Though he had a great solid run culminating in the Oscar winning Training Day and superb 2012 standout End of Watch, writer/director David Ayer had real misstep with his last outing, Sabotage. Did I say “misstep”? I meant drunkenly falling face first into cow dung. But Ayer appears to be back in winning form with Fury, a WWII tank movie that sees Brad Pitt leading a …
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There used to be an age where Hollywood movie stars were considered larger than life, silver screen gods that could do as they please. Then the public got obsessive and we found out through various unscrupulous media outlets that for the most part, actors and actresses are racist jerks just like us. One such actor that went from being admired …
Making a good movie sequel is tough. Making a good movie sequel to a classic, well loved movie is really tough. Which is why Martin Guiui’s The Bronx Bull is not a sequel to Martin Scorsese’s Oscar winning Raging Bull. Not legally, that is. The 1980 original, which saw Robert De Niro earn an Oscar for Best Lead Actor, detailed the rise and …
And now for something completely reboot! There are a ton of projects getting remakes right now in Hollywood, with most of them being stuck in development hell due to the fact that they sound awful. One other vintage franchise getting the remake treatment? Predator. The cult classic 1980’s flick is currently being re-developed, and it’s now under the watchful eye of …
We’re just a few days away from Michael Bay once again incinerating our optic nerves – and a handful of brain cells, some would argue – with Transformers: The Age of Extinction , the latest chapter in his “giant robots fighting other giant robot while protecting/trying to kill dirt-streaked middle class white people who are are always frantically running around” …
Earlier this morning we got a new trailer for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and this Friday sees the release of Transformers: Age of Extinction, the latest entry in a franchise can has somehow developed the technology to transform explosions into money. Both those films/franchise began life as 1980’s cartoons before being given the modern live-action reboot treatment, and while the “R” word …
By now, you’re either for or against the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie. Every generation since the late 1980s has had an incarnation of the popular half-shell heroes, and this year marks the return of the shinobi quartet to the big screen. I’m quite keen for the reimagining, if the TMNT do sort of resemble our dear president. Last …
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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