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Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeHow did Steven Spielberg – some kid uprooted several times over his life, taken from New Jersey to Arizona to California, then shattered by his parents’ divorce – become one of the great cornerstones of American popular culture? In The Fabelmans, already an Oscars frontrunner, the director assembles, memorialises and then fictionalises his own childhood. The script, which he co-wrote…

Blizzard is giving away beta keys for its upcoming mobile game Warcraft Arclight Rumble, and all you have to do to score one is ask nicely for it.In a tweet, the official Warcraft Arclight Rumble account called on those "jonesing for the beta" to "try asking nicely," followed by a link to a set of official contest rules. As the rules explain, those interested in snagging a limited time access beta key just need to tag the @WarcraftRumble Twitter account and ask nicely for a code.At time of writing, over…

Dir: William Brent Bell. Starring: Isabelle Fuhrman, Julia Stiles, Rossif Sutherland, Matthew Finlan. 15, 99 minutes.A prequel to Orphan is such an odd proposition. Jaume Collet-Serra’s nasty but ultimately conventional 2009 horror film has only stuck around in the collective consciousness due to its listicle-friendly twist: the reveal that Esther, the homicidal young girl adopted by Kate (Vera Farmiga) and John (Peter Sarsgaard) Coleman, is in fact a 33-year-old Estonian woman named Leena Klammer, who was born with a…

The mod creator is redrawing cutscenes El Gato Del Tejado is taking it upon themselves to craft a Simpsons Hit and Run remaster, and it’s going extremely well so far. In the first half of the latest development video, the mod creator walks us through some in-engine shots of the project; giving us an update on some of the game’s character models, namely Lisa Simpson. They chronicle the journey of getting a 3D model to show up correctly in-game — and folks, it ain’t easy! But by far the big deal here is how the…