Remember the movie that smashed Tom Cruise’s rather awesome Edge of Tomorrow in its opening weekend? No? Well you should feel shame then! The Fault in our Stars had an incredible impact on those who read the John Green novel (mostly females under the age of 25) so it was not surprising that the movie adaptation was also received so well. From the same author now comes Paper …
Playing off the very real US subprime mortgage crisis that hit between 2006 to 2009 that led to many people losing their homes due to foreclosure, 99 Homes is the upcoming drama starring Andrew Garfield and Michael Shannon: Around the world everyone knows that honest hard work gets you nowhere. In sunny Orlando, Florida, construction worker Dennis Nash [Andrew Garfield] …
It’s hard to believe, but Daniel Craig has been enjoying shaken martinis as James Bond for a while now. Craig took over from Brosnan way back in 2006 with Casino Royale, continuing through to the lukewarm Quantum of Solace and the highly-acclaimed Skyfall. But after the next Bond film, SPECTRE, Craig might be facing an opponent deadlier than the super-secret …
After that disastrous overly dour first trailer, it appears that Marvel have finally realized something about the upcoming Ant-Man: it’s kind of silly. Once they stopped trying to sell the shrinking hero as a serious character, everything about the troubled production suddenly started clicking into place, including that hilarious and greatly improved second trailer. Now a new extended TV spot …
What a difference a successful event series makes. Wait a minute, that’s what we said yesterday about the new 24 event series. Well over at Fox if one event series is good, two is better! As per TVLine, Prison Break will return to the small screen as a limited event series. Which is fitting in a sense as the show was originally …
I really enjoyed the first Ted movie. It was unusually vulgar, the comic timing of Mark Whalberg and his imaginary friend was awesome and it had a teddy getting high. What’s not to like?! The thing about writer/director and voice of Ted, Seth MacFarlane, is that he can hit a home run one time but then also miss one on such epic …
Four – count them: four! – new movies this week. That is a nice change from the doldrums of the charts seven days ago. But is there anything worth seeing? Last Updated: June 3, 2015
I don;t care what anybody says: I loved the first Joe Dirt movie. It’s one of the few movies starring David Spade that was actually immensely enjoyable, as he portrayed the title character of the ever-optimistic mullet afficianado. It’s also a done-in-one movie, as Joe Dirt managed to walk away a happy man at the end. So what path could …
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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