With the recent news that we’ll be getting a Christmas in July with the next Mission: Impossible movie releasing 5 months earlier than expected due to director Christopher McQuarrie and star Tom Cruise just being plain awesome (also, getting the hell out of the way of Star Wars and Spectre), I was already super chuffed for the movie. And now …
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Man, oh man. Reboot. A word that adequately describes the last couple of years at the movies. That and “prequel” of course. Well this time the sad victim is Poltergeist, a movie from the 80’s that had me bloody terrified as a child and also had me wondering why my mother let me watch it in the first place (where were the …
Another day, another movie being adapted for television. Today it’s the turn of The Brothers Grimm, the 2005 fantasy adventure starring Matt Damon and the late Heath Ledger as Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm. The brothers were con artists in early 19th century Germany who traveled from village to village performing fake exorcisms and the like until encountering actual supernatural forces …
British accent. hushed and gravelly voice. Fast cars. immaculately neat business suit. Hoodlums. The police. Yep, that’s pretty much all of the ingredients needed to make something related to The Transporter franchise. The only thing missing? Jason Statham, as we’ve substituted the role of Frank Martin with Ed Skrein this time around. Will it taste the same? Probably, but we’ll …
Who needs a shield, amirite? Marvel Studios presents “Avengers: Age of Ultron,” the epic follow-up to the biggest Super Hero movie of all time. When Tony Stark tries to jumpstart a dormant peacekeeping program, things go awry and Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, including Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, The Incredible Hulk, Black Widow and Hawkeye, are put to the ultimate test …
What is it with Young Adult Sci-Fi Action Movies having overly long titles that have to use a colon? The Divergent Series: Insurgent. The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2. All we need now is a movie based on Rebels: City of Indra: The Story of Lex and Livia. That’s right everyone, TWO colons. …
Normally when I come across an interesting short film, I’ll throw it in Extras. We normally don’t do full feature stories on them. But these short films are also normally not as jaw-droppingly good as Leviathan. Created by Ruairi Robinson, an Oscar nominated Irish short film maker and director of last year’s Last Days On Mars (he was also the …
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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