Before Vin Diesel starting defying the laws of physics in a car, he was busy… well, defying the laws of physics in a car. And also on a motorcycle. And with a snowboard. And practically any other crazy mode of transport as extreme sports star turned secret agent Xander Cage in 2002’s admittedly rather middling xXx. Despite lukewarm reviews, Diesel …
I really, really want a sequel to Terminator Genisys. It’s not that I found this latest sequel/reboot/rebooquel to be exceptional or anything – it’s fun and definitely better than the last two films, but still pretty flawed – but rather because the completionist in me just has a disdain for unresolved questions in movies. And boy, did Terminator Genisys leave …
[column size=one_half position=first ] The post-apocalypse comes in many forms. You get the dystopian future stuff (Akira, Equilibrium, 1984), the Machine Dawn (Terminator, The Matrix), Extinction (Planet of the Apes), Disease (28 Days Later) and Invasion (Oblivion). But the image it conjures today is inevitably batsh** biker hell-hole, where we are all shanking each other for the last bottle …
UPDATE: IT’S FIXED! YAY! PRAISE THE FLYING SPAGHETTI MONSTER! They say “if ain’t broke, don’t fix it”. Well, it’s definitely broke, and we’re desperately trying to fix it! It would appear that some security updates on our hosting server has completely broken our image database, hence why all the featured images for articles are not displaying. This means that images …
Supergirl’s extended first trailer was… divisive… to say the least, although the subsequently leaked (or “leaked”) pilot seemed to get a better overall reception. Some people enjoyed the fresh take on the superhero genre while others complained about a lack of Superman and talked seriously about canon like there was a crisis on finite Earth; and the elephant in the …
The latest Mission: Impossible flick is incredible. And it’s a movie that may not have been as good without Christopher McQuarrie at helm, who you would have to think got the gig because of his collaboration with star/producer Tom Cruise on Jack Reacher (which McQuarrie directed/scripted). Because of that second collaboration though, McQuarrie was unavailable to come back to direct …
I’ve mentioned before how The Walking Dead is an ok TV show based on a fantastic comic. And that’s because the comic book that spawned the show, is more than ready to go places that the series doesn’t exactly have the stomach to handle. Sure, a ton of the comic book source material has been adequately adapted on the small …
Who’s afraid of the big bad bat? Apparently not Marvel, as the last couple of months resulted in a game of cinematic chicken with Ant-Man and Captain America: Civil War. Originally scheduled for July 2015 this year, Batman V Superman: Damn Gerbils was then scheduled to May 6 2016, a release date that would have seen it go head to …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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