Is it still too early to start calling Jake Gyllenhaal the new Gary Oldman? Over the last few years – much like the screen veteran Oldman did/still does – the young Donnie Darko actor has seemingly got a great big infusion of chameleon DNA as he just kept transforming himself from role to outstanding Oscar snubbed role (seriously, how did …
The remake of The Magnificent Seven is ready to go and has picked up some big backers. Sony and MGM have agreed to jointly bankroll the remake of one of the most famous Westerns in history. Last Updated: March 13, 2015
Christian Bale, Robert De Niro, Daniel Day Lewis, Adrien Brody… These names, and a few more, make up an exclusive list of actors who have pushed their bodies to ridiculous lengths, pulling off shocking physical transformations for a role, whether it be losing so much weight that your ass literally falls off, or packing on so much fat/muscle mass that …
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In The Equalizer, director Antoine Fuqua’s refurbished take on the classic 1980’s vigilante TV series of the same name, star Denzel Washington’s grizzled ex-government killer Robert McCall has the habit of constantly checking his watch, timing himself before he unleashes his next flurry of creative violence. He seems to be constantly trying to improve his speed, make himself more efficient in execution. It’s …
Despite Pierce Brosnan’s November Man not exactly shooting up the box office, the “old actor kicking ass” genre still has lots of life in it, if The Equalizer is to be believed. Reteaming Denzel Washington with his Training Day director Antoine Fuqua, the feature film remake of the classic TV series (which I, for the life of me, really cannot recall) has been received …
In the 2013 Battle of the Movies About Terrorists Taking Over the White House, we had Antoine Fuqua’s Gerard Butler led Olympus Has Fallen going toe-to-blown-off-toe with Roland Emmerich’s Channing Tatum/Jamie Foxx vehicle White House Down. While both films are not exactly modern movie classics and received their fair share of critic tongue lashings, they both had their perks that appealed to audiences. …
With the exception of the late Tony Scott, very few directors has gotten Denzel Washington to unleash his inner badass quite like Antoine Fuqua. And now the two are pairing up again for The Equalizer, a movie version of an 1980’s TV series the same name (which I honestly have no recollection of). But while his Oscar winning role in …
Cash once ruled Colorado commerce. From Denver’s neighborhood diners to mountain-town gift shops, physical …
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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