Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is probably about as close as we will get to a real life superhero (he even has the super power of revitalizing flagging franchises!), so him becoming a superhero on screen is most definitely just a matter of time. And Johnson himself has admitted to this inevitability several times, most recently saying that he was in …
As the expert Batmanologist (A position that cowardly and superstitious institutions have yet to acknowledge) I know all about getting into and out of Batsuit. Mostly that it’s more of a struggle than you’d realise, and once you’re sealed in, so are your various bodily fluids for the day. Way back in the day, Michael Keaton had experienced this fact …
Good ol’ time travel! Going the temporal route in a movie never gets old, as it allows for a film to be both tense and intelligent. We saw that a while ago with Looper, which may have reignited some time travel themes in the industry, with several movies following in its wake that took advantage of wibbly wobbly themes. Add …
With its release date just a few weeks away, it’s time to ask if YOU… CAN… SMEEEEEEEEELLLLULULHLHLLULULLL… WHAT HERCULES IS COOKING?! And you should, because as we now enter the final straight of Dwayne Johnsons’ new mythological action adventure, Lionsgate has set their marketing campaign to demigod-mode. The studio has unleashed 30 new stills from the film, alongside a brand …
It’s one thing to be a genius, but you’ve usually got some emotional Babbage that comes with the intellect. Wait, wrong computer analogy there. We wouldn’t have computers today, if it were for several ahead of their time minds over the last two centuries. One of which was Alan Turing, the breaker of the Enigma code that baffled many a …
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[column size=one_half position=first ]Time to put on some makeup and turn up the eight track for perhaps the greatest musical ever filmed. Last Updated: July 21, 2014
HEEERE’S ANOTHER PREQUEL! Whether you love or hate the film, it’s hard to deny that The Shining is an exceptionally well-developed movie. Whatever related project follows that cult classic, it’s going to have some big boots to fill in the actor-tormenting and dangerously obsessive pursuit of perfection department. Hopefully, Mark Romanek wears a size extra-Kubrick, as he will be headed …
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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