The last time writer-director Peter Berg and Taylor Kitsch got together, it resulted in the kind of absurd and silly movie where navy battleships can do handbrake turns like your cousin’s Ford Escort. But with The Kingdom though, Berg showed that when he keeps the military bits in the realm of reality, he can make pretty effective pew-pew action-dramas. Now Berg is …
It seems like we wouldn’t have to wait too long post Brett Ratner’s take on Hercules to see Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson bash in a few heads, as he’s set to headline MGM’s Seal Team 666. Last Updated: November 7, 2013
Far more than terrorists, corrupt governments or gingers, the true threat to our society as we know it, is actually dirty pirate hookers. Well, at least to our movie watching society, that is. But no matter the context, we are all extremely lucky to have somebody like acclaimed news man and celebrated scotchy-scotch scotch drinker Ron Burgundy here with some …
Calling yourself a martial arts action movie fan, when you haven’t yet seen The Raid: Redemption, is a bit like saying you’re a rock fan but kinda sorta think that Jimi Hendrix is maybe a relative of local langarm legend Bobby Hendricks. Gareth Evan’s 2011 Indonesian tour de brute force was not only one of the most viscerally thrilling films to come …
Welcome to The Extras! A daily dose of all the smaller movie related news, clips and just plain cool stuff that you might have missed! Last Updated: November 6, 2013
When you’ve got a frigid environment, viruses running amok and several personnel acting…strange, then you know that something has gone wrong. That’s the premise basically for Helix, when a bunch of CDC scientists play god and then find themselves paying the price. A price where coupons don’t apply, as evil doesn’t take refunds, nor does it allow for a 21 …
With the latest Marvel film, Thor: The Dark World, out now, Phase 2 is starting to shape up towards the next big Avengers flick. We’ve still got some Captain America on the way when he deals with a Winter Soldier, but he’ll be followed soon by the motley crew of the Guardians of the Galaxy. Last Updated: November 6, 2013
If there’s one horror movie franchise that really milked the cow, it has to be SAW. Since the first film debuted back in 2003, every year since then saw a new batch of victims get the Jigsaw treatment. 2010 saw the franchise finally get a break with SAW 3D, the seventh film in the franchise. But where there’s a …
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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