If you've seen the explosive new trailer for Independence Day: Resurgence, you would be forgiven for thinking that it's going to be nothing by wall-to-wall CG carnage. But there's more to it than that.
If you’ve seen the explosive new trailer for Independence Day: Resurgence, you would be forgiven for thinking that it’s going to be nothing by wall-to-wall CG carnage. Well, it’s a Roland Emmerich movie, so that’s actually more than likely true, but there’s still a lot more going on. For one thing, the 20-years later sequel to the 1996 Will Smith blockbuster will …
If there’s one movie that I find myself coming back to rewatch yet again, it’s Independence Day. And Freddy Got Fingered. Two! Two movies! Anyway, Independence Day set a new benchmark for summer blockbusters. It had the perfect cast, special effects which are still impressive and disaster porn on a massive scale. It’s one of the few movies of the …
It’s been 20 years since the alien armada was sent screaming back into the cold, dark void of space in Independence Day. And now they're back for more.
From one big American pastime to another, we go from Superbowl to Independence Day as yesterday’s mammoth sporting event gave us a brand new look at Independence Day: Resurgence thanks to a new TV spot. And this new preview doubles down on both the US flag-waving patriotism and returning franchise director Roland Emmerich’s patented wide-screen big budget destruction porn and …
Ever since Katniss Eversden arrowed her way into pop culture stardom and right to the top of the box office charts, film studios have been clambering over each other in a madcap attempt to find the Next Big Thing in the YA genre. But despite the fact that no new challengers have come even remotely close to emulating either the …
Watching The Guest was a bit like that one time I went Bungee Jumping. You can see and know exactly what’s coming, yet you just don’t know what to expect. The dangers and the obvious outcome are in front of your very eyes but the journey is still as thrilling as ever. Director Adam Wingard and writer Simon Barrett have …
I rewatched Independence Day earlier this year for the first time in ages (Clearly I don’t watch much eTV or I would have seen it every other month), and you know what? It’s still pretty damn fun. Nobody’s ever going to accuse director Roland Emmerich and screenwriting partner Dean Devlin of making the most intellectual pieces of art, but the …
For the past decade, businesses have viewed artificial intelligence as a powerful yet ultimately …
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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