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Favorite Movies: Aliens, Jaws, Inglourious Basterds, the Mad Max movies except the kid read more parts of Thunderdome, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Starship Troopers, the Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy, They Live, Pandorum, The Warriors, Darkman, The Thing, The Untouchables, a good percentage of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, B-movies, Westerns

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Cool Videos: Flight of the Pacino-ator

Posted 16 years ago

It’s been quite a long time since I’ve seen the escapist kid-flick FLIGHT OF THE NATIVATOR, but I don’t remember the sentient spaceship being quite so… brusque. It’s actually more entertaining this way — with gruff screen veteran Al Pacino...

The Hunger Games: the latest young adult book series everyone wants to direct

Posted 16 years ago

If you’ve never heard of Suzanne Collins’ young adult book series THE HUNGER GAMES, you probably will soon. Seems that Lionsgate thinks they’ve got the next TWILIGHT SAGA on their hands, and is in search of an appropriate director to...

The action movie Drive hits some serious curves thanks to Christina Hendricks

Posted 16 years ago

The vehicular action movie DRIVE is certainly assembling an impressive cast, especially when you factor in the bounteous bosom of the latest addition, “Mad Men” co-star Christina Hendricks. Va-va-VROOM. The Botticelli-bodied beauty joins her fellow AMC comrade Bryan Cranston (“Breaking...

Buncha new pics: The Town, Devil, Harry Potter, Let Me In

Posted 16 years ago

I don’t really understand the logic behind studios releasing official still photos after the fully moving trailer has been seen by the masses, and often just days before the movie hits theaters (worse, sometimes their “official stills” are actually just...

Terry Gilliam’s Don Quixote gets crushed by cruel fate once again

Posted 16 years ago

I’m not entirely sure just what kind of crap Terry Gilliam pulled to draw this kind of karma, but his endlessly troubled fantasy project THE MAN WHO KILLED DON QUIXOTE has been slain once again. Not too long ago, Gilliam...

Michael Caine spends time with Dwayne Johnson on a Mysterious Island

Posted 16 years ago

Michael Caine: septuagenarian man of action? The ever-busy film veteran is joining the de-Rocked Dwayne Johnson and original JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH kid Josh Hutcherson for the sequel, JOURNEY 2: THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND. And while Johnson drifted...

Speed director Jan de Bont goes to China with Zhang Ziyi for Mulan

Posted 16 years ago

We haven’t seen much work in the past few years from director Jan de Bont — although if you endured SPEED 2, THE HAUNTING or TOMB RAIDER 2, you may not have minded his absence. He hasn’t had much luck...

District 9 fans: you’ll probably want this book

Posted 16 years ago

Cool as DISTRICT 9 was, you probably wondered what went into some of those funky designs for the aliens and their weaponry. You’ll get plenty of insight from an upcoming book called “The Art of DISTRICT 9”, currently being put...

Bruce Campbell talks Evil Dead 4 and Bruce vs. Frankenstein

Posted 16 years ago

Bruce Campbell will forever be associated with Deadite-fighting bonehead/hero Ashley J. Williams from the EVIL DEAD movies, a fact the actor cheerfully embraces. In a lengthy interview with the LA Times, The Chin talks about the legacy of the movies,...

Liam Neeson reunites with A-Team director Joe Carnahan; Bradley Cooper does not

Posted 16 years ago

Director Joe Carnahan obviously enjoyed working with his A-TEAM stars, since he’s reuniting with two of them. Whoops, wait — just one. Carnahan originally had Bradley Cooper starring in his survival tale THE GREY, but the Face Man exits, and...

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