To text or not to text, that is the SMS that is noisley typed during many a movie screening. We’ve touched on that debate before, with one compromise that is being suggested, is to allow text-friendly versions of film to be shown, allowing the small bright screen brigade access to their devices while the action unfolds on the screen. But …
Andrew Stanton had a rough year. No matter how much I loved it, the Pixar alum’s first live-action directorial romp, John Carter, didn’t go down too well with everybody. Despite the fact that the film has actually made a $30 million profit, Disney is still for some reason touting the line that the film lost them $200 million and they’ve …
James Franco has been doing some of the best work of his career over last few years. Sure, he got out-acted by a make-believe monkey in Rise of the Planet of the Apes, but he was fantastic in 127 Hours. And now he’s teaming up with acclaimed director Sam Raimi to bring us a previously untold origin story (where have I …
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Just a few days after we got our first story hints for the Captain America sequel with it’s new “Winter Soldier” monniker, THR is reporting that Bucky Barnes is not the only old friend that will be joining Captain America on his next adventure. But this new partner is a little bird-brained, and it looks like he’ll be played by …
I’ve got a soft spot in my heart for comedy originating in the UK. From Monty Python and Father Ted, through to the IT Crowd and Men behaving badly, there’s some surprisingly good laughs hidden in some clever lines and situations, from TV show to full on movie. I’m hoping some of that humour will emerge though, in the upcoming …
Vince Vaughn is a great comedic actor. That dry sense of humour and indignation has paid off well for the man, with films ranging from The Wedding Crashers through to upcoming projects such as The Watch and The Internship provifing more The vehicles for his funny-bone antics. But Vince Vaughn the action star? Last Updated: July 17, 2012
You know how after you throw a party, you clean up the next day as best you can, but like a week down the line, you have some guests over again and embarrassingly they somehow find stale chips in the weirdest nooks and crannies? Well, Marvel’s latest One-Shot short film, Item 47, is sort of like that. Except, instead of …
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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