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For some movie trailers, you need cataclysmic visuals and robot burp noises, while others need neon-lit violence and moody beats. Occasionally, they may even resort to that most classic of visual gags: An Englishman’s penis. But sometimes, all you need to for your trailer to notch one in the win column, is just under two minutes of gorgeously realized, stunningly …
In the gory aftermath of The Lone Ranger’s great big misfire at the box office and with critics, Johnny Deep is said to be close to signing off on a double dip of the wackadoodle hatter from Wonderland. Essaying a role that wasn’t at all a stretch for him, he rode the character to a billion dollar payday for Disney …
When you are given your first gun before you were even age 1 – and you took a liking to it immediately – can say a lot about your future career prospects. It will likely involve crime, violence, drugs and a great pair of sideburns. And your friends are likely to be lunatics. The cops as well, so at least …
As official Batmanologist of The Movies (I own a sexy, sweaty Batman cowl), it’s up to me to watch and play anything that the Dark Knight happens to have a batarang in. There’s a new Batman cartoon out (FINALLY) that goes by the name of Beware the Batman, and you know what? In my completely biased opinion, it;s actually pretty …
Some films, you have high expectations for. Movies that just cannot, and should not, ever fall at the box office. Pacific Rim is one such movie. It is essentially an anime film wherein giant robots punch monsters so hard that merely being in their presence violates your cellphone warranty. But Pacific Rim, despite being incredibly well reviewed didn’t exactly set …
We’ve seen quite a bit of Grandmaster footage so far, albeit all of that footage consisting of a single fight scene where the legendary Ip Man activates a cheat code and then proceeds to increase the brain damaged populace of China by several hundred percent. There’s a new trailer out, and if you guessed that it includes that same rain-drenched …
Contrary to popular belief, the X-Men franchise actually consists of other characters besides Wolverine. And with Wolvie’s next solo adventure soon snikt-snikting it up in cinemas and Bryan Singer hard at work on X-Men: Days of Future First, it appears that Fox is looking to expand their X-universe. And to do that, they’re turning to 1990’s smash hit comic X-Force! Excelsior! Last Updated: …
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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