If you had to take a look at the top ten money-earners this year, you might be surprised at the fact that a film about yellow minions and evil geniuses battling one another is sitting right next to Iron Man and the Man of Steel. Despicable Me 2 did some amazeballs numbers this year, beating even the latest Pixar effort, …
If you’re the kind of Star Wars fan who has to cry him or herself to sleep every night because of those prequel films, and you haven’t seen the superb Clone Wars animated series, then you’ve missed out on something special. Lasting several seasons, that CGI series expanded on the period between Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the …
Kim Jee-Woon led the vanguard of the South Korean invasion of Hollywood (Park Chan Wook’s Stoker and Bong Joon-Ho’s Snowpiercer bringing up the rear) with his English language debut, old school Arnie actioner Last Stand, a film that unfortunately didn’t have that many fans doing the last stand in queues to see it despite being kind of fun. But Jee-Woon has not been deterred as …
I’m a bit of a daydreamer. When I’m not busy talking about movies/comics/games with you guys, or buried up to my nose in some computer hardware, I’m usually off gathering wool. Often times with Jackie Chan. Because my imagination is awesome. But clearly I’m still an imaginary lightweight when it comes to Ben Stiller’s Walter Mitty, as can be seen …
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It’s probably the best Keanu Reeves sci-fi movie ever made. Sure, he’s certainly been in BETTER sci-fi adventures. But did those have brain data smuggling, body modification, gesture-based Internet, psychic dolphins and sizzling nail ornaments? Maybe this is what Neo actually did before the machines took over and plugged everyone in… Last Updated: October 7, 2013
Charles Dickens is one of the most well known authors of all time, with his literary works either having been read by generations of fans or adapted to screen and stage to much acclaim. But there are two things that many fans of Dickens’ stories had no idea about: 1) He had a haircut like one of the Three Stooges, …
If there’s one monster more enduring than even the most relentless horror movie slashers, it’s got to be Frankenstein’s monster. From Boris Karloff to Robert DeNiro, ol’s nuts and bolts has been lurching around for almost a century now in film and television. But in the latest flick starring that icon, he’s going to be a lot more agile on …
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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