Jared Leto to star as Hugh Hefner in upcoming biopic from Brett Ratner
Just a week after Playboy founder and business mogul Hugh Hefner, and filmmaker Brett Ratner's long-gestating biopic about his close friend has found a leading man in Jared Leto.
Brett Ratner thinks Rotten Tomatoes is destroying movie culture
It's that same old debate about whether review score actually help or destroy the industry, but it seems another high-profile director is not a fan of the current review culture.
Eddie Murphy and Brett Ratner reteam for music mockumentary – Soul Soul Soul: The Murray Murray Story
I can’t help but hang on to the hopes that Eddie Murphy will one day, finally make a return to movies and comedy and rightly take up his place in the spotlight. Ever since a friend in school came over to my house one day with a VHS tape containing the mighty comedic power that is Delirious and Raw, which …
Brett Ratner thinking of remaking ENTER THE DRAGON
I have a feeling that after reading that headline, it may come as a surprise to many of you that this article contains any other words beside “no” repeated ad nauseum. Trust me, I’m as shocked as you are. The source of this latest shock is AICN who are reporting that while hosting a special screening of Rush Hour in …
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We review HERCULES 3D – Competently entertaining, but no immortal hit
Hercules, the latest offering from oft internet whipping boy Brett “I nearly killed the X-Men franchise” Ratner, is actually the third film (behind Hercules Reborn and The Legend of Hercules, because Hollywood) about the mythological demigod to hit screens in 2014. And out of the three offerings, by tackling those mythological aspects in a very novel way, it ends up hitting hardest – …
New TV spot, featurette and 30 images show you the labours of HERCULES
With its release date just a few weeks away, it’s time to ask if YOU… CAN… SMEEEEEEEEELLLLULULHLHLLULULLL… WHAT HERCULES IS COOKING?! And you should, because as we now enter the final straight of Dwayne Johnsons’ new mythological action adventure, Lionsgate has set their marketing campaign to demigod-mode. The studio has unleashed 30 new stills from the film, alongside a brand …
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