Typecasting is a funny thing, and definitely not in a “Ha ha” sense. When one actor gets picked to play the same type of role over and over again, people often gripe about it, and then when said actor eventually tries to break out into a different type of role, people often gripe even louder about that. Especially when it’s …
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Even though it may have been completely bananas, I kinda dug 2004 ‘s The Chronicles of Riddick. It was a massive departure from 2000’s Pitch Black, which had a tighter and more focused storyline of survival in comparison. For the third Riddick flick though? It looks like director David Twohy is combining the two, into one big film that once …
There’s been a lot said about Prometheus around here – a lot – and most of what was said by me was that while I found director Ridley Scott’s long awaited 2012 return to sci-fi to be an uneven film with the dumbest smart people you’ll ever see, I had hopes for redemption from the planned sequel. A sequel that then seemed to …
Not all barbarian movies are made equal. Not all barbarian movies have budget for any real special effects. Not all barbarian movies can afford big, hulking slabs of Austrian meat. Not all barbarian movies follow the plot. But at least some barbarian movies knew how to make up for such shortfalls. It usually involves lots of nudity… Last Updated: June …
I like to think that we’re in a much better age of television right now. The medium has finally grown up, and with online services forcing networks to not actually always rely on antiquated systems in order to get a new TV series greenlit, we’re seeing a lot more quality making it’s way onto the big screen. Which is probably …
Look! Up in the sky! Is it a bird? Is it a plane? And why the hell are two people so excited about birds and planes in the first place? No, it’s a speeding box office runaway success story! As if there was any doubt, it looks like the Man of Steel film cleaned up nicely at the cinemas over …
Remember Highlander, the rulesh of the game. No battling on holy fanboy ground, and you musht take the head of the franchishe if you want to win. Yesh. It looks like dark days for the upcoming reboot of the cult classic film, which spawned a sequel that could only be understood while tripping LSD, a few more unbearable films and …
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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