To a whole generation of filmgoers, Tom Cruise will always be Maverick, the hotshot fighter pilot from Top Gun. Since that classic movie, Ol’ Shorty McCouch-Jumper hasn’t done much on-screen flying, well, unless you count flying off the handle, but he’ll soon be back in the cockpit again for Yukikaze. And true to his recent science fiction binge, he’ll be dogfighting it …
Yo Adrian! These extra movies ain’t so bad! Pretty much everyone loves the Rocky movies, but when it came down to sheer charisma, Carl Weathers as Apollo Creed stole every scene that he was in. Of course, thanks to Rocky not throwing in the damn towel , Apollo got commie-punched so hard by Ivan Drago in Rocky 4, that he got KOed …
Sure, Hollywood may no longer be interested in coming up with original movie ideas, but at least they only concentrate on one remake at a time. That is, unless you’re looking at Jean Claude Van Damme films that is. JCVD may be past his bicep-flexin prime, but the movies he starred in are still kinda watchable these days. Which is …
There is a scene in Alfonso Cuarón’s Children of Men, a taut, nail-biting, attack on a car, filmed in an almost impossible single take where the camera swoops above, through and around the assaulted vehicle as the action unfolds. When I first watched it, I had to pause the DVD so that I could wrap my brain around the technicalities of …
After a production schedule so disastrous that even World War Z looked over and went “DAYYYUUUUUMMMM!”, it looks like Carl Rinsch’s 47 Ronin is finally ready to be shown off to the world. And if Neo sword fighting with evil kimonos and that troll from the first Harry Potter movie (great to see he got work again) are what you’re …
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Nothing beats a good biopic. I honestly don’t care if the events within are about as real as my legendary fight with General Zod where I single-handledly brought down real estate values, but they make for great cinematic fodder. And while I’ve yet to see a movie based on events “inspired” by the life of Chuck Norris, Bruce Lee was the …
Let’s call a spade a spade, or to be more accurate, call Robert De Niro a talented actor who has apparently contracted an extremely virulent case of Cant-turn-down-scrip-itis. The Oscar winner has had a run of poor movie choices over the last couple of years, and while I’m definitely not saying that his latest pick, Luc Besson’s The Family (or is it’s …
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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