I’ve never read Stephen King’s post-apocalyptic fantasy tome The Stand, nor have I seen the famous 1990’s TV miniseries adaptation of it that starred Gary Sinise, Molly Ringwald and Rob Lowe. When I ask my friends who are familiar with the story though to describe it to me, one word comes up almost every single time without fail: Epic. King’s …
[column size=one_half position=first ] The movie world loves the action hero, a man (and increasingly woman) who is highly competent, shows no fear and is able to get themselves out of any situation, no matter how hairy. Whether it’s Jason Bourne or Jason Statham, they are there (to quote another John Carpenter movie) to kick ass and chew bubblegum. Last …
Only the good die young and that apparently goes double for NBC’s Constantine TV series. The show battled to survive terrible ratings when it debuted last year, and since then, it’s been looking for a home. Consider Constantine to be homeless however, as executive producer Daniel Cerone confirmed the sad news not too long ago. “The cast and writers of Constantine …
Starving for new movies? Well the box office is about to get a little bit busy ahead of the US summer season. With Jurassic World looking set to devour audiences within a few weeks, studios decided that it’d be safer to open up before that flick came stomping in. Which is how the box office debuted not one, not two …
The last time director Steven Spielberg and actor/producer Tom Hanks teamed up together we got the two brilliant World War II miniseries Band of Brothers and The Pacific. Now the two Hollywood legends are teaming up again, except this time the war is kind of cold (as in the Cold War, get it Nick?). That doesn’t mean that the result, …
You cast your mind back to the age of Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers, and you’d realise that for all the high-octane energy, massive monsters and scheduled karate on show, Power Rangers was a pretty goofy show. And really, there’s nothing wrong with that. Even though every character used the dance moves of an entire trilogy of Step Up movies just …
Nick and I will be attending the press screening for Jurassic World tomorrow afternoon and we just could not be more excited. For Nick it’s because he has a man-crush on star Chris Pratt the likes of which is normally only seen between a 12-year old girl and Justin Bieber. For me, it’s just because this movie is looking so …
Tom Cruise is crazy. We all know this. There is a partially destroyed couch standing around on an abandoned Oprah set that attests to this. More relevantly though, he is infamous for sending insurance companies’ blood pressures through the roof as he insists on doing all his own insane stunts in his movies. In Mission: Impossible II, that was really …
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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