Clubber Lang. Ivan Drago. Tommy Gunn. These were the names of some of the toughest fighters that Rocky Balboa ever stepped into the ring and streets with. But none of them had the tenacity, the sheer charisma of his greatest opponent and best friend, Apollo Creed. That chapter in the Rocky saga was cut short in the fourth film, when …
What’s in a name? Well, a hell of a lot if you’re a Marvel movie! Starting with Thor: The Dark World, Marvel have mostly (the Iron Man franchise excluded) been ditching the practice of appending numbers to their sequels in favour of post-script titles that are more descriptive of the film’s story direction. So when Guardians of the Galaxy writer/director …
The highly-anticipated Terminator: Genisys hits the big screen this Friday, and while out doing the press rounds ahead of the release Skydance Productions’ CEO David Ellison and CCO Dana Goldberg spoke a bit more (via Collider) about another project they’re busy developing – a new Terminator TV series! Whenever talk turns to TV series that were cancelled before their time …
Back in the early 1990s, if you needed a fat guy with charm, charisma and a surprising amount of physical agility, Chris Farley was the man to call. He popped up everywhere on small and big screens, stealing scenes on Saturday Night Live and even kicking ass in Beverly Hills Ninja, which you may have seen repeated three million times …
Everybody has their List of Shame. You know, that group of movies and TV series that everybody has seen except you. On Darryn’s list you’ll find such criminal entries as Battlestar Galactica and Fight Club. Yes, he’s never seen Fight Club – I am Jack’s Sense of Utter Disbelief. I tell you about his grievous exclusions to distract you from …
Paul Feig’s all-lady team of Ghostbusters, is officially a thing. Whether the film turns out to be comedy gold or another reboot that is destined to be forgotten, is up in the air. But hey, at least they can nail the look of the original with a modern day setting, right? Ghostbustin’ not only makes me feel good, but it …
I don’t like the use of ‘ever’ to stress a point beyond breaking, mainly because it it over-used by excitable writers. That does not include Forbes, at least not as I see them. They only go for drama when it is called for, so to declare that China’s movie industry is the fastest growing ever – that’s heavy, man. The …
No, you didn’t have a bad dream after eating some bad shrimp; a sequel to the Ivan Reitman directed 1988 comedy Twins is indeed in the works. The original film starred the odd couple pairing of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito as the titular test-tube siblings, and may have have been a middling success critically, but was a gigantic smash …
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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