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A Couple of non-Dicks

Posted 17 years ago

When we first heard that Kevin Smith was directing an R-rated action-comedy called A COUPLE OF DICKS, the first thing we thought was “Yeah, that’ll get a title change.” No real surprise, then, that the Bruce Willis/Tracy Morgan buddy cop...

Alien Legion update

Posted 17 years ago

“THE DIRTY DOZEN in deep space.” Hard to believe that pitch hasn’t been made into a movie yet, huh? Well, it’s not for lack of trying. An adaptation of the 80s Epic Comics series ALIEN LEGION has been kicking around...

Sean Connery returns!

Posted 17 years ago

Some time after LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN, screen legend Sir Sean Connery decided he’d had his fill of filmmaking and left it behind for relaxing retirement. Not even the prospect of working Steven Spielberg and Harrison Ford again could lure...

Three more for Thor

Posted 17 years ago

Although I was always a Marvel Comics guy, there were certain characters in that “universe” that I just never connected with… and THOR was one of them. And yet the feature film version of the Thunder God just gets more...

Inglourious comics

Posted 17 years ago

Quentin Tarantino’s WWII opus INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS may have already left theaters, but it’s obviously been artistically inspirational. These astonishing, pulse-pounding images in the retro style of legendary artist Jack Kirby were unveiled on the Twitter page of AICN overlord Harry...

Alice poster no. 3

Posted 17 years ago

Following up the other two character posters from Tim Burton’s freaked-up live-action/CGI adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s already-freaky ALICE IN WONDERLAND comes the final entry and the ostensible star of the film, Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter. Further down, you...

Death Race 2 details

Posted 17 years ago

If you enjoyed the superficial car carnage of Paul WS Anderson’s DEATH RACE remake but missed the pedestrian slaughter and social satire of the original Corman classic, it doesn’t sound like you’ll get it in the direct-to-video follow-up either. According...

Ninja Assassin clips

Posted 17 years ago

Regardless of whether he’s an assassin of ninjas or a ninja who’s also an assassin, watery Korean superstar Rain will clearly kick considerable ass in the martial arts action flick NINJA ASSASSIN. Need some proof? How about six clips from...

More actors see Red

Posted 17 years ago

The Bruce Willis action-thriller RED seems to be collecting an impressive cast — in addition to the A-lister himself, the movie features highly respected thespians Morgan Freeman and Helen Mirren, not to mention Mary Louise Parker (“Weeds”) and John C....

Levy talks Real Steel

Posted 17 years ago

As we heard not long ago, Hugh Jackman is trading in his razor claws for some metallic boxing gloves for a futuristic action-drama called REAL STEEL. The movie is described as “a Rocky-esque tale of a fighter who has to...

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