Despite the fact that he had the privilege of being involved in one of the greatest fight scenes in movie history, Colin Firth is not exactly the first person that springs to mind when you’re thinking about a superspy action caper based on a comic from the guy who created Kick-Ass. Firth seems too posh, too refined, but luckily for …
With the retirement of Hayao Miyazaki, fans have been worried about the future of Studio Ghibli. It’s not unjustified – Miyazaki is responsbile for practically all of the studio’s big hits. Well, almost all – Ghibli co-founder Isao Takahata has returned to the director’s chair for The Tale Of Princess Kaguya. It was released in Japan last year to great …
Build an empire, expand your turf and run a few rackets in Triad Wars.
Every once in a while, you get a great duo of actors in Hollywood. Laurel and Hardy. Abbot and Costello. Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson, sometimes. Right now, Seth Rogen and James Franco have something going on, after having starred in Pineapple Express and This Is The End. I dig seeing those two together. And they’re going to be heading …
I initially started watching The Blacklist just to see the always fantastic James Spader doing his thing on TV again, but in the end I kept on watching because… well, actually, it was still to see the always fantastic James Spader doing his thing on TV again. That doesn’t mean though that the show didn’t have more to offer, as the show’s freshman …
Writer-director J.C. Chandor turned in a masterpiece of a thriller with just one man and a boat in last year’s Oscar nominated All Is Lost. Admittedly that one man was the legendary Robert Redford, but it was still a monumental achievement. Now Chandor is back with A Most Violent Year and this time he may not have a boat anymore, but he does …
Prepare to cry with the prologue for Ori and the Blind Forest - the emotions are real.
The first trailer for Oscar nominated filmmaker Jason Reitman’s (Juno, Up In the Air) latest flick Men, Women & Children was very intriguing. Yes, it contained no dialogue and almost zero clues about the narrative, but yeah, definitely intriguing. Now a second trailer is here, and they’re actually giving us some story and quite a bit of dialogue (how generous!). And from …
TikTok is now more than a place for posting videos. It has become a …
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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