Much has been said about 2015’s Star Wars: Episode VII, and most of it was about the fact that director/co-writer JJ Abrams and the folks at Lucasfilm weren’t actually saying anything. But while the clues to the content of Episode VII has been as tenuous as you can get, apparently the first new standalone spinoff movie, being penned by Empire Strikes Back writer Lawrence Kasdan and due …
2012’s The Raid: Redemption was arguably the best action movie of the last decade, with its insane and brutal fight choreography and sphincter destroying tension. The only bad thing that could be said about it, was that due to its limited release, this Indonesian gem was only seen by the hardcore action aficionados and all the people they kept ragging to watch …
2015 may be the year where the box office goes for broke with perhaps far too many big name franchises making a return, but 2014 looks like it just might be one hell of a calm before that storm arrives. Marvel and Disney have two big-name films dropping this year, including debut space adventure Guardians of the Galaxy. Iron Man …
The first Avengers film may not have been the kind of blockbuster that saw scenes shot all over the world in 80 days, but it looks like things might be changing in the sequel. When you’ve got the living embodiment of the American dream on your team, alongside a green gigantic rage monster, a god of thunder and Iron Man, …
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What if you could travel back in time? Hell, if it was me, I’d be cashing Powerball cheques and living the high life. I’d leave this site to rot in hell and laught at Kervyn and everyone else and I just typed this out loud, didn’t I? Stilll, time travel has always been an interesting movie idea. And that genre …
When the Xbox One was revealed this year, it was done in flurry of hype that focused on the one thing that gaming console owners want: Sports and television. Yessiree, the press event for that device was all about media, with a big focus on bringing original content to that platform. The first such official bit of television hitting that …
Cameron Diaz has been receiving a lot of buzz for her uncharacteristically twisted turn in Ridley Scott and Cormac McCarthy’s The Counsellor, but I guess you can only stop being a loveably ditzy blonde on screen for so long. With The Other Woman, Diaz is seemingly back in rom-com mode… or maybe that should be rev-com? As in “revenge”? Either way, she, …
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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