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Ed “Love and other Drugs” Zwick hasn’t been behind the camera for a while, but that’s all set to change soon. Zwick has been prepping his latest film, and has managed to score Superman himself in a leading role, but now, Henry Cavill will be sharing the spotlight, as Benjamin “Honest vampire slayer” Walker has also signed on, for The …

Things aren’t looking too good for the massive Zombie film, World War Z. Even though principal ohotgraphy wrapped up earlier, it’s clear that something is massively wrong with the film, as the cast and crew have been recalled for an additional seven weeks of shooting. With the script being an apparent issue here, Damon “cryptic bastard” Lindelof has been hired …

I still don’t think I’ve gotten over the shock of seeing that spindly kid from That 70’s Show! cast as Venom in Spider-Man 3. If there had ever been a warning sign as to how bad that movie was going to turn out, that klaxon of WTF casting, should have been it. But despite the film’s (completely deserved) critical savaging, producers …

Thus far, I’ve really liked what I’ve been seeing on Dredd, Hollywood’s second attempt at bringing the fabled 2000AD comic character, Judge Dredd, to life on the big screen. The first movie crashed ‘n burned ‘n melted ‘n decomposed ‘n stunk up the surrounding area for years because it completely misread the tone of its source material. Yes, John Wagner’s creation …

I enjoyed Thor, but it certainly had it’s flaws. Ridiculous Shakespearean time frames aside (the entire movie, from Thor being an impetuous godling, to being banished, to meeting Jane Foster, to becoming a hero all takes place literally over a weekend), one of my comic book fanboy peeves was that the Warriors Three – Thor’s loyal companions for ages – …

The weekend box office had only two notable additions over that period, with Dreamworks and their third Madagascar flick going head to chestburster with Ridley Scott’s Prometheus. Of course, only one of those films could claim the top spot, and that winner was: Last Updated: June 11, 2012

They’ve wrecked the city of sin, Las Vegas, and the city of dubious genders, Bangkok, so what’s next for the gang of inebriated party animals from The Hangover? Well, if you happen to live south of the US border, you might just want to lock up your deadliest roosters and hide the tequila worms, because the Wolf pack is hitting …