NBC studios are setting up to take a gamble on the popularity of the 1999 hit Cruel Intentions and according to Variety have already picked up a script for a new TV series adaptation, that will act as a sorta- sequel to the movie. The original movie starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, Reese Witherspoon, and Selma Blair garnered a …
Super hero movies may be all the rage right now, but Disney may be onto something else right now. And that something else is essentially modernising their classic animated films by giving those properties a live-action remake. Maleficent got the ball rolling, Cinderella ran away from that ball with a ton of cash and now it looks like Disney’s mega-popular …
Normally we try and inject a witty reference to a trailer in the headline, but I’m at a bit of a loss here since Hot Pursuit has a really unremarkable trailer. But that doesn’t mean it will be a bad movie. Last Updated: April 10, 2015
There is a trend in Hollywood among actors and actresses. It would seem that the moment they win their first Oscar for a fantastic dramatic role, they follow that up with complete dog bollocks. Halle Berry went from Monster’s Ball to Catwoman, Christoph Waltz went from Inglourious Basterds to Green Hornet, Charlize Theron went from Monster to Aeon Flux and …
This is it. The big one. The grandaddy of them all. Yes, the nominations for the 87th Annual Academy Awards, aka the Oscars 2015, are finally here. Held at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theatre in Beverly Hills, California last night, the nominations for all 24 categories were made available altogether (a first for the event), presented by actor Chris Pine, directors …
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I love movies that are whack, movies like Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels or Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, so it is with great glee that I present to you a trailer for the upcoming Inherent Vice, a mix of cops, kidnapping plots of billionaire boyfriends, drugs, and a very different looking Joaquin Phoenix. The film’s directer Paul Thomas Anderson (Boogie Nights) also shot this trailer …
Oh, Paul Thomas Anderson, you insanely talented man (not to be confused with Paul W.S. Anderson of Resident Evil fame, who arguably meets 1/3 of that description). The five-time Oscar nominated filmmaker has been mainly been producing intense, gruelling dramas over the last few year, but based on this first trailer for his latest flick, Inherent Vice, he seems to have gotten his boogie (nights) back. …
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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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