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Marvel Invades ‘Little Big Planet’

Posted: 27 Jun 2010 09:07 AM PDT

Fans of the Playstation 3 game Little Big Planet have been able to play as Solid Snake, Kratos, and Chun Li, but starting July 7th, players will be able to download costumes that will let them play as some of their favorite Marvel heroes and villains.

Marvel has announced that they will begin selling costume packs for the popular platform game over the Playstation Network. There will be four packs available with five costumes in each pack. In addition to the costumes, Marvel will also be releasing special super-hero themed levels to download for the game.

For those who haven't played Little Big Planet before, the game is your classic running and jumping platformer, but one of the biggest draws of the game is the ability to dress and customize the main character, known as Sack Boy [...]

Movie Review: Grown Ups

Posted: 27 Jun 2010 07:03 AM PDT

Grown Ups
Directed by Dennis Dugan
Starring Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Kevin James, David Spade, Rob Schneider
Rated PG-13
Release date: June 25, 2010


If you only see one movie this summer, it would be a smart idea to make it anything other than Grown Ups, the latest film to star Adam Sandler and the usual group of people who seem to rely entirely on Sandler for work.

What rough passes for the plot of the movie is this: A group of friends were all on their grade school basketball team together and won a championship game. Thirty years later, their former coach passes away, and the friends decide to spend a weekend at a cottage on the lake after his funeral. They bring their families, straight from the funeral, and hilarity ensues... right? Not really.

Every single character is a one-trick pony that runs the same joke into the ground repeatedly. Eric (Kevin James) is a family man who tries hard to be a big shot but cannot have a honest conversation about most things. Kurt (Chris Rock) is an emasculated househusband who likes to cook, but only so much that it's mentioned once early in the film. Marcus (David Spade) is a sex-hungry womanizer. Rob (Rob Schneider) is a new-age dimwit who likes much older women. Then there's Lenny (Adam Sandler) who's rich, successful, and great at sports all while being surprisingly humble and down-to-Earth about it all [...]

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