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Rob Leane Feb 24, 2017

Ghostbusters, Star Wars, Jurassic World and more: it’s our rundown of the coolest Lego movie kits on the market...

There’s nothing quite like building an iconic film scene/location using colourful bricks and a little booklet of instructions. It brings the magic of the movies right into your front room, and it kills time very easily.

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Lego has been lovingly recreating the films we love in miniature form for years, spanning Star Wars, Harry Potter, Ghostbusters, Jurassic World and much much more. Here are 37 of our favourites...

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S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier

Let’s start with an absolute beauty: this Avengers-inspired S.H.I.E.L.

The Star Wars Battlefront beta is upon us, ladies and gentlemen, and with the bout of testing swinging its doors open for all users across PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC today, October 8, early adopters are really taking Dice’s licensed title out for a test spin.

Indeed, some Reddit users – namely TheeUberMedic and radgamerdan – have taken the trial run one step further by unearthing some details hidden within the shooter’s source files. While these remain unconfirmed for now, the eagle-eyed PC users have located voice files for Han Solo, Princess Leia and The Emperor, which are said to be buried in the file directories, along with something called the Hero Hunt – an unannounced mode, perhaps?

Early signs indicate that the files could foreshadow an all-encompassing Hero battle within Star Wars Battlefront, opening up a mode where players solely play as one of the series’ more iconic characters, as opposed...

Chennai, March 28: Filmmaker Parasuram, known for films like "Solo" and "Yuvatha", will team up with actor Rana Daggubati for upcoming Telugu family entertainer "Chuttalabbayi", expected to go on the floors in May.

"I narrated the script to Rana because I know for a fact that he hasn't worked in a full-length family entertainer so far. He instantly liked it and agreed to be a part of it. We are not sure when we plan to go on floors, but we hope to do so by May," Parasuram told Ians.

He says he hasn't cast anyone else for the film as yet.

"Only Rana has been finalized. The rest of the casting process will.

Mumbai, Oct 20: Southern actress Nisha Agarwal will marry Mumbai-based businessman Karan Valecha in December.

"The wedding will take place on Dec 28 and the families of the bride and groom are happy to share the news and seek blessings," said a statement.

Nisha, 25, made her cinematic debut with Telugu romantic-drama "Yemaindi Ee Vela". She has starred in other films such as "Sukumarudu", "Solo" and "Ishtam".

She is currently awaiting the release of Telugu action-drama "Dk Bose".

Her sister Kajal is also into movies.

Ians...

Mumbai Mantra|Sundance Institute Screenwriters’ Lab 2013 announced the eight fellows of the second edition of the lab on Sunday.

The creative advisers of the Lab are: Screenwriters Bill Wheeler (The Hoax, The Reluctant Fundamentalist), Anjum Rajabali (Ghulam, The Legend of Bhagat Singh, Raajneeti), Malia Scotch Marmo (Hook, Jurrasic Park), Sabrina Dhawan (Monsoon Wedding, Kaminey, Ishqiya); BAFTA award winning filmmaker Asif Kapadia (The Warrior, Senna); Mexican screenwriter, director and film producer Carlos Cuaron (Y Tu Mama Tambien, Solo Con Tu Pareja); Indian screenwriter and director Habib Faisal (Do Dooni Chaar, Ishaqzaade); writer-director Joshua Marston (The Forgiveness of Blood, Maria Full of Grace) and writer-producer Marti Noxon ( I Am Number Four, Fright Night).

Selected projects:

Betamax by Terrie Samundra

Betamax is set in the summer of 1976 in London on the brink of a youth uprising. The South Asian ghetto of Southall pulses with the sounds of dancehall, punk and bhangra. Gurmel, a Sikh cornershop owner,...

This article is a guest post by composer Derek Bourgeois

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Now let us look at how you would do this process using Vienna Symphonic Library.

The principal is exactly the same, but the interface looks very different. You have to load Vienna Ensemble Pro before you start to create your instance. You create the instance and link it to Sibelius.

Let’s take my Instance ‘Vsl Percussion 1’. You start with a blank canvas and add instruments one by one except in Ve Pro you are able to name them as well. In ‘Vsl Percussion 1’ I have a sundry collection of 16 assorted percussion instruments as you can see from the picture below.

You create your instrument by clicking on the little icon bottom left of the dialog. You assign the name and the channel, then you select either the Matrix or the specific patch and drag it into the area top left of the screen.

Acer's Liquid Gallant Solo has been outed ahead of its rumoured unveiling at the Ifa show in Berlin. The mid-range Android handset is expected to be one of several phones showcased by the PC manufacturer at the German convention. Running Google's Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system, the Liquid Gallant features a 4.3-inch display, a 5-megapixel camera, a single-core 1GHz processor and 1Gb of Ram. Acer, better known for its PCs and tablets, is expected (more)...

Until Audiobro’s La Scoring Strings: First Chair (Lass First Chair) library first made an appearance a couple of years ago, Vienna Symphonic Library’s DVD Solo Strings library was pretty much the only serious solo string game in town. Lass First Chair was never originally intended to be for lead parts as such – as the name suggests, it’s the first chair in the full Lass ensemble and strictly speaking not lead at all. But it has nevertheless been adopted for this purpose by many composers – it was eventually launched as a standalone product; it has a good expressive range and it is very easy to play.

Now into the marketplace comes a completely new offering: Spitfire Audio Solo Strings. In contrast to Lass, which is relatively dry, Spitfire makes their space an integral part of the library, recording at the world renowned Air Studios in London. Perhaps even more significant,...