Well, nobody can ever accuse Mel Gibson of not being ballsy. Back in 2004, before the world had ever even seen a single frame of Gibson’s grueling religious drama The Passion of the Christ, it was already mired in controversy as accusations of antisemitic content was flung around. And the controversy just increased exponentially when Gibson revealed his violent retelling …
We’ve received a lot of news recently about Alien: Covenant and its cast, but not a lot of detail about the characters who will feature in the movie and how everything will fit into the greater Alien universe. We know Michael Fassbender will reprise his role from Prometheus as the “synthetic” David and that at least some of his new co-stars, which include Katherine Waterston, Billy …
It’s been four months since we told you that Universal is still working on bringing Battlestar Galactica to the big screen as a “massive event franchise” to use their expression, and which my blackened and cynical old soul interpreted as their attempt to cash-in on Star Wars/Trek mania. Perhaps I’m being uncharitable, but given both the original (as a child) …
FOR THE HORDE! Flashy spectacle dominates this week’s new releases, with Warcraft at the head of the pack.
I haven’t really paid attention to Marco Polo as a TV series since the first season came out last year on Netflix. That’s partly because I don’t watch much TV, but also because it didn’t seem to offer anything new to me. Don’t get me wrong, I love the whole Mongolian dynasty thing and typically enjoy most samurai movies – but …
FOR THE HORDE! Flashy spectacle dominates this week’s new releases, with Warcraft at the head of the pack. Last Updated: June 10, 2016
What was it about the 1980’s that made it such a magical time for genre movies about kids? It was during this time that filmmakers like Steven Spielberg and Richard Donner just seemed to crack the code on how to tap into a sense of both childhood adventure/wonder and chilling dread, which resulted in such classics as E.T., Poltergeist and Goonies. And now Netflix thinks they …
Walking out of the screening for Warcraft on Monday evening, three thoughts immediately popped into my head: 1) What is so sticky underneath my left shoe, 2) I really enjoyed that more than I though I would, and 3) I really hope it makes enough money to justify a sequel because this is clearly only the start of the story …
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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