Robin Williams seems to have hit a new phase in his career. He’s gone from alien to manic man, funny man to creepy man, and now, he’s taking a stab at portraying various American presidents it seems. He already put in a great performance as the manliest of all those heads of state, as Teddy Roosevelt in Night at the …
There’s a lot of cash that gets pumped into high profile movies these days, but not every movie made, has the potential to earn that investment back, and then some. But then you get films such as Avatar, Titanic and The Lord of The Rings, films which earned so much cash, that a Scrooge McDuck vault was needed to hold …
If you haven’t noticed yet, over here at The Movies we all happen to be quite avid gamers as well as movie lovers. But whenever those two worlds combine we always get a little nervous, and rightfully so based on how dreadful video game movies tend to be. (I’ve single-handedly paid off my therapist’s Clifton mansion after watching Street Fighter: …
Sam Raimi’s been so busy over the last while crafting magical worlds for his Wizard of Oz prequel, Oz the Great and Powerful, that it was easy to forget that he was also chosen to bring another world of magic and strange creatures to life. That world of course being the video game money-making juggernaut that is World of Warcraft. …
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After seeing Thomas Jane kicking ass as the infamous vigilante this week, thanks to Comic Con, we just had to revisit his debut film as the character. It was a period in time where comic book films were being churned out with even more frequency than necessary, but not every one of those films was a winner. The Punisher is …
It would be fair to say that fans did not respond favourably to the announcement that Michael Bay would be rebooting the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as aliens. Who just happen to look like Earthly turtles. Who practice a Japanese form of martial arts. And have Italian names. Surprisingly, one person who appears to be drinking Bay’s kool-aid though is …
Tomorrow at 5pm, I will have the pleasure of sitting down to view one of my most anticipated movies of the year, The Dark Knight Rises. Well, at least I used to think it would be a pleasure. You see, I’ve recently become dreadfully afraid that I might end up not liking TDKR as much as it’s predecessors. And if that …
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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