Issue 1574

Google: Now the ultimate innovators?

Google announced a few weeks ago via a Google+ post that it has plans to create its very own smartwatch.

Divergent

The quest to find the next Hunger Games finds it next entrant in Veronica Roth’s series of YA novels, and this time (after a few misfires that will go un-named, and an excellent second Hunger Games film) it looks like the studios might just have found what they’re looking for.

Women’s Rugby Bring Back the Silverware

In the final game of the season, Imperial needed a win against Kingston to successfully defend their LUSL title. The weather and train engineering works did not seem to be in the team’s favour but once on the pitch, little could stop Imperial continuing to play some magnificent rugby.

Underwater Hockey comes 3rd at Nationals

Imperial’s Underwater Hockey team won their first ever medal at the University Nationals tournament on Saturday 8th March in Plymouth, finishing 3rd out of 17 teams.

The Amazing Spider-Man 2

The obvious point to be made here is that not only is this yet another sequel, it’s also a sequel to a reboot to a film series that was barely a decade old the first time around. And so it is again, with this reboot sequel coming ten years after the best film in the original trilogy.

How to get into Ghostblogging!

Want to set up Ghost? Joe shows you how...

Muppets Most Wanted

Muppets Most Wanted’s opening song, “We’re Doing a Sequel” successfully nails almost every criticism that could be thrown at it from a “ugh, the sequel’s not as good as the original” point of view which makes reviewing it slightly difficult.

Noah: A Russell Crowe Epic

The sweeping, captioned opening of Darren Aronofsky’s Noah is reminiscent of its cinematic heritage, the Biblical epics of years past, all elegantly flowing cursive script and delicately composed shots, until it promptly swoops down to the dark brutality of humanity.

Final Fantasy XIV: A Social MMORPG

I can’t talk about Final Fantasy XIV without first talking about its predecessor: Final Fantasy XI, Square Enix’s first MMORPG. Released way back in 2002, FFXI was an amazing and beautifully flawed game.

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Phase 2 continues apace. The third Iron Man started things off in a typically Shane Black fashion of quips and action, the second Thor trod a darker path while beginning to introduce the elements that will come together in an inevitably glorious fashion...

Calvary

Following on from their previous effort The Guard, director John Michael McDonagh (brother of Marty) have teamed up again for Calvary, the tale of a well-meaning, innocent priest told in the confessional that he has only a week left to live.

Of Elections and Allowances and original titles

Over the last few months Felix has broken two stories about Union Club, Society and Project election mismanagement.