I freakin’ love the Martin Scorsese formula, and by extension, his flicks. Never heard of the Scorsese theorem? It’s pretty simple actually. You basically take a slice of the iconic American attitude during a turbulent decade, find a recurring theme, and wrap it all up in an excess orgy of drugs and violence as told through the eyes of your …
And he’s not, as I initially thought, taking over from Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny de Vito in the sequel to Twins. Instead he’s going to assume the lead role(s) of a pair of twins (twins, Basil!) heavily involved in the porn industry in a new series titled The Deuce that’s currently in development for premium cable channel HBO. David Simon, the …
After the massive back to back successes of X-Men: First Class and X-Men: Days of Future Past helped to erase the horrible taste* of Brett Ratner’s X-Men 3 from our cultural palates, the Bryan Singer led mutant franchise just seems to be going from strength to strength on the big screen. But what about the small screen? The X-Men franchise …
This week, Tom Cruise rocks another Mission Impossible movie, an Academy Award nominated actress teams up with Jennifer Lopez of all people on a vigilante mission of justice, and some French-Canadians have jaded critics salivating over their popcorn. Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation With the IMF disbanded, and Ethan (Tom Cruise) out in the cold, the team now faces off against …
So I watched Fantastic Four last night. Thanks to media embargoes, you’re going to have to wait until next week to read my full review, but I will give you a little teaser: I really liked some stuff and really didn’t like some other stuff. Now that might not be much of a revelation, seeing as how most of us …
The last we heard from Fox about the proposed next iteration of hit TV series 24, they were thinking of taking a narrative angle that wouldn’t necessary focus on Kiefer Sutherland’s iconic counter-terrorist agent Jack Bauer, but would allow for him to “come in and fit organically into the story, or they are prepared to do… one installment without him.” …
Movies based on video games suck. This is almost a universally accepted truth. And for very good reason, as watching the likes of Super Mario Bros and Street Fighter: Legend of Chun Li is basically the celluloid equivalent of getting hemorrhoids. In your brain. The latest addition to this infamous pantheon is Adam Sandler’s Pixels, which will possibly go down …
Every town has an Elm Street. And every Hollywood has an Elm Street remake up their sleeves! HAHAHAHAHA! WELCOME TO PRIME-TIME! Yes sir, you just can’t keep a good horror movie icon down. Jason Voorhees has been resurrected more times than David Hasslehoff’s career, Michael Myers went full metal under Rob Zombie and it looks like ol’ Freddy Krueger is …
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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