I have a confession to make… and this may require that I turn in my “film geek” badge. I don’t like Sam Raimi’s original Evil Dead trilogy. I’m just not a fan of cartoonish slapstick in my horror films, which is pretty much the defining feature, along with Bruce Campbell’s just-go-with-it performance, that made the old series a cult hit. …
When it comes to gangsters, bad accents, bathroom chainsaws, mountains of cocaine and sister-lust, no film did it better than Scarface. The Brian De Palma classic still holds up well to this day, which is why it just has to have a remake. Still, if you’re going to remake Scarface, you should at least get a director who happens to have a done …
Sure, Hollywood may no longer be interested in coming up with original movie ideas, but at least they only concentrate on one remake at a time. That is, unless you’re looking at Jean Claude Van Damme films that is. JCVD may be past his bicep-flexin prime, but the movies he starred in are still kinda watchable these days. Which is …
Cult classic ninja slasher Strider is making a comeback on current and next-generation consoles in 2014.
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Among film-geek circles, the word “remake” often has the same effect as publicly sharing intimate details of somebody’s mother’s genitalia. But if there’s one (remake, that is, not set of genitals) that I’ve been looking forward to, it’s the Japanese language remake of Clint Eastwood’s classic Oscar winning western, Unforgiven. With that film (and Clint Eastwood’s entire career really) owing so much …
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Ahead of its time and brimming with voxels, 1999's Outcast is making a comeback in the near future.
Sharpening focus without energy drinks starts with understanding one simple truth: most players don’t …
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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