Coming Up This Week

This coming week, you perhaps won't find as many big-name releases as usual in stores, cinemas and/or TV sets, but there's still A LOT to come at the blog, especially in terms of a certain big event to really kick-start the Autumn of Gaming...
NEW MOVIES- If you're looking for a Freaky Friday-style comedy starring Ryan Renyolds and Jason Bateman (The Change-Up), a rom-com where people just don't know how Sarah Michelle Geller does it (I Don't Know How She Does It), a crime heist thriller featuring The Social Network's Jesse Eisenberg (30 Minutes Or Less) or an intriguing detective Brit romp where Gary Oldman apparently gives an Oscar-worthy turn as John LeCarre's creation Smiley (Tinkor, Tailor, Soldier, Spy), then the cinema is just the right place for you this week! No 'Best Film' contenders here, with the possible exception of the LeCarre adaptation, but all of them will provide some great nights out for guys and gals.
NEW SHOWS- 71 Degrees North and medical comedy Doc Martin return to iTV1, and meanwhile Clark faces a disaster of Hangover proportions (literally) in Smallville: Fortune, the Doctor faces Weeping Angels, a minotaur and his worst fear in Doctor Who: The God Complex, and Jack and the team fight to end the Miracle in the episode season finale of Torchwood: Miracle Day, The Blood Line! (Next week, tons of new shows- Two & A Half Men, Glee, Modern Family and An Idiot Abroad all return...)
NEW GAMES- Pretty darn quiet on this front to be honest, which is surprising given the extent of releases out last Friday, but if you feel the need to play the HD Splinter Cell Trilogy on PS3 or- even better- Phineas and Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimension on DS, now's your chance. Can't say fairer than that, eh?
GAMEFEST- It's here where the fun is really at, though! Taking place in the Birmingham NEC from Friday-Sunday, this video games convention provides a huge showcase of some of the biggest titles coming to us this Autumn and next year, including Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, Forza Motorsport 4, Uncharted 3, GoldenEye 007: Reloaded, X-Men: Destiny, Spider-Man: Edge of Time, Modern Warfare 3, Battlefield 3, Mass Effect 3, Assassin's Creed: Revelations, Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, Sonic Generations, Street Fighter X Tekken, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, Super Mario 3D Land, Mario Kart 7, Batman: Arkham City, LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and FarCry 3. I'll be bringing you as many world exclusive hands-ons direct from the showfloor as possible, so keep an avid eye on the blog over the weekend!
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