So remember that really weird, kind of sinister teaser trailer for the Scarlett Johansson starring sci-fi thriller Under The Skin? You couldn’t really make out much from that teaser – well except for the naked, creepy midget stomping in the fields – but now we’ve got a new extended version of it and it’s… it’s… well, it’s still all rather messed …
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Sex, drugs and rock ‘n roll, mixed with a dash of the old ultra-violence. Animated movies generally serve to entertain bored toddlers and giddy fans with cutesy characters and flowery plotlines. Far fewer tackle such heady topics as intergalactic space, interstellar drugs and inter-species intercourse. Then again, there was a time when few comics touched on these lurid topics either. …
Fo shizzle my griddle? Thanks to my dawg Kervyniddle whackiddling my hizzle with a spazzle, I have a speechizzle disorder. While I indulgizzle back into my early 90s personizzle and go see a doctor of thuganomics, here’s some more heat on that Tupac Shukar movizzle that’s been floating around the Hollywoodizzle. Last Updated: September 23, 2013
It’s still a slow time at the North American box office, as blockbuster season is over. Or at least until Christmas rolls around. New entries over the weekend included dancing, Ben Affleck and and an old classic returning. Here’s how they all did. Last Updated: September 23, 2013
Before Christian Bale took on the mantle of the bat-cowl in 2005’s Batman Begins, there were plenty of other actors out there that were also on the shortlist for the reboot. But how could director Christoper Nolan and his producers be certain that they had found their Batman? After all, they needed someone who could show emotion, multiple personalities and …
Jake Gyllenhaal and director David Villeneuve are currently scoring huge praise with their gripping thriller, Prisoners, with some Oscar buzz already attached to Gyllenhaal and Hugh Jackman’s performances in the film. That’s actually the second film that Gyllenhaal and Villeneuve have made together, but through the wonders of strange Hollywood production schedules, the first – Enemy – is being released second. Based on …
Jennifer Lawrence’s Katniss Everdeen is still sitting pretty atop her throne, with all challengers to her YA adaptation crown – like The Host, Beautiful Creatures and The Mortal Instruments – crashing and burning like they were crash test dummies made of napalm. A big component of The Hunger Games‘ success was writer/director Gary Ross, but he’s no longer at the helm, with Francis …
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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