Action Archive
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Reynolds gets Green light from Warner
Posted on July 11, 2009 | No CommentsIn an interesting move, Warner Bros. has given the much sought-after role of The Green Lantern to Ryan Reynolds. The former sit-com star who has been slowly but surely making a... -
11 Useful Corpses From The Movies
Posted on July 6, 2009 | 5 CommentsWe've seen plenty of dead bodies in films throughout the years but most of them are really just for ornament value. The stiffs featured here know how to earn their keep in their respective movies, serving a genuine purpose in all manner of ways ... -
Daybreakers more appealing than Twilight
Posted on June 30, 2009 | 1 CommentI AM not one who has jumped on the whole Twilight bandwagon. In fact, I won't be upset if I go through the rest of my life without ever seeing the film I'm led to believe is about horny teenage vampires. -
Wanted film adaptation has desired effect
Posted on June 30, 2009 | 2 CommentsWhat would The Matrix be if you replaced Laurence Fishburne with Morgan Freeman and killer machines with daddy abandonment issues? The answer is Wanted. -
11 Not-So Shakespearean Actors Doing Shakespeare in 11 Not-So Shakespearean Movies
Posted on June 26, 2009 | No CommentsAlmost 400 years after his death, the work of The Bard, the great William Shakespeare, continues to be adapted for the big screen at an amazing rate - by all and sundry. -
G.I. Joe looks explosive, but will it bomb?
Posted on June 22, 2009 | No CommentsI was a massive toy collector when I was a young boy in the '80s. But, I never got a G.I. Joe action figure. I was more of a Masters of the Universe or Transformers fan. -
Crowe in driver’s seat of new Robin Hood
Posted on June 17, 2009 | No CommentsLooks as though director Ridley Scott is putting a new 'spin' on the legendary Robin Hood tale with his upcoming big screen adaptation. Out are horses, and in come ... jeeps? -
Mickey just whip it, whip it real good
Posted on June 13, 2009 | No CommentsYou would expect Mickey Rourke to be a bit more capable than Jeff Bridges when it comes to kicking some ass. And it looks as though it will be the... -
T. Scott coming out to play with Warriors
Posted on June 13, 2009 | No CommentsThose Scott Brothers are still really busy boys – despite their advancing years. We’ve got the relentless movie-making machine that is 72-year-old Ridley Scott currently back in epic action-adventure mode... -
11 Questionable Remakes & Their Status
Posted on June 12, 2009 | 2 CommentsHollywood is continuing its unrelenting push for everything old to become new again – even those not so old. While remakes have been around since the start of last century... -
Miller’s poor direction haunts The Spirit
Posted on June 8, 2009 | No CommentsAs creator of such classic graphic novels as 300, Sin City and The Dark Knight Returns, Frank Miller is a true legend in his field – and he should stay... -
It’s not all Greek to Worthington’s Perseus
Posted on June 7, 2009 | No CommentsPERSEUS has certainly come along way since 1981. If these shots released by Entertainment Weekly is anything to go by, the character looks to be one bad-ass dude in the... -
13 Cyborg Films That Need Termination
Posted on May 31, 2009 | 7 CommentsIn Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s character describes itself as being a cybernetic organism. We know his type better as simply ‘cyborgs’. The Oxford Dictionary describes a... -
5 Crazy Plots for the movie Spider-Man 4
Posted on May 25, 2009 | 1 CommentThe rumours about what form the next Spider-Man movie will take have been circulating ever since the credits rolled at the end of the lame Spider-Man 3. That was even... -
Taken on a fast and furious rescue mission
Posted on May 23, 2009 | 1 CommentBryan Mills could not have asked for a better way to get his cold-hearted bitch of an ex-wife off his back and at the same time reconnect with his teenage... -
Hemsworth a Thor thing for super role
Posted on May 20, 2009 | No CommentsIt appears another alleged ‘macho’ Aussie male has infiltrated Hollywood and joining the ranks of the action star. If rumours are correct, Chris Hemsworth will be following in the footsteps... -
Hey Holmes, your new movie looks cool
Posted on May 19, 2009 | 1 CommentThe first trailer for Guy Ritchie‘s Sherlock Holmes has been released – and it certainly packs a punch. The reborn Robert Downey Jnr stars as the reborn Holmes, who it appears... -
Rodriguez lines up Predators for new hunt
Posted on May 19, 2009 | No CommentsTwenty years after the Predator last graced the big screen – without any other well-known Alien being – it is to make a comeback, and in numbers. Reports regarding the... -
Action Jane to finally give ‘em some hell
Posted on May 8, 2009 | No CommentsI was watching this really bad, cheaply-made, fairly recent horror on TV the other night called The Tripper, about some guy who runs around a forest wearing a Ronald Reagan... -
11 Professional Killers Who Prove a Hit
Posted on May 4, 2009 | No CommentsHitmen, assassins, call them what you will. They have made for some entertaining movie characters over the years. Some just plain funny, others downright scary. Tom Cruise for instance in...
