It feels like I’ve been writing about Seventh Son, an adaptation of popular YA fantasy novel “The Spook’s Apprentice”, for years now already. Oh, wait. I actually have been writing about it for years! The Jeff Bridges led flick finished its principal photography in back in 2012 already, but was then shelved when VFX company Rhythm & Hues went bankrupt (famously …
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I have to say that the duo formerly known as the Wachowski brothers, now as just the Wachowskis, did a damn good job of creating one of my favourite movies, that being The Matrix. I’ll even put my neck on the line and say I enjoyed the other two, just not as much as the first though. So I am tentatively excited that Jupiter …
If there’s any concept that’s a big deal in Hollywood right now, it’s superheroes in a shared universe. Given the success Marvel has had with creating one, it’s no surprise Warner Bros with its DC characters, Sony with Spider-Man, and Fox with The X-Men are all trying to cash in on the same formula; and time will tell how well …
Taking first place from Disney’s Big Hero 6, the long awaited sequel to Dumb and Dumber took the number one spot with a $38 million haul at the North American box office. That makes for the biggest opening ever for a movie directed by the Farrelly Brothers, and on par with similar movies such as Anchorman 2 ($39.5 million). The …
It’s a good time to be James Gunn right now. The director has had a massive year, thanks to Guardians Of The Galaxy raking in vast swathes of cash at the box office. With a sequel on the way and every kid getting out of trouble by saying “I Am Groot”, Guardians Of The Galaxy is pretty much the new …
Easily stabbed horny teens are a dime a dozen. Hell, horrible blunt force trauma and stab wounds are the third leading cause of death amongst teen sin the US of A, just behind various lakeside STDs and Final Destination sequels. What made Scream stabd out from the myriad of such similar movies when it first arrived, wasn’t just a sense …
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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