You could say that Martin Scorsese owes Andrew Lau one. Despite having had already attained and maintained his legendary filmmaker status for decades, it wasn’t until 2006 that Scorsese finally landed his Best Director Oscar. The movie he got it for was The Departed, a movie that is actually an English language American remake of Lau’s equally critically lauded Hong Kong …
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When it comes to horror remakes, there are great movies and truly awful ones. The Hills Have Eyes is arguably the most shining example of how to revisit a terror classic, followed closely by the new Evil Dead. Last Updated: August 14, 2014
“About time”, is probably what many Babylon 5 fans are thinking right now as the cult series is finally getting a shot at the big screen. But not quite the way they may have hoped or expected. At the recent San Diego Comic-Con (via TV Wise), writer, director and producer J. Michael Straczysnki announced that he will be penning a …
What’s in a name? Well, if the mercilessness of the school playground is any indication, then a hell of a lot. Luckily for the 15 characters on this list, they never had to suffer through the horrors of name calling, but we’re changing all of that today. Last Updated: August 14, 2014
Tom Hiddleston is being sought to fill the sandals once worn by the late Charlton Heston in the new adaption of the 1880 novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of The Christ by Lew Wallace. This will be the third adaption following the afore-mentioned 1959 Charlton Heston epic and the original 1925 silent film. However, it will boil down to a matter …
Man, can I call ’em or what?! Okay, so maybe it was Bleeding Cool that did all the initial calling, but man, can I agree 100% with a call or what?! With the runaway success of Guardians of the Galaxy, it appears that Marvel are indeed looking to branch out with some of their more cosmically aligned characters, and have begun …
Johnny Depp is a conundrum. Despite being an obviously talented actor, the last few years have seen him develop a tendency to just disappear into a sea of blandness on-screen unless he’s playing some ludicrous caricature of a character with a penchant for exorbitant amounts of makeup and funny headgear. But when he plays these crazy characters, he takes them …
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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