There was only one real debut this past weekend at the North American box office. Ol’ Franky boy, the Mary Shelley shizzle, the monster was back. And boy oh boy, did he bomb bad. Because the box office this weekend was on fire for other films. And you all know how the saying goes when it comes to a …

Whether you love or hate his work so far, you have to admit that director Neill Blomkamp knows how to film one hell of a fight scene. District 9 and Elysium is proof of this, whether it be a pacifistic and desperate Wikus van De Merwe fighting like a meched out Parktown Prawn or shedding that non-violent approach to steal …

For years, Karen Gillan was known as the fiery-haired and -hearted “girl who waited”, Amy Pond, on BBC’s Doctor Who. But with her role on the long running British sci-fi show (greatest sci-fi show EVER, I might add) coming to an end in 2012, she’s moved on up to bigger things in Hollywood. She landed a major gig as the “girl who …

Unless you’re a fan of Japanese anime/manga, you would be surprised about just how many of these Asian comics/cartoons have heavily influenced some of the biggest blockbusters (and no, I’m talking about that dodgy Eastern European movie with the tentacles you saw). And if there’s one Japanese title that left a huge mark on Hollywood, in particular several high profile …

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Video games are rarely decent. There’s a few standout examples that prove otherwise however, such as Silent Hill and…Well that’s about all I have. Assassin’s Creed however, could be the one adaptation that could actually be decent. It’s got a great cast, a story that can easily be altered and still remain faithful to the video game franchise and plenty …

Bill Murray is so cool that we even liked him as a zombie. If you told us that The Dude in Big Lebowski was about him, we’d probably believe you. And though many great people have entered the arena of the Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything), quite a few come out scarred (Woody Harrelson, anyone?). But not our man Bill. …

With the Hunger Games earning a license to print money, pretty much every studio wants a piece of that young adult book adaptation pie. It’s like comic book movies in the early 2000s all over again. The downside however, is that most of these adaptations are truly crap, on a monumental scale. There’s still some hope however. There are some …