It’s never easy losing an actor, but the harsh reality is that such a loss has a deeper impact on the production of a film, with hundreds of millions of dollars at stake. Paul Walker’s untimely demise has left the Fast and the Furious franchise in such a predicament, as the actor still had plenty of filming to do …
To paraphrase that popular festive season ditty, all I want for Christmas is Who. And in just over two weeks time that’s exactly what I’m getting. It will be an extra special Christmas special for Doctor Who though, as we have to say goodbye to Matt Smith, arguably (and I’d be doing the arguing in favour of) the greatest man …
The easiest comparison to make regarding Tom Cruises’ Edge of Tomorrow, is to call it the bastard child of Groundhog Day and Starship Troopers. But after seeing this first trailer for the film, it’s more apt to imagine Tom Cruise stuck in the final stage of a video game for all time as he levels up and gains bonus experience …
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Sometime back in 2009, “jumping the shark” got upgraded from a figure of speech to a film genre, and now we find ourselves in a world where movies like Sharktopus and Sharknado don’t just exist, but actually get watched by millions of people. The movie that kicked off all these good-bad shark movies was of course mockbuster studio The Asylum’s Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus, and …
Going into 2014, one film that has my attention is Transcendence. The directorial debut from Wally Pfister, he’s the man who framed various Christopher Nolan films, and pretty much the visual reason for the success of the Dark Knight trilogy. Taking a page from Nolan however, his film has been shrouded in mystery for months now, with most of the …
As far as remakes go, Robocop may just be the one film that folks feel is completely unnecessary. Sure, it looks shiny and slick, but what’s the point of remaking a movie that still holds up so well, even to this day? Current Robocop Joel Kinnaman reckons that what makes his film so special, is that it forges its own …
Samuel L. Jackson is to Hollywood what Wolverine is to Marvel Comics. No, I don’t mean that Jackson is an angry Canadian with garden shears stuck to his knuckles, but he is arguably the most prolific actor in Tinsel Town right now, popping up in every second title you see. And next this busy actor will be teaming up with …
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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