Horror seems to be back in fashion these days, with suspense and thrillers a close second on TV. So what’s the next big show on the cards? That could be Guillermo Del Toro’s vampire virus series, The Strain. The show arrives in July. Here’s a quick nip on the neck to get you interested. Last Updated: April 30, 2014
You think of Eli Roth, and you immediately picture the guy who made torture porn a mainstream success thanks to his big hit film, Hostel. The Roth-meister is back with a new movie, the Green Inferno, and it looks as savage as possible thanks to a new trailer which shows as little gore as possible and instead takes advantage of …
Noelle has a thing for Paddington Bear – and luckily, not in a Furry kind of way – so I need to type this up really fast before she comes into the office and proceeds to squee. Yes, squee, as the first teaser trailer has dropped giving us our first glimpse at how everybody’s – but especially Noelle’s – favourite …
Video game movies have had it all wrong, something I’ve finally realised. Instead of focusing on big brand games such as Prince of Persia and Double Dragon, they should have been looking at the various products targeted towards kids instead. Games such as Ratchet & Clank, Jak & Daxter and Sly Cooper. Those are perfect brands with established lore and …
One of my biggest disappointments of 2013 was Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, not just for the fact that stars Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton seemingly went from sleepwalking through it to being embarrassed by it, but mainly because writer/director Tommy Wirkola had held such high promise. He had of course won all that street cred not on the street, but …
We will be the first to admit that when we go to see an Expendables movie, we’re not there to get caught up in complicated stories or get welled up with emotion (The only emotion we expect is “explosion”. Yes, that’s an emotion). The biggest draw by far is just seeing all these classic big name action heroes together on …
It has been confirmed by BioWare that the new Mass Effect game is already playable
It says quite a lot about your skill behind the camera, when arguably the “worst” entry on your filmography is The Dark Knight Rises, but that’s the world Christopher Nolan lives in. Because of this crazy impressive track record, Nolan is given a lot of leeway on projects, specifically the marketing. Even more specifically, the fact that there barely seems to …
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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