Yesterday, Microsoft revealed the Xbox One, an all-in-one gaming, er, entertainment console that brings together television, sports, and Call of Duty. Once the announcements were made and the dust had settled, people started getting angry. Why would Microsoft court the enthusiast press -- the people whose job it is to inform those who are most likely to be early adopters -- for days prior to the event, then only barely mention video games in the reveal of a gaming console? I'm sure Microsoft wanted to get the business stuff out of the way so they could save the exiciting video game reveals for E3, and I understand that, but their confusing presentation was a very public -- and rather spectacular -- stumble that's going to be difficult to recover from. (more...)

As promised yesterday, Wednesday morning brings the official U.S. trailer for Universal's The World's End, Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz director Edgar Wright's new movie that stars Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Rosamund Pike, Martin Freeman, Paddy Considine and Eddie Marsan. In theaters August 23 2013, "20 years after attempting an epic pub crawl, five childhood friends reunite when one of them becomes hell bent on trying the drinking marathon again. They are convinced to stage an encore by mate Gary King, a 40-year old man trapped at the cigarette end of his teens, who drags his reluctant pals to their home town and once again attempts to reach the fabled pub, The World’s End. As they attempt to reconcile the past and present, they realize the real struggle is for the future, not just theirs but humankind’s. Reaching The World’s End is the least of their worries." Toast Wright's new movie below! (more...)

Today, Microsoft revealed their next console, dubbed the Xbox One. Their unveiling took the opposite approach to Sony's, as they shied away from big video game reveals in favor of system specs, apps, the upgraded Kinect, new controller, and sports. Lots of sports. Let's get familiar with the Xbox One, after the break. (more...)

HOLY CRAP. We now have the UK trailer for A Field In England, the fourth feature film from writer/director Ben Wheatley, whose credits include the highly acclaimed tour-de-force thriller Kill List, the Edgar Wright-produced 2012 Cannes Film Festival selection Sightseers, and a segment in anthology horror film The ABCs Of Death. Billed as "a psychedelic trip into magic and madness," A Field In England follows a group of English Civil War soldiers in the 17th century who are captured by an alchemist and led into a vast mushroom field, where they fall victim to violent and nightmarish forces. A theatrical and VOD release is planned for 2013. Fans can connect with A Field In England on tFacebook and can also download a free track from the soundtrack by Jim Williams. Drafthouse Films, the film distribution arm of the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, recently acquired the North American rights. With a new feature, the 8-figure-budgeted sci-fi/action epic Freak Shift, currently in pre-production, Wheatley and producers Claire Jones & Andy Starke assembled A Field In England with financing via Film4's talent and ideas arm Film4.0 headed up by Anna Higgs. The film stars Reece Shearsmith ("The League Of Gentlemen"), Kill List's Michael Smiley andfeatures Julian Barrett ("The Mighty Boosh") in a small role. (more...)

Thanks to Bloody reader 'Fabien M.' we now have the international sales trailer for Bankside Film's Patrick remake, directed by Mark Hartley, and starring You're Next's Sharni Vinson, Rachel Griffiths and Charles Dance. "After killing his mother and her lover some years before, Patrick is the comatose patient in room 15 of a remote, private psychiatric clinic run by the secretive Dr Roget who treats him as guinea pig in his bizarre studies of life and death. When Kathy, a nurse who has recently separated from her boyfriend, begins working at the clinic, she is instructed to care for him. She is disturbed by Roget’s treatment of him and somehow feels that Patrick is trying to make a connection with her. When Kathy realized that the lifeless murderer can communicate, she is shocked but compelled to prove her theory. Patrick has psychokinetic powers, which he uses to talk to Kathy by transferring his thoughts to her computer. As Patrick’s communication becomes stronger, strange and terrifying events begin to occur. Patrick has feelings for Kathy and his affection is about to manifest itself as a deadly, bloody obsession." It's got a nice Stephen King vibe to it, and looks fairly chaotic. I'm digging the footage, you guys? (more...)