Folks scoffed when it was first announced that Disney would be spending upwards of $4 billion to acquire Star Wars. A ludicrous sum of money, that probably wouldn’t see any returns for many, many years. Right? Wrong! Star Wars is already proving to be a massive cash cow for the house of mouse, and that’s with the property not having …
Movies are magical things that create wonderful worlds where the rules of reality need not apply. However, when a movie sets up an established rule set and proceeds to ignore it, that’s when things can get laughable, silly or downright annoying. Most recently, I picked up on this with Ant-Man (minor spoilers to follow). If you have seen it, you …
If anyone wondered whatever happened to Leon Schuster, he’s back and busy cleaning up. Last Updated: September 2, 2015
[WARNING: THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS UNCONFIRMED SPECULATION ABOUT A CERTAIN CHARACTER’S FATE IN BATMAN V SUPERMAN, BUT WHICH MAY BE CONSIDERED A SPOILER IF TRUE. READ AT YOUR OWN PERIL!] So let’s recap: Rumours that the corpse of Michael Shannon’s General Zod, last seen getting his head twisted in the wrong direction in Man of Steel, is going to be making …
This year’s San Diego Comic-Con was a landmark one for the famous convention. Besides for all the big announcements and reveals that happened there, by far the biggest story that came out of that weekend in July was studios’ insistence on Comic-Con exclusive trailers. With getting into the vaunted Hall H becoming more impossible with each passing year, this practice …
Breaking box office records is usually followed by the popping of champagne, singing and dancing, maybe even a celebratory bagel or two. Usually. Unfortunately it is also possible to break the totally wrong kind of record as one particular film discovered this weekend past. EW is reporting that We Are Your Friends, the latest flick starring Zac Efron, only managed …
It seems like it was just yesterday that Daniel Craig was announced as the next James Bond, taking over from Pierce Brosnan who had played the role of the infamous secret agent from 1995 through until 2002. So far, the Craig era has been a rocky one, both internally and externally thanks to recent cash woes at parent company MGM. …
You don’t get a classier caliber of actor than Bill Murray. The guy is charming, funny, and can act his socks off (yet has never won an Oscar – rigged MUCH?) So adding him to the upcoming – and to some controversial – all-female reboot of the 80s classic Ghostbusters is going to do a lot to silence some people who would use …
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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