Sometimes, you can smell a bad movie from a mile away. That unmistakable aroma of box office crap, the pungent smell of cliche dipped in bad acting, scripting and production values cheaper than a prison tattoo. Still, sometimes, you’ll find a rare gem in these movies, where all the crap coalesces into one standout scene that doesn’t make the film …
For as long as Sherlock Holmes has been sleuthing, the great detective has always been seen in his intellectual prime. After all, how appealing would a Sherlock Holmes film be that revolved around an aged master investigator tackling the case of the missing socks? Thing is, that’s half of a good hook, something that will be seen when Sir Ian …
Six seasons a movie! Well, I guess only being half-right on that statement is better than nothing as Yahoo rescued the sorta-cancelled Community last year, to give us one last season at everybody’s favourite dysfunctional institutional of higher (really? we’re going with “higher”?) learning: Greendale Community College. As this hilarious new trailer for the show’s sixth and final season proclaims, …
Look, you already know everything there is to know about The Avengers: Age of Ultron, so I’m not going to bore you with new details about this trailer numero tres. What I will say however, is that the third time is indeed the charm as hell breaks loose between the hordes of Ultron and the Avengers. HULK SMASH! Marvel Studios …
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It seems classic science fiction is popular in Hollywood at the moment, what with Isaac Asimov’s Foundation recently being given the adaptation treatment. Now X-Men director and producer Bryan Singer has been tapped by Twentieth Century Fox (via THR) to produce an adaption of the classic Robert A. Heinlein sci-fi novel The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress, with Mark Guggenheim …
Netflix’s upcoming movie Beasts of No Nation is set to incur the wrath of cinema chains across America for not following a 90 day delay when it is released later this year according to Variety. The Cary Fukunaga (True Detective) directed drama is set to launch in cinemas the same day as the movie streaming site which is upsetting the country’s ‘big 4’ …
When I do a Monday Box Office report, I always focus on the North American movie market. There’s a good reason for that, because the USA has a move-watching public that can outgun any other market in a one on one fight. The closest contender to pure box office numbers to the mighty US of A, usually comes from China. …
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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