If there is one thing that Guillermo Del Toro is great at, besides multi-tasking, it’s coming up with some truly creepy monsters. Mimic, Blade 2 and Pacific Rim are just a few examples of his horrrific imagination. And now he’s going back to the Nsoferatu with The Strain, which has received the go ahead green light from FX. Last Updated: …

  What Tom Cruise wants, Tom Cruise gets! After tangoing around the project for eons now, Tom Cruise looks like he’s finally ready to give El Presidente the attention that it needs. Doug “Mr and Mrs Smith” Liman is on board to direct, but there’s one other ingredient that Cruise needs before he’ll commit to the film. Jack “truth-handling” Nicholson, …

And now for something completely different. As far as comedy acts go, Monty Python is one such group which helped usher in a new breed of comedy and sketches, from their groundbreaking work on the Flying Circus TV series, through to their various films which examined everything from feudal systems to naughty messiahs. Ever since they wrapped up on the …

Studio Ghibli animation legend Hayao Miyazaki has flirted with retirement several times in the past – he’s even cheated on it! – but this latest vow to step away seems to be real deal. If that is truly the case, then we’d be horribly saddened to see him go, but based on this US trailer for his final film, The Wind …

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Right now, I’m cradling my Preacher comics in the anticipation that that cult property will finally get the live action treatment that it deserves. Production is underway right now on the pilot, and you can be sure that the AMC netowrk has picked some great actors to fill the lead roles. But of course, it wouldn’t hurt to take a …

You think that death and taxes are a certainty in life? Well buddy, you haven’t counted on Christmas being about as predictable as a Julius Malema blame game. Tis the season of gaudy advertising, terrible gifts from your grandmother and that f$%^ing Boney M drummer boy song being looped endlessly. Add It’s a wonderful life to that list, as thanks …

The bigger a film gets, the riper it becomes for parody. The Dark Knight trilogy is no exception to that rule, with most efforts focusing on the fact that Christian Bale must have gargled with hot tar and Vin Diesel in order to achive his growly Batman voice. So how did Bale come up with the voice for the caped …