Take a look at Pacific Rim. On the surface, it’s got some great actors, expert guidance from director Guillermo Del Toro and a decent popcorn film premise. But more importantly, it has giant robots fighting the bastard offspring of all those monsters from the Godzilla films that were left alone on Monster Island. That spells success to me, and with …
2013 looks set to be a great year for superhero movies once again. In May, you’ve got the armoured avenger Iron Man returning for a third outing, while November sees the Asgardian Goldilocks start another round of hammer time in Thor: The Dark World. And between them, you have the original man in spandex, Superman returning. And according to producer …
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Hey, remember that Facebook campaign for The Dark Knight Rises DVD launch which offered fans a small slice of Krypton in exchange for a few likes? Well that’s over and done with, and seeing as how the page got more likes than that stripping Russian girl in the new Die Hard 5 trailers, a reward was indeed unlocked. Here it is. Last …
Kevin Smith is done with making movies ladies and gentlemen. Whether it’s a disdain for the industry, hating the fans for being honest with him or needing more time to and go respond to every single criticism thrown at him on the internet, the cult film director is finished. While Smith has yet to actually start work on his perceived …
Maybe blame it on all those pesky thetans, but it would seem that Tom Cruise has developed a recent thing for sci-fi. Over in Doug Liman’s All You Need is Kill he’ll be a future soldier in an interstellar war doing the space-based Groundhog Day thing, and for Joseph Kosinksi’s Oblivion he’ll be a space mechanic. Now I know that last doesn’t bit …
Either Guillermo Del Toro has Rick James levels of cocaine in his blood stream, or he has successfully managed to clone himself with several doppelgangers running around movie sets, because that guy just keeps on truckin’. With his fingers in several projects right now, Del Toro has added another bit of development to his slate, as he’s looking to film a spooky story by …
Progress is starting to pick up on the sequel for The Amazing Spider-Man. Director Marc Webb is back to direct the character once again, while Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone return as Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy respectively. Added to that, is Jamie Foxx as the villain Electro, and now, one other crucial character spot has been filled. Last Updated: …
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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