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» ‘Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit’ review

Steven Cayer
Senior Columnist

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Jes Ryan is back on the big

 

screen, this time portrayed
y Chris Pine, who has become

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: a well-known actor in the past

: couple of years from playing

: everything from James T. Kirk

: in the rebooted Star Trek series
: to the charming lead ina string
: of romantic comedies.

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit

: tells the character’s origin
story of how he became a CIA
: spy and what he had to do in

: order to save the world. Ryan

: is one of the late Tom Clancy’s

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Still of Kevin Costner and Chris Pine in Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit // By Larry Horricks

: characters, but this is the first
: movie about Ryan that is not
: based ona Clancy novel.

Back in 2003, Ryan was a

lieutenant in the army who got

: shot down by an RPG. What

: followed was a few years of

: physical therapy where he met

: Cathy, a physiotherapist played
: by Keira Knightley. He gets a

: visit from a CIA agent played by
: Kevin Costner, who thrusts Jack

: into the undercover world of

: the CIA as an analyst. Ten years
: go by and Ryan discovers that

: the Russians are hiding secret

: accounts from the US, forcing

: him to go to Moscow—things

: quickly escalate from there.

Directed by Kenneth

: Branagh, who also stars as the
: antagonist, this film shows
that he can make a really good
: action movie, as evidenced

: by the intense car chases and
: fighting throughout the film.

I wouldn't be surprised

if Chris Pine has another
: franchise under his belt with
: this one.

The film is dedicated to

: Tom Clancy himself, who
passed away last October. Rest

: in peace, Tom. Jack Ryan is here
; to stay.

> Survival in a video game can be both scary and boring

 

» ‘Don’t Starve’ review

Steven Cayer
Senior Columnist

OOS

his week I played an
unforgiving, sandbox-style
game called Don’t Starve.
Made by Klei
Entertainment, this game
first came out last April on
the PC. It got the reputation
of being similar to Minecraft,
only with a Tim Burton-esque
perspective. Now it has finally

 

have Playstation Plus, you can
get the game for free, which is

: always nice.

The story is about a young

: scientist who is trying to create

: something spectacular, when he
: hears a mysterious voice on the

: radio telling him what to do. It

: turns out that the scientist gets

: tricked into making a portal to

: another world where everything
is trying to kill him. It is here
that the game starts.

At first, I loved how you

: need to keep a close eye on

: your health, intelligence, and

: hunger. You can find all sorts

: of things that help in some way
: with this endeavour, and always
: remember to build a fire every

been released on the PS4. If you night.

My one problem with this

: game is that it can get really

: repetitive at times. From

: collecting food and cooking

: it in the fire to scavenging for

: twigs, logs, grass, and rocks to

: create tools such as an axe. I just
: found it too stressful and, at
some points, scary.

Klei did a really good job

: with the PS4 controls. I felt

: very comfortable while I was

: being chased by a stampede of
beefalo.

To be honest, I only played

: the game once, and I survived 5
: days in. The game needs more

: rewards for the player because

: if you happen to die, it’s a true

: game over. I probably won't go

: back to this game, but if you

: like a challenge, you should try
: playing Don’t Starve.

 

Screenshot from Don't Starve // By www.dontstarvegame.com