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Writer-Director Paul Feig is reteaming with his Bridesmaids and The Heat actor Melissa McCarthy to bring us Spy – an action comedy about a desk-bound CIA analyst who enters the high stakes world of global espionage… The official plot synopsis is as follows: Susan Cooper (McCarthy) is an unassuming, deskbound CIA analyst, and the unsung hero behind the Agency’s most …

I am tired of it, tired, tired, tired of it! Remakes of movies that should be left to mature in their juices of cult classic status, pulled from their resting places by Hollywood only to have CGI electrodes thrust into them in order to destroy remake them! Cough. Sorry about that. Let me calm myself… My beloved Escape from New …

Damn teenagers. Back in my day, we were terrified of things such as not passing high school, failing to get a job or not investing wisely in hedge funds that couldn’t possibly come back to bite us in the ass. But the kids of today? They aren’t scared of such things. Thanks to denial, they believe themselves to be immortal. …

There was a bit of a surprise this week, as a new Avengers: Age Of Ultron trailer Hulk-smashed its way onto the net. While it recycled plenty of previously seen footage, it also contained plenty of new footage, that was all spoiler-free. Naturally, we decided to analyse every single frame of the new trailer. Especially the frames starring our favourite Avengers in …

Hey, it’s that time of year again! Hollywood’s awards season has kicked off with The Golden Globes and all the movie stars finally get to see if the decision to do that one critic-bait movie last year will pay off with accolades and praise. If you haven’t watched The Golden Globes yet, you can catch up on all the winners …

Last week saw steamy adaptation Fifty Shades of Grey finally getting its rating from the MPAA. Many fans were worried that the producers would wimp out and PG-13 the whole thing, removing all the horribly written very explicit sex play found in E.L. James’ novel. But in the end, Fifty Shades ended up getting its R-rating for the usual assortment of sexual …