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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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Hi-res banners of the beautiful and lethal Sucker Punch girls!

Posted 16 years ago

I’d write a whole bunch of stuff here, but I know you probably won’t read it. Because of the action babes. I totally get it. The lovely and deadly ladies from Zack Snyder’s violent mindtrip SUCKER PUNCH have been let...

Yet more elderly violence in the new trailer for the Bruce Willis action flick Red

Posted 16 years ago

I’m still conflicted about the playful tone of the ensemble action flick RED, but I’m warming to it. The sight of regal Oscar-winner Helen Mirren on the Ma Deuce can do that. The movie is (loosely) based on a Warren...

Ryan Reynolds is still stuck in that coffin in the new trailer for Buried

Posted 16 years ago

It sucks to be sealed into a coffin and thrown underground in the middle of nowhere. I can’t actually say that from experience, but I can make an educated assessment based on what Ryan Reynolds is going through in the...

Zack Snyder is officially working on the script for the 300 prequel Xerxes

Posted 16 years ago

It was last month that comic creator Frank Miller provided details of XERXES, his prequel to the graphic novel 300. The big question was whether that gore and style-soaked movie’s director Zack Snyder would return to bring Miller’s work to...

Sam Worthington has a violent secret past in the trailer for The Debt

Posted 16 years ago

Will being in a movie with heavy talent like Helen Mirren and Tom Wilkinson bring up Sam Worthington’s game and get him some respect? We’ll find out in THE DEBT, the remake of the praised 2007 Israeli film. Worthington plays...

Date for David Fincher’s adaptation of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo… and trilogy?

Posted 16 years ago

By now, you’ve undoubtedly heard about Stieg Larsson’s acclaimed bestselling “Millennium Trilogy” books and their feature adaptations, beginning with the superb Swedish thriller THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (which you can now catch on DVD). As soon as director...

Harry Potter grabs a Hammer: Daniel Radcliffe meets The Woman in Black

Posted 16 years ago

Daniel Radcliffe seems like he plans to mix it up in his post-Hogwarts career. Not only is he doing an update of the classic ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT, but he’s dipping into some old-school horror. The HARRY POTTER...

More on Tim Burton’s big-screen Monsterpocalypse

Posted 16 years ago

What’s MONSTERPOCALYPSE? An action-packed strategy game of collectible miniatures for two players ages 10 and up, featuring high-quality pre-painted plastic monsters, vehicles, and interactive city structures that impact and shape gameplay. But wait, there’s more! It’s also an upcoming 3D...

Michael Bay puts more fairy tales all up in your face with Hansel & Gretel in 3D

Posted 16 years ago

There may be a lot of vampire movies at the moment, but that seems pale (dur-hurr) in comparison to the onslaught of fairy tale projects in the works. Although to be fair, this is the first to have devastation maestro...

James Bond is back! In a video game called Blood Stone

Posted 16 years ago

The next cinematic mission of James Bond might be in a holding pattern while the studio situation gets sorted, but that doesn’t mean you won’t see the super secret agent soon. In fact, you’ll be able to control him yourself...

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