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Devil May Cry goes from game console to cineplexes

Posted 15 years ago

While there certainly haven’t been many videogames that have been adapted into satisfying feature films, every Gamestop has shelves packed with further opportunities for movie studio executives to press start and try again. A movie based on Capcom’s stylish monster-fighting...

Captain America will battle the Red Skull to the music of composer Alan Silvestri

Posted 15 years ago

While we still await something a little more meaty than the brief Super Bowl glimpse at CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER, at least now we have some idea of of the soundtrack we’ll hear when Marvel’s hero is bouncing his...

Movie Trailers

Michelle Williams gets dirty on the dusty trail in the trailer for Meek’s Cutoff

Posted 15 years ago

It’s safe to say that the Western genre is going strong at the moment, and while they’re not all revenge stories or lawmen tracking outlaws, you can always count on some memorable characters. MEEK’S CUTOFF stars Oscar nominee Michelle Williams,...

Will the new Superman have to fight Viggo Mortensen as the new Zod?

Posted 15 years ago

In case it wasn’t already a foregone conclusion, Zack Snyder’s relaunch of SUPERMAN will find the Man of Steel facing a fellow Kryptonian, the villian General Zod. According to Heat Vision, Warner Bros. and the filmmakers want to get Viggo...

Cool Videos: Oscars 2011 Highlights In Advance

Posted 15 years ago

Sure, this year’s Academy Awards ceremony is trying to go a bit outside the box, aiming for something fresh and young and hip. And yet something tells me when it’s all finished and (or if) we’ve managed to stay conscious...

Ewan McGregor could help Bryan Singer’s Jack kill giants

Posted 15 years ago

Director Bryan Singer’s fairy tale action epic JACK THE GIANT KILLER just added another familiar face — Ewan McGregor. The actor and ex-Jedi will provide battle assistance to the titular Jack, played by ABOUT A BOY boy Nicholas Hoult (who’ll...

A new face for the Damonless Bourne franchise is being sought

Posted 15 years ago

Star Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass are taking a pass on another Jason Bourne movie, but the character (or the alias) will be re-Bourne (guh…) in THE BOURNE LEGACY. Writer-director Tony Gilroy (MICHAEL CLAYTON) and Universal won’t have Damon’s...

Cool Videos: Predator – The Musical

Posted 15 years ago

Wherever the inspiration sprung from, I’m glad someone associated the works of Arnold Schwarzenegger with song. As they’ve already done with T2, TOTAL RECALL, COMMANDO and CONAN THE BARBARIAN, Jon and Al have opera-tized the action classic PREDATOR with their...

Teaser and cinema schedule for Danny Boyle’s stage version of Frankenstein

Posted 15 years ago

While his real-life rock-climbing drama/thriller 127 HOURS was gaining Oscar attention, filmmaker Danny Boyle was busy bringing Mary Shelley’s macabre classic FRANKENSTEIN to life on the London stage. Fortunately for those of us who won’t get to London in the...

Remake It So: The Bodyguard, Soapdish and Hello Ghost get updates

Posted 15 years ago

Perhaps better known for selling soundtracks and not quite launching pop singer/narcotics fan Whitney Houston to A-list movie star, THE BODYGUARD featured Kevin Costner as an ex-Secret Service agent tasked with protecting a famous pop singer from a stalker. And...

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