Despite the fact that it was panned harder than a drunk husband insulting his wife in a kitchen, Haunted House did some decent business. Off of a $2.5 million budget, the movie made $60 million, which makes it a pretty damn profitable waste of film negatives. With that kind of success, a sequel was whipped up quick enough to make …
Nothing is set in stone, and that goes double for movie projects and their titles. Recent years have seen movies phase out the need to get all sequential and rather have some sort of exotic tagline instead, something which the upcoming Batman vs Superman is looking at doing. Last Updated: November 22, 2013
Well, of the week’s five new releases it’s really obvious who the box office champion is going to be… Last Updated: November 22, 2013
John McClane has been having a bad day since 1988, and his audience has been sharing in that pain for the last two film sequels. Lets be honest here, Die Hard 4.0 and A good day to Die Hard aren’t the best examples of dealing with foreign threats to the land of the free and the brave. Could the sixth …
Besides for his very human and potentially disastrous hand (seriously, it’s right there for anybody to shoot), there’s one other major difference between the new rebooted Robocop and the classic original. Okay, two major differences if you count the paint job. Other than that though, this Robocop also has the distinction of being fully aware of the fact that he’s been …
Welcome to The Extras! A daily dose of all the smaller movie related news, clips and just plain cool stuff that you might have missed! Last Updated: November 21, 2013
After being humbled by James’ most recent cinophile piece on the 1971 road action movie Vanishing Point (which I am ashamed to say I have not seen yet) I was reminded of a weekend many years ago when my older brother and I spent the day watching car chases and of the arguments that ensued. I didn’t realise it …
You’d be surprised to see which films made in the last couple of years were actually sourced from comic books. Ghost World, A History of Violence and Road to Perdition are just some such examples. But loud and vibrant costumed characters rule the roost when it comes to comic book movies. One such property that could bridge both the colourful …
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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