THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR WARCRAFT! READ ON AT YOUR OWN PERIL IF YOU HAVEN’T SEEN IT YET! So you may have heard that I bucked the international critical trend and really enjoyed Warcraft. Despite that previous sentence though, I am not oblivious to its many faults. However, despite what a few vocal fans of the long-running video game franchise may be …
FOR THE HORDE! Flashy spectacle dominates this week’s new releases, with Warcraft at the head of the pack.
FOR THE HORDE! Flashy spectacle dominates this week’s new releases, with Warcraft at the head of the pack. Last Updated: June 10, 2016
No, this is not the high fantasy epic cinematic messiah come to save us from the seemingly endless scourge of bad taste video game feature film adaptations, but it is a fiercely exciting bit of action adventure rumpus, with jaw dropping technical polish
“Cry havoc and let slip the orcs of war!” seems like a fitting bit of paraphrasing to describe director/writer Duncan Jones’ adaptation of Warcaft, the first entry in Blizzard Entertainment’s long running classic video game franchise. The film is often haphazard and a bit clumsy, especially in a particularly frantic and breathless opening half. It’s also about as subtle as …
This week is the Cannes Film Festival and while that doesn’t mean much to most cinema goers, it does mean we get to have a first look at a lot of up and coming movies that are due for release. Unfortunately, our attempts to sell Nick off to Somalian pirates as a soul-stealer didn’t work out (apparently he’s not good …
Guys, I’m worried. I really want to say that I’m excited for Warcraft, because I love so many people involved in this, but the more material I see from it, the more I think that the curse of the video game feature film adaptation may just be striking again. And with Assassin’s Creed actually looking damn good against all odds, …
Just one day after we got our first, very brief glimpse at director Ron Howard and Tom Hanks’ latest Dan Brown adaptation, the first full trailer for Inferno has been released. And I’ll be damned if it doesn’t look… well, not exactly hot like its namesake, but of a sufficiently warm temperature to actually get me looking forward to seeing this. I’m …
Traci Braxton husband was Kevin Surratt Sr., a longtime partner who stood by her …
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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