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[column size=one_half position=first] As Robin Williams’ shocking death sank in, many theories arose about why he chose to take his own life. Inevitably topics like inner demons and the tears of a clown would surface, Last Updated: August 18, 2014

Avatar 4 co-writer Shane Salerno has obtained the movie rights to evergreen pulp action character Mack Bolan, “The Executioner” and all his related series. Originally created by the late Don Pendleton and first published in 1969, Mack Bolan is still fighting the good fight with the books featuring Bolan, and his spin-off series Able Team, Phoenix Force & Stony Man, …

This trailer for Wetlands, a German sort of rom-com (heavy on the “sort of”) that made quite the impression at the SXSW Film Fest earlier in the year, contains no nudity, no gratuitous violence, and unless my paltry German is letting me down, no actual foul language. And yet, there are certain scenes in this trailer I wouldn’t watch in any …

What do you want to do about this box office results Sly? FIND ‘EM TRACK ‘EM AND KILL ‘EM! Last Updated: August 18, 2014

While we still have a month to go before we get some half-shell action in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the general consensus about the film is that it ain’t half-bad, but it ain’t half-good either. It’s a decent movie really, but it hardly feels special. Still, it’s raking in some big cash at the box office, which means that a …

If there’s a strange lack of directors in your neighborhood, who ya gonna call? Ivan Reitman! Ever since Sony began toying with the idea of a third Ghostbusters flick, there’s been one man involved in every decision, and that’s the original Ghostbuster director himself. While Reitman won’t direct a third flick in that series, he will still be around to …

Yahoo rescuing Community post-cancellation for a sixth season (holding thumbs for that movie) is one of those things that make me all gooey inside. And based on the fact that my insides are normally just comprised of battery acid, barb ware and chunks of ribeye steak, that’s quite an achievement. The hilarious meta-comedy show is just too, well, hilarious and meta to get …