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Daniel Craig repels the extraterrestrial invasion in the new Cowboys & Aliens trailer

Posted 15 years ago

Given his movie’s title, director Jon Favreau may face some challenges ahead regarding the perception about COWBOYS & ALIENS. But judging by the new trailer, he didn’t have much trouble putting together a kickass sci-fi/action combo that plays like WAR...

Frank Miller’s graphic novel The Dark Knight Returns gets animated?

Posted 15 years ago

As a way to compliment the live-action versions of their famous comic characters (or present ones that haven’t made it to screens yet), Marvel and DC have each been cranking out animated direct-to-video movies. Lately, DC in particular has been...

Taylor Lautner is a fugitive with a mysterious past in the trailer for Abduction

Posted 15 years ago

Dreamy kid beefstick Taylor Lautner has cited Matt Damon as an influence and a career he’d like to emulate. This is particularly evident after seeing the trailer for his new (yet familiar) movie, where he plays a guy with an...

James Bond is finally on his way back, thanks to Sony

Posted 15 years ago

He’s been out of action for a while, but James Bond will soon be reporting to M for his latest assignment, courtesy of Sony. We’ve heard plenty about BOND 23 over the past few months, including potential actors as the...

David Hayter takes flight with the Dragonriders of Pern

Posted 15 years ago

Videogame players know David Hayter as the voice of Solid Snake in the METAL GEAR series, movie fans know him as the credited screenwriter of Bryan Singer’s first X-MEN, and supercheese lovers know him as the star of the GUYVER...

Cool Videos: Watch a young girl choose the Dark Side at Disneyland Jedi Academy

Posted 15 years ago

The actors at Disneyland’s Jedi Academy didn’t quite seem adequately prepared for the awakening evil in today’s children, but they probably will be now. Little Sariah Gallego proudly demonstrated that she knows the Empire has all the cool stuff and...

Tom Cruise might head into Oblivion with Tron Legacy director Joe Kosinski

Posted 15 years ago

Universal wasn’t willing to pull the trigger on a big-budget horror movie starring Tom Cruise and directed by Guillermo del Toro (that’d be the lamented AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS), but is the studio prepared to bank on the star...

Peter Jackson talks about shooting The Hobbit at 48 frames per second

Posted 15 years ago

Adapting literary works once considered impossible to adapt, making them back-to-back, and satisfying both critics and the millions of fans of the source material wasn’t ambitious enough for Peter Jackson. So as he follows the LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy,...

A look at the world of the gods and the town of the humans in this Thor featurette

Posted 15 years ago

I’ve been wondering when we would see some of the majesty of Thor’s dimension of origin instead of just watching him get beat up here in the realm of mortals, but now we have a good look at the Thunder...

David Hyde Pierce reveals his dark side in the trailer for The Perfect Host

Posted 15 years ago

Most of us know David Hyde Pierce as mild-mannered Niles from “Frasier”, or the voice of Sideshow Bob’s brother on “The Simpsons” and Abe Sapien in the first HELLBOY. Or maybe the lovelorn camp counselor in WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER....

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