit more creative spark and a chance to surprise.

Hopefully next year the hype will subside and the apocalypse drama can return to its best.

Star Wars: The Last Jedi trailer

Star Wars: The Last Jedi trailer 

The brand new trailer for Star Wars: The Last Jedi is here.
Releasing on December 14th in New Zealand, tickets for the Rian Johnson helmed Star Wars film are on sale now.

The new poster for Star Wars: The Last Jedi has also dropped.

The Mountain Between Us: Film Review

The Mountain Between Us: Film Review

Cast: Idris Elba, Kate Winslet, Dermot Mulroney, Beau Bridges, a Golden Retriever
Director: Hany Abu-Assad

Based on Charles Martin's novel of the same name, The Mountain Between Us is about as icy as the slopes the doomed plane carrying Idris Elba's surgeon Ben and Kate Winslet's photo-journalist Alex crash-lands upon.

When the pair meet at an airport to news of their flight's cancellation, they decide to charter a small plane to ensure their various commitments are met - his, a surgery on a 10-year-old boy in the morning, hers, her own wedding.
However, their pilot (Beau Bridges) suffers a stroke mid-flight when the weather turns and plummets the plane atop a mountain, killing himself and ripping them both from the fabric of their daily lives.

With little food, no communication and a trusty golden retriever for company, the duo is forced into a fight for suvival amid the icy conditions...

The Mountain Between Us is nothing more than a pulpy romance novel that really lacks the sparks between the main duo to help carry it off.

Blessed with utter ludicrous edges (the pilot's killed, the seat-belted passengers are injured, but an unsecured dog emerges unscathed), it asks a lot from its audience for its leaps and bounds of logic and delivers them very little in return.

Pushing its "the heart is just a muscle" line early on, as uttered by Idris Elba's Ben, it's clear that the ice between the pair is going to thaw as well as the snow falls outside. With Winslet's impulsive Alex facing off against Elba's guarded and cautious Ben, the clash of ideologies is obvious from the start.

And despite the pristine shots of the mountains (all crisp whites) and the copious shots of dog reaction to various moments, there's little in this movie to fully engage.

It's a shame given how stellar and dependable both Winslet and Elba can be.
Both have a screen presence but can't manage to negotiate the trappings of the script which saddle them either with clunky character exposition or behaviour which is increasingly unrealistic.

As the survival story continues, the film's final extended coda is perhaps a welcome change to what you'd expect of films such as this, but it's here that the truly romantic pulpiness comes out and laces the white of the snowcaps with another lashing of a white substance - the  saccharine sugary gloop.

It's a disappointment that despite the talent involved, this overlong (bizarrely at 110 mins, it feels slow at times) two-hander lacks the depth to help you invest in the love story. Both Elba and Winslet are character actors of pure calibre and class, but this film doesn't bring their best to the screen.

Ultimately, it's less a peaky blinder, unfortunately more a Meh-ntain between us which emerges.

JUSTICE LEAGUE - Official Heroes Trailer Debut

JUSTICE LEAGUE - Official Heroes Trailer Debut

Fuelled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired by Superman’s selfless act, Bruce Wayne enlists the help of his newfound ally, Diana Prince, to face an even greater enemy. 

Together, Batman and Wonder Woman work quickly to find and recruit a team of metahumans to stand against this newly awakened threat. 

But despite the formation of this unprecedented league of heroes—Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Cyborg and The Flash—it may already be too late to save the planet from an assault of catastrophic proportions.

JUSTICE LEAGUE is directed by Zack Snyder and stars Ben Affleck, Gal Gadot, Jason Momoa, Ezra Miller, Ray Fisher, Henry Cavill, Jeremy Irons, Amy Adams, Diane Lane, J.K. Simmons.

JUSTICE LEAGUE releases in New Zealand cinemas on November 16, 2017

Show Me Shorts festival 2017 is here!

Show Me Shorts festival 2017 is here!

The line-up has been unveiled for Show Me Shorts Film Festival 2017, New Zealand’s premier international short film festival.

The selection includes 55 top short films from Aotearoa and around the world. This is the largest number of short films included in the 12-year history of the festival. It’s an indication of the challenging task the programmers had in choosing from almost 2,000 submissions, and of the great selection of shorts on offer to Kiwis.

There are 35 short films making their New Zealand debut, and five making their world premiere. These include Kiwi short film icon Grant Lahood’s comedy Sybil's Psychic Hotline, roadside drama Motel by Lauren Porteous, Miryam Jacobi’s quirky bus-stop romance Do You Like Me Like This?, Baby? by Mark Prebble and Zinzan by Ben Walton.

The countries represented in this year’s programme are Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, Germany, India, Ireland, Islamic Republic of Iran, Latvia, Mexico, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, Serbia, Slovenia, South Korea, UK and USA.

Seven Canadian short films will be presented in a special Québec Focus section of the 2017 programme. Two of these filmmakers, Arianne Louis-Seize and Alexandre Dostie, are attending the festival as guests who will take part in workshops and other events. The delegation of Canadians also includes programmer Vanessa-Tatjana Beerli, cinematographer Shawn Pavlin, marketing strategist Max-Antoine Guérin, and writer/director Stéphane E. Roy, who will present a masterclass.

Show Me Shorts is an Oscar-accredited film festival, meaning the winners of the top two awards, Best New Zealand Film and Best International Film, will become qualified to enter the Academy Awards.

Ten prizes will be given out at the launch of the festival on Saturday 28 October at Auckland’s The Civic. Wellington Opening Night will follow on Thursday 9 November at The Embassy.

With more than 25 cinema locations across the country, from Kaitaia to Stewart Island, there are ample opportunities to get friends and family together and enjoy the range of films and events on offer.

Full dates and locations are available here.

N++: Xbox One Review

N++: Xbox One Review

Running, jumping, collecting gold, opening exits and avoiding death traps.

Sounds easy as, right?

Well in N++, easy is anything but the answer to getting through a series of levels.

In this graphically simple but frustratingly painful game, 2D is the name of the game as you play a ninja, (a stickman ninja) whose aim is to collect all the gold in a level (because ninjas like gold according to the opening test card) and get the hell out of the levels.

Using physics and speed your best bet to survive each of the five sub-levels of the game is to work out quickly what you need to, how you need to do it and how the easiest way is to get it done. But it's not as easy as it sounds - one overshoot of the platforms or one mistiming of the jump and you splat into pieces, and have to press to start again.

It's fiendishly addictive, over-simple and bloody annoying in parts as the frustration starts to bite at you. Through some 100 levels of the game, it's a fairly intensive process of getting the gold, getting everything timed properly and getting out. Rooms are sparsely decorated and the graphics are even sparser (honestly, the whole thing looks like it's come from a Commodore 64 and looks like it could be the ninja bastard son of Meat Boy) but the gameplay is the thing with this title.

You'll find yourself losing hours to the main game - and that's without the start of the community levels, the multiplayer, the races and creating sections. There's more than enough to play here and more than enough to connect you to cranial meltdown as you apply physics in your head to the problem and watch it all go horrendously wrong in the execution.

Like a ninja training, N++ is about the progression of the journey - if you're willing to stick to it and get there in the end, you could find yourself really engrossed in this platformer that's as devilish as it's simply executed. It thrives on its purity, its simplicity and it's going to drive you absolutely mad.