Despite it’s rather accidental and haphazard road to fame, not even mentioning that nobody involved thought it actually amounted to a hill of beans, Casablanca has gone down in history as one of the cinema greats. Which of course meant that the possibility of sequels and spinoffs started springing up almost immediately. And now the folks over at Warner Bros may …

In a strange little bit of irony, things were looking rather apocalyptic on the set of World War Z earlier in the year. Reshoots, even more reshoots, studio mandated plot changes and on-set conflicts abounded. It was not a happy place. But with the first trailer for the film dropping this coming Thursday, it looks like Paramount and star/producer Brad Pitt …

Hold on to your lady punching bear costumes, folks. The Expendables 3, the second sequel in Sylvester Stallone’s love song to all things 80’s and manly, just got its first confirmed cast member and it’s a doozy. So put the bunny back in the box and get ready for the flipped out thespian stylings of one Nicolas Kim Coppola aka Nicolas …

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You can keep your Free Pussy Riots tshirts, because I have a different cause to support! Back in 1993, three young men were convicted and sentenced for murder. Despite an overwhelming amount of evidence that clearly showed that the trio were in fact innocent, Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley, still spent 17 years in prison before they were released. Paradise Lost was …

I’m not exactly a big fan of films done by J.J ABrams. Usually, they’re of the variety that will blind your retinas with an excessive use of solar flares, or they’ll be obtuse epics that leaves Abrams sniggering in a corner as people try to make sense of them. And for his next flick, instead of blinding audiences or providing …

Steven Soderbergh may be planning on taking a break from film-making, but at least his sabbatical will go out with a bang. One of his current films that will be releasing before he takes some R and R is Side Effects, which stars Rooney Mara in a tale that urges everyone to pay attention to the small print on a …

Two actors. Two iconic roles as boxers. While Robert De Niro was a one man wrecking machine in Raging Bull, Stallone was building a legacy as the loveable Rocky Balboa. Now, the two actors are returning to the ring as different fighters, in Grudge Match, which sees the retired pros settle the score once and for all. The only question …