We have arrived at that point in Jack Black’s career where he can play someone’s forty-something dad. A bit like when Nicolas Cage appeared in Kick-Ass. Cage has been a fictional dad several times before, so maybe it was the Batman-esque owl helmet, but for some reason that moment stuck. Last Updated: November 4, 2015
It was the night of Halloween and all was quiet… except for the raucous parties at select entertainment venues. For one magical evening slutty nurses, KISS band members and people who hired completely impractical suits converged for drunken celebrations – because that is what Halloween is all about! Last Updated: November 4, 2015
After a pre- and post-production cycle so secretive that even JJ Abrams was like “Daaaaaamn, just give them something already!” this coming Friday will finally see us getting our first official look at Warcraft. Duncan “Moon” Jones’ highly anticipated adaptation of the long running, best-selling video game franchise did debut a teaser trailer at San Diego Comic-Con in July, but …
You don’t know dick! No really, you probably don’t know that Moby Dick, Herman Melville’s classic novel, is actually based off real events that transpired in the 19th century when a whaling ship was hunted down by a giant whale with a very sour disposition (I’m guessing somebody called it fat -“It’s blubber, damn it!”). Now that real story is …
You know I never really knew much about the story of Van Helsing until the 2004 film that featured a rather less ripped Hugh Jackman and Kate Bekinsale. The movie did pretty well for its time so what better way to celebrate that some 11 years later than by making Van Helsing a woman. Um, What? Yup, jumping on the female-led remake …
Forrest Whitaker and Vince Vaughn are to star in The Archbishop and the Antichrist, a feature film adaptation of the acclaimed stage play that tells the fictionalized account of Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s (Whitaker) visits with Piet Blomfield (Vaughn) – a brutal murderer seeking redemption for the crimes he committed while serving a life sentence in post apartheid South Africa. Oscar-winning veteran …
Hey, guys! Somebody made an official movie featuring The Atom, Canary and Reverse Flash! Okay, so maybe it’s just the actors who play those characters on Arrow and The Flash, but clearly writer/director Matt Ostermann is a fan of CW’s DC Comics TV series as he’s dipped quite a bit into their casting pool for his upcoming sci-fi thriller 400 …
Anomalisa is the upcoming comedy-drama from Charlie Kaufman (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Being John Malkovich) that stars David Thewlis (Naked, The Theory of Everything) as an ordinary man making his way through an ordinary life doing ordinary things… until he finds a possible way out. The official plot synopsis is as follows: Michael Stone [David Thewliss], husband, father …
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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