Oh HBO, you really know how to tease me when it comes to Westworld – the TV show based on Michael Crichton’s 1973 movie of the same name about a futuristic theme park populated by androids. First you show a us few pictures, then you tease us with 30 seconds, and now you want to tease us for just that …
This is a bit of a dull week in cinemas. There are a lot of movies out today, some very good, some… not so much, but no highly-anticipated blockbusters yet. Grandma Lily Tomlin stars as Elle who has just gotten through breaking up with her girlfriend when Elle’s granddaughter Sage unexpectedly shows up needing $600 bucks before sundown. Temporarily broke, …
You ever watch Westworld? It’s a rather dated film by today’s standards, but it still had some solid ideas regarding human debauchery, free will and creating life. Also, those ideas were quickly tossed aside for some good ol’ robot havok as Isaac Asimov’s three laws of robotics were quickly pimp-slapped into submission. Westworld is the kind of film however, that …
HBO’s upcoming TV-series remake of the classic 1973 sci-fi western Westworld is something I’m eagerly anticipating as it combines my favourite genre – sci-fi – with my childhood favourite – westerns. During the Person of Interest panel show runner of both Person of Interest and Westworld, Jonathan Nolan, surprised everyone by releasing some teaser footage. Unfortunately unlike some of the …
Oh I do love me a good old fashioned wild animal gone mental flick and Into the Grizzly Maze promises to deliver. It also has one of my favourite actors in, that being Oscar Winner Billy Bob Thorton. I think the last time I watched a movie that was similar was The Grey with Liam Neeson, another movie where mother nature decides …
School reunions. I’ve never seen the point of them. Most likely due to the fact that I don’t want my unforgiving rage reignited when I’m forced to make small talk with a number of people who’d I sooner kick off a bridge than feign interest in their life but uh…No, it might just be me. And those jerkasses. ANYWAY! A …
If I learned anything from Steven Spielberg’s Jaws it’s that you should never trust the beach holiday advice of a small town mayor, and you can never have a big enough boat. Also, self-contained thrillers where our heroes set out to hunt a vicious killer animal but end up being hunted themselves makes for some gripping viewing. Whether that’s the …
Confused by that contradictory headline? Then let me explain: Despite being what you might call “a big deal” in Hollywood, even a multiple times Oscar-nominated filmmaker like David O. Russell (Silver Linings Playbook, American Hustle, The Fighter) can sometimes run into money trouble on a production. That’s what happened on Nailed, a pic that Russell was developing way back in 2008 …
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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