Cagey about Batman supervillain role
Nicholas Cage is losing credibility as quickly as he is hair these days. So he may not be high on director Christopher Nolan’s list of potential Batman 3 super-villains – if and when he constructs one.
But the self-confessed comic book (Read more. . .)
Mar. 29, 2009 | Action, Movie News, Movies | No Comments
Crowe adds weight to Robin Hood movie
I really enjoyed Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves when it was released in 1991. It was chock full of that swash-buckling action and adventure you would expect from a movie about the legendary hero, but also featured enough new elements (Read more. . .)
Mar. 28, 2009 | Adventure, Comedy, Movie News, Movies, Science Fiction | No Comments
Farrelly Brothers line up new Stooges
ODD cast for a movie about odd characters. I guess it makes perfect sense. Of course I’m talking about the the biggest news out of Hollywood yesterday, that being Sean Penn signed to star in The Farrelly Brothers’ Three Stooges, (Read more. . .)
Mar. 26, 2009 | Comedy, Movie News, Movies, Science Fiction | No Comments
5 Badass Non-Human Heroes (v Predator)
Predator is said to be taking on the poncy residents of 19th century England in a new film Pride and Predator. Obviously a piss-take (and being promoted that way) on the classic Jane Austen novel, Pride and Prejudice, it goes into (Read more. . .)
Mar. 24, 2009 | Action, Lists, Movies, Science Fiction | 3 Comments
Warner Pine-ing for a Green Lantern
Chris Pine could be about to join Christian Bale and Sam Worthington as the next Harrison Ford. Not due to the fact they are going out with a stick figure – though I’m not quite sure who they are with (Read more. . .)
Mar. 23, 2009 | Action, Movie News, Movies, Science Fiction | 4 Comments
Doomsday has all the right ingredients
Neil Marshall’s Doomsday could be likened to a good stew. What he’s done is got a big pot and thrown in large amounts of Escape from New York and the Mad Max sequels The Road Warrior and Beyond Thunderdome, before topping it (Read more. . .)
Mar. 22, 2009 | Action, Adventure, Movie Reviews, Movies, Science Fiction | 2 Comments
Cameron’s Avatar promises the world
I’ve just gotten a little more excited about James ‘I’m the King of the World’ Cameron’s comeback extravaganza, Avatar, which will be released in cinemas on Earth this December.
The film is said to be taking the art of film-making to (Read more. . .)
Mar. 21, 2009 | Movie News, Movies, Previews & Trailers, Science Fiction | 2 Comments
7 Actors to Play MacGyver – Vote Now
MULLETS are back in fashion, so why not MacGyver. Though, I’m not sure the cult television character renowned for his inventiveness and bad hair was ever really in fashion was he?
Regardless, the man who got out of jams for eight years (Read more. . .)
Mar. 18, 2009 | Action, Lists, Movie News, Movies | 2 Comments
Olga an ‘animal’ in new Marshall movie
Now here’s a low-profile film that looks highly promising – for a few reasons, behind and certainly in front of the camera.
Described as a relentless action-adventure set in the year 117AD, Centurion is from up and coming writer-director Neil Marshall, the (Read more. . .)
Mar. 18, 2009 | Action, Adventure, Movie News, Movies | No Comments
9 Spoof Movies That Are Actually Funny
SPOOF and movie are two words that just don’t go together these days. A succession of downright deplorable productions that have been served up like a quickly slapped together Big Mac have given the entire genre a bad name.
They just (Read more. . .)
Mar. 17, 2009 | Comedy, Lists, Movies | 8 Comments
Ironman 2 casting simply gold
Scarlet Black Widow?
This Ironman 2 cast just keeps getting better and better. First it was Don Cheadle joining Robert Downey Jnr in the follow-up to the smash hit of 2008, then Sam Rockwell, and now Mickey Rourke and Scarlet Johannson.
I (Read more. . .)
Mar. 14, 2009 | Action, Movie News, Movies | 2 Comments
Marvel’s not so super movie delay
Kenneth Branagh and Thor
The years are certainly flying by fast. A little too fast if you’re over at Marvel.
The comic book heavyweight, through its own Marvel Studios, has been cranking up its summer blockbuster film releases in recent times, highlighted (Read more. . .)
Mar. 12, 2009 | Action, Movie News, Movies | No Comments
From rag newspapers to Batman riches
We all try and make a grab for readers. Gotta get those hits. But some media outlets stoop so low it’s ridiculous.
I probably shouldn’t even be writing about this, but it’s more to get it off my chest than following (Read more. . .)
Mar. 12, 2009 | Action, Movie News, Movies | 1 Comment
13 Movie Shootings Designed To Shock
Let me start by saying this post is not for the faint-hearted. The scenes can be quite confronting. Then again, they’re only movies for God’s sake.
And such was their impact that they also went a long way towards ensuring their movie (Read more. . .)
Mar. 10, 2009 | Action, Comedy, Drama, Lists, Movies | 3 Comments
Coen Brothers’ Burn so hot right now
How good are those Coen Brothers? Well, bloody good, and I mean bloody.
After what seemed a mid-career crisis when they were buying red sports cars and making films like Intolerable Cruelty (2003) and The LadyKillers (2004), the Brothers are not just back but (Read more. . .)
Mar. 8, 2009 | Comedy, Movie Reviews, Movies | No Comments
New trailers promise awesome action
The new crew of the Enterprise
That festive season that is ‘blockbuster season’ is about to hit us.
And if you needed ay reminder there was of course the early release of Watchmen (which I haven’t been able to see just yet) (Read more. . .)
Mar. 7, 2009 | Action, Movies, Previews & Trailers, Science Fiction | No Comments
12 Stages in the Evolution of Watchmen the Movie
Jude Law as Ozymandias?
One of my favorite web pages to visit is the trivia section for a particular movie on The Internet Movie Database. I know, I know, what a geek! Â
But, hear me out. Alot of times it will (Read more. . .)
Mar. 6, 2009 | Action, Lists, Movies, Science Fiction | 2 Comments
Guy Ritchie’s RocknRolla music to our ears
Madonna divorcing Guy Ritchie is probably the best thing to happen to the Brit gangster movie genre since …well, Guy Ritchie.
The couple’s much-publicised split last year was happening about the same time as the 40-year-old writer-director-producer was completing his first (Read more. . .)
Mar. 5, 2009 | Action, Movie Reviews, Movies | 2 Comments
Spirits high with news of Ghostbusters 3
It appears as though the Ghostbusters are about to power up the old proton packs and get their names back on speed dial.
Twenty years after they were last in action, the team is preparing for its long-awaited return to the big (Read more. . .)
Mar. 5, 2009 | Comedy, Movie News, Movies, Science Fiction | 3 Comments
Freddy to wake from Nightmare slumber
Jackie Earle Haley as Fredd?
Everything old is new again in Hollywood – especially when it comes to horrors.
Cult ’70s and ’80s slasher flicks being rebooted is becoming the norm.
First it was the daddy of them all, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Read more. . .)
