Believe it or not, Todd Phillips used to be the kind of director who made films that wren’t about crazy shenanigans revolving around people drinking far too much alcohol than was medically possible. The man used to make documentaries, and now, he’s going to try his hand at a remake of the James Cann classic, The Gambler. Last Updated: August …
You may have heard of the new Jack Ryan movie that Paramount is making. With Chris Pine in the lead role as the popular literary character (who’s previously been played on screen by Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford and Ben Affleck), and Kenneth Branagh directing as well as starring as the film’s villain, it’s set to introduce author Tom Clancy’s character to …
OK, confession time: While I certainly like Sam Raimi’s Evil Dead trilogy, I don’t worship them like some people do (I know, I know). So if a semi-fan such as myself already felt serious apprehension with the latest remake, with it’s gender swapping lead, then the die-hard fans must feel like the dead bodies of their loved ones just became …
Kick Ass 2 is gathering some production steam, recruiting such actors as John Leguizamo, Morris Chestnut, Robert Emms and Donald Faison to the project, which examines how disastrously stupid and dangerous it is to be a real life caped crusader. There’s some decent star power there, but it’s lacking a certain level of crazy talent, something that Nicolas Cage brought …
Hollywood loves cherry-picking some of the best films from Asian cinema, and giving them a western makeover that is usually more hit than miss. Spike Lee has an Old Boy adaptation currently in production, while films such as Bangkok Dangerous and The Grudge highlighted some failed attempts at making a film based on a hit property from Japan. Well, time to turn the …
Stephen King’s The Dark Tower is one of the greatest pieces of sci-fi/fantasy literature ever written, in my opinion. As such, I have an equal combination of hope and dread for director Ron Howard’s proposed adaptation of the series. He at least realized that the story is so epic in scope, that just a couple of feature films would never …
A lot has been said over the last couple weeks about how Fox is losing their film rights to comic book superhero Daredevil to Marvel Studios. And while character rights reverting back to their creators is a good thing, the downside of all of this is that fan favourite director Joe Carnahan’s gritty 70’s reboot of the character had its …
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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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