Want to know who the real breakout stars of all the recent Marvel movies is? That’s easily Clark Gregg, AKA Agent Coulson AKA Son of Coul. He’s been a constant presence, helping to shepherd that franchise into a billion dollar empire. Of course, Couslon isn’t going to be saving the world 24/7, and he does need some downtime. So what …
Action, jilted lovers and one of the final Paul Walker movies ever made dominated the North American box office over the weekend. Despite boasting some solid casting and kinetic setpieces however, Brick Mansions couldn’t match revenge-com The Other Woman, which walked off with a high-heeled first place. But then again, that first place victory was nabbed from the sales rack. …
What’s in a name? A Hobbit by any other name is still a Hobbit, right? Well, not according to writer-director Peter Jackson, and especially since he didn’t need so many originally. Adapting JRR Tolkien’s first book (a brisk 310-pager, I might remind you) into two movies, as prequels to the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, was the early plan, but …
The existence of a Justice League movie has been one of the worst kept secrets in Hollywood so far, much like Ben Affleck’s dead hooker dumpster and Kervyn’s obsession with ABBA. Warner Bros is looking to create a film franchise that can rival Disney’s the Avengers, and with Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel making a decent bank, they’ve found a …
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Ping-Pong hasn’t really lived up to its brief on-screen popularity that it enjoyed in the award winning Forrest Gump but all this is about to change with the coming-of-age Ping-Pong Summer. Set in the, you got it, summer of 1985, the movie charts the life of 13 year old Rad Miracle (played by newcomer Marcello Conte) as he comes of age …
Feeling all energetic and full of vigour for the weekend ahead? Well, let me fix that quickly. When Sin City: A Dame To Kill For releases next year, it will have been 10 years since the original was released. Yes, 10 years. Now while some of you go off to a corner to start blubbering about how you’re getting old, the …
Between Syfy and Johnny Depp, the world is yet to run out of bad movies. Unfortunately there is a shortage of things that make fun of cinema’s bombs. Last Updated: April 25, 2014
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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