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Power Glove (band)
Power Glove is an Australian electronic music and synthwave (2000s genre), synthwave duo from Melbourne, Victoria, named after the Power Glove made by Mattel for the Nintendo Entertainment System. They provided the soundtrack to the 1980s-influenced retro-futuristic video game ''Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon'' (April 2013). The soundtrack was met with critical acclaim. History Power Glove was formed in Melbourne as the electronic music, synthwave (2000s genre), synthwave duo with the pseudonyms of Michael Biehn and Michael Dudikoff, whose real names are brothers Jarome and Joel Harmsworth. They named the band based on a self-described obsession with the 1989 advertisements for the Power Glove accessory for the Nintendo Entertainment System. The music gained widespread attention with the track "Hunters" featured in the 2011 Canadian independent film ''Hobo with a Shotgun'' and the track "Vengeance" in the 2012 film ''The ABCs of Death''. Their first extended play, the four-track ''EP ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Powerglove (band)
Powerglove is an American instrumental power metal cover band. They are known to play metal cover versions of classic video game themes. The band is named after the Power Glove, a NES controller accessory. History Formation, ''Total Pwnage'', and ''Metal Kombat'' (2003 - 2008) The band was started as a side project of the members' various other bands. A melodic death metal band all the members were in disbanded, and the group decided to further develop Powerglove. The band's first recording was "Dr. Wily's Theme" from ''Mega Man 2'' in early 2003, which was followed by "Storm Eagle" from ''Mega Man X'' and the theme from ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers''. The band records their music in various locations and mixes them in a home studio. The band recorded and released its debut EP, '' Total Pwnage'', in 2005 (later re-released in 2008). Over the following two years, the band arranged and recorded what would become their debut, full-length album, ''Metal Kombat for the Mortal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The ABCs Of Death
''The ABCs of Death'' is a 2012 American comedy horror anthology film produced by international producers and directed by filmmakers from around the world. The film contains 26 shorts, each by different directors spanning fifteen countries, including Nacho Vigalondo, Kaare Andrews, Adam Wingard, Simon Barrett, Banjong Pisanthanakun, Ben Wheatley, Lee Hardcastle, Noboru Iguchi, Ti West, and Angela Bettis. It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2012. In 2013, it was released on VOD January 31 and in theaters March 8. The end credits of the film feature Australian band Skyhooks' 1974 song "Horror Movie". The film's financial success launched the titular film series, including a second film in 2014, and a spin-off film in 2016. Background The film is divided into 26 individual chapters, each helmed by a different director assigned a letter of the alphabet. The directors were then given free rein in choosing a word to create a story involving death. The var ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devil May Cry
is a science fantasy action-adventure game franchise created by Hideki Kamiya. It is primarily developed and published by Capcom. The series centers on the demon hunter Dante (Devil May Cry), Dante and his efforts to thwart various demon invasions of Earth. Its gameplay consists of combat scenarios in which the player must attempt to extend long chains of attacks, avoiding damage and exhibiting stylized combat by varying their attacks; this combat, along with time and the number of items collected and used, are considered in grading the player's performance. The series alludes to Italian poet Dante Alighieri, Dante's ''Divine Comedy''. Hideki Kamiya created ''Devil May Cry'' after a failed attempt to develop a ''Resident Evil'' game with the Devil May Cry (video game), first game originally being conceived as ''Resident Evil 4''. Kamiya wanted to create a game with more action features, which Capcom felt the series did not need. The games were directed by Hideaki Itsuno and wri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lakeshore Records
Lakeshore Village Entertainment, LLC was an American independent film production, finance, and former international sales and distribution company founded in 1994 by Tom Rosenberg and Ted Tannebaum. Lakeshore Entertainment is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. The company produced over 60 films, including the Academy Award-winning ''Million Dollar Baby'' (2004). Sigurjón Sighvatsson was the company's first president and served from its founding until 1998. He was replaced by producer Gary Lucchesi. In 2013, Lakeshore launched a television division, and in 2015, they launched a digital studio, Off the Dock, that targets the YouTube demographic. The company also had a record label division, Lakeshore Records. In March 2019, Lakeshore placed its film library up for sale. The library includes 300 titles, such as the New World Pictures library (which Lakeshore acquired in 1996). In October 2019, Lakeshore sold its library and international operation to Vine Alternative ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Carpenter
John Howard Carpenter (born January 16, 1948) is an American filmmaker, composer, and actor. Most commonly associated with horror film, horror, action film, action, and science fiction film, science fiction films of the 1970s and 1980s, he is generally recognized as a master of the horror genre. At the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, the French Directors' Guild gave him the Golden Coach Award and lauded him as "a creative genius of raw, fantastic, and spectacular emotions". On April 3, 2025, he received a List of stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Carpenter's early films included critical and commercial successes such as ''Halloween (1978 film), Halloween'' (1978), ''The Fog'' (1980), ''Escape from New York'' (1981), and ''Starman (film), Starman'' (1984). Though he has been acknowledged as an influential filmmaker, his other productions from the 1970s and the 1980s only later came to be considered Cult film, cult classics; these include ''Dark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rise Of The Synths
''The Rise of the Synths'' () is a 2019 documentary film written and directed by Iván Castell and narrated by filmmaker and composer John Carpenter. The film explores the origins and growth of the electronic music genre known as synthwave, charting its rise in popularity from the underground online music scene to its recent mainstream exposure, following use in retro-themed soundtracks, notably the 2011 film ''Drive (2011 film), Drive'' and more recently, the television series ''Stranger Things''. It is the first feature documentary exploring this underground subculture. Production ''The Rise of the Synths'' initially began as a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter in April 2016. That campaign failed and was relaunched in October 2016 on Indiegogo, this time reaching its goal. Over the next year, the film was part of the Documentary Campus Masterschool, also participating in the Sheffield Doc/Fest MeetMarket. ''The Rise of the Synths'' had its world premiere at the In-Edit Fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trials Of The Blood Dragon
''Trials of the Blood Dragon'' is a platform game developed by Ubisoft RedLynx and published by Ubisoft. As a crossover game of '' Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon'' and the '' Trials'' series, the game was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in June 2016. Gameplay The player controls ''Blood Dragon''s protagonist Rex Power Colt's kids Roxanne and Slayter as they ride on a physics-based motorcycle from the start of the level to the end while navigating a number of obstacles. The game introduces a grappling hook and gameplay segments in which players need to disembark from their bike and use guns to shoot enemies or utilise stealth to avoid hostile attention. The game features 27 levels. Development Ubisoft announced and released ''Trials of the Blood Dragon'' during their E3 2016 press conference. Players who complete the challenges in the trial version can unlock the full game for free. Reception ''Trials of the Blood Dragon'' received "mixed" reviews on all pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trials (series)
''Trials'' is a racing game series developed by RedLynx, Ubisoft RedLynx and published by Ubisoft, loosely based on the real-life sport of motorcycle trials. It involves a motorcycle rider in a 2.5D world, traversing obstacles under the influence of simulated physics. History ''Trials'' was released as a browser game in 2000. The gameplay was somewhat similar to Mastertronic's 1987 hit ''Kikstart 2''. ''Trials 2'' was released in 2007, and remade as ''Trials 2: Second Edition'' in 2008. ''Trials HD'' was released for the Xbox Live Arcade in 2009. ''Trials Evolution'' was released for the Xbox Live Arcade in 2012. ''Trials Frontier'' was released for smart phones and tablets on 10 April 2014. ''Trials Fusion'' released for PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One on 16 April 2014. ''Trials Frontier'' and ''Trials Fusion'' are designed to work together. ''Trials Fusion'' was released for the PC on 24 April 2014. On 11 June 2018 ''Trials Rising'' was announced by RedLynx at E3 2018. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ITunes
iTunes is a media player, media library, and mobile device management (MDM) utility developed by Apple. It is used to purchase, play, download and organize digital multimedia on personal computers running the macOS and Windows operating systems, and can be used to rip songs from CDs as well as playing content from dynamic, smart playlists. It includes options for sound optimization and wirelessly sharing iTunes libraries. iTunes was announced by Apple CEO Steve Jobs on January 9, 2001. Its original and main focus was music, with a library offering organization and storage of Mac users' music collections. With the 2003 addition of the iTunes Store for purchasing and downloading digital music, and a Windows version of the program, it became an ubiquitous tool for managing music and configuring other features on Apple's line of iPod media players, which extended to the iPhone and iPad upon their introduction. From 2005 on, Apple expanded its core music features with s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hobo With A Shotgun
''Hobo with a Shotgun'' is a 2011 exploitation black comedy action film directed by Jason Eisener and written by John Davies. Based on Eisener's fictitious trailer of the same name from ''Grindhouse'' (2007), it is the second feature-length adaptation of a fictitious ''Grindhouse'' trailer, following Robert Rodriguez's ''Machete'' (2010). ''Hobo with a Shotgun'' premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 21, 2011, on March 25 in Canada, and on May 6 in the United States. The film received mixed reviews from critics. Plot An unnamed hobo arrives by boxcar in the city of Hope Town, its graffitied welcome sign reading "Scum Town". The city is ruled over by a ruthless crime lord named "The Drake" and his sadistic sons Ivan and Slick. The Hobo sees an amateur filmmaker shooting a '' Bumfights''-style movie. A bloodied man named Logan, The Drake's younger brother, screams for help. The Drake and his sons arrive and label him a traitor to the townspeople before publicly decap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melbourne
Melbourne ( , ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/ or ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city of the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Victoria (state), Victoria, and the second most-populous city in Australia, after Sydney. The city's name generally refers to a metropolitan area also known as Greater Melbourne, comprising an urban agglomeration of Local Government Areas of Victoria#Municipalities of Greater Melbourne, 31 local government areas. The name is also used to specifically refer to the local government area named City of Melbourne, whose area is centred on the Melbourne central business district and some immediate surrounds. The metropolis occupies much of the northern and eastern coastlines of Port Phillip Bay and spreads into the Mornington Peninsula, part of West Gippsland, as well as the hinterlands towards the Yarra Valley, the Dandenong Ranges, and the Macedon R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blood Dragon
''Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon'' is a 2013 first-person shooter game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft. It is a standalone expansion to ''Far Cry 3'' and the seventh overall installment in the ''Far Cry'' franchise. ''Blood Dragon'' is a retro-futuristic parody of 1980s action films, cartoons and video games, and takes place on an open world island. Players assume the role of military cyborg Sergeant Rex "Power" Colt. Gameplay is largely similar to ''Far Cry 3'', though several systems from the base game were simplified or removed, and it introduces the titular Blood Dragon, a massive dinosaur that fires lasers from its eyes and can be lured to attack enemy garrisons. The game's development was completed in about six months. It was part of Ubisoft's initiative to release downloadable content that would appeal to newcomers to the series, and the team was tasked to create something unexpected as ''Far Cry 3'' downloadable content. The game was inspired by movies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
