What would you get if you were to put Ghandi’s mind in Green Lantern’s body? Well, we’re about to find out in Self/Less, a new sci-fi thriller that sees Ben Kingsley as a dying rich guy who has his consciousness transferred into the vegetative body of a young Ryan Reynolds. Sounds like a sweet deal, until some shady goings-on rear …
Despite having an arrow aimed at a depowered Thor and having set Loki up for a Hulk ragdolling of note, Jeremy Renner’s Hawkeye has been absent from the current phase of Marvel movies. Sure, he’ll no doubt have a major role in The Avengers: Age Of Ultron, but that’s about it for his phase 2 appearances. Phase 3 however, is …
Chappie may have taken first place at the box office, but considering the overall results for the North American top ten, it was like winning a foot race against a coma patient. Neil Blomkamp’s third movie crashed and burned in terms of cash, taking in a mere $13.3 million on opening in the slowest weekend of 2015 so far. In …
We’re all getting old. Some quicker than others, as Kervyn and Nick now resemble a horribly miscast reboot of Grumpy Old Men when they leave for work in the morning. It can be difficult to keep up with life, and just about everyone here has a family member who has no idea what the hell a FaceBook is. That’s pretty …
As somebody who was raised on a steady diet of 1980’s macho-man testosterone and cheesy one-liners, I’m a huge fan of The Expendables series. Yes, it’s all meathead machismo, and the first movie was far too serious, but I had some fun with the third (mainly thanks to a scenery chomping Mel Gibson) and had a complete riot with the …
I’m kind of looking forward to CBS’ upcoming Supergirl TV series. My enthusiasm stems from mainly two sources: 1) While DC are still playing serious catch-up with Marvel on the movie front, they’re simply owning on TV with The Flash, Arrow and Gotham; and 2), the 1984 Supergirl movie starring Helen Slater was so bad that pretty much anything they …
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By this stage I’m guessing that you’ve watched that incredible new Avengers: Age of Ultron trailer a lot – A LOT! – right? And you’ve probably even seen Darryn’s epic breakdown of that trailer, detailing all the cool things that you may have missed. Still can’t get enough though? Well, then step over this way my pretties (and Nick) as …
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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