“From Ben Affleck, director of…” Skip back about 3 years, and I would have greeted that quote with much eye-rolling and/or sniggering. Despite all his early promise as an actor, Affleck had just kept on starring in inconsequential fluff at best, Gigli at worst. And then in 2007, he must have just got sick of being in other people’s movies, …
James Bond is the man. He’s the suave super-duper secret agent that we all wanted to be when we grew up, all thanks to his flippant attitude, Casanova skills and propensity to kick any ass that came his way. He’s also the granddaddy of bullet-dodging, as his ability to avoid high velocity lead is second to none. So just how many bullets …
If you’ve ever been hard up on cash, guys, then heading off to a Sperm donation clinic is usually a quick way to make a few bucks, with the help of Mrs Palmer. Vince Vaughn knows this in his next movie deal, as he prepares to havethea legal battle from hell on his hands, when we he finds out how …
It’s been touch and go for a while, but it looks like comic book artist John Romita Jr’s hasn’t just been sniffing his own ink too long and that his claims that the sequel to 2010 cult hit Kick-Ass is finally moving forward, is actually coming true. THR is reporting that Matthew Vaughn, who directed, produced and self-financed the hardcore comic book …
Hollywood loves their musicians, but they love their dead musicians even more. Johnny Cash, Elvis and Dewey Cox have all been the subject of some great films, but one legendary member of club 28 that hasn’t had much silver screen exposure was Jimi Hendrix. Even though his estate is more than keen to re-release and profit off of his work …
Following on from yesterday’s announced departure of Jessica Chastain from Iron Man 3 due to her coming down with an acute case of Too-Much-Damn-Work, Marvel Studios has apparently wasted no time in finding a replacement. Variety is reporting that the studios will in fact not be going with the the 3 other actresses (Gemma Arterton, Diane Kruger and Isla Fisher) whose …
Oh Nicolas Cage, I hope you never stop being crazy (NOT THE BEES!). Even though dipping into that manic side usually results in a train-wreck of a film, the process in which it happens is akin to watching a truck full of Jackson Pollock paintings crash into a raging inferno. Horrible, yet strangely beautiful. And for his next film role, …
Let us just state the obvious here: This is not really news. After Hulk smashing the international box-office into a smouldering ruin, while racking up mountains of praise, I don’t think anybody expected this NOT to happen, but I guess it’s good to have it all officially rubber-stamped. Speaking during an earnings conference call, Disney CEO Bob Iger announced 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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