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  • Everybody's Fine

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    The Robert De Niro starring Everybody’s Fine is the charming, though slightly predictable, tale of Frank Goode, a recently widowed father who wants to bring his four children together for family gathering.

  • Cloud-based Kobo store launches in UK

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    UK eBook lovers now have access to a new store offering almost two millions titles in the open ePub eBook format for instant download. kobobooks.com offers titles from Random House, Penguin, Bloomsbury, Simon & Schuster and Faber and is described as “an eReading service for smartphones, tablets, netbooks, laptops and eReaders.”

  • Wattpad titles join Sony’s Reader store

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    Selected titles from self-publishing eBook service Wattpad are to be available from Sony’s Reader Store. The initial selection of books are the top picks from Wattpad’s library of 250,000 titles, with many having been read over 1,000,000 times.

  • Kindle comes to Blackberry

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    Blackberry users in the US can now download a new Kindle application from Amazon.com giving them access to their eBooks on their handset. As well as the ability to read books, the app allows users to search and browse titles, buy new books from within the app and even synchronises the last page read between…

  • The Pacific – trailer

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    Last week we brought you details and clips from World War II drama THE PACIFIC which is set to be aired from Easter on Sky Movies and now we have a great trailer for you to enjoy.

  • Civilization V confirmed as in development

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    2K Games has announced that the fifth entry in Sid Meier’s epic Civilization franchise is now in development at Firaxis Games for the PC (sadly no news yet on possible console or Mac versions). Promising players an “an astonishing new engine built from the ground-up” 2K Games say players will be “introduced to an entirely…