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Blood gets US release

Posted 17 years ago

Seems like we first heard about BLOOD: THE LAST VAMPIRE quite a long time ago, and while the movie is hitting screens throughout Asia, Europe and the UK in May and June, there wasn’t much mention of a US release....

Disney jumps in Hulu

Posted 17 years ago

Disney has become part of the Hulu hoop, joining the popular video streaming site as a partner in the venture. The House of Mouse will throw in material from its subsidiary, the ABC network, to join the available shows and...

Chuck chick’s next

Posted 17 years ago

There are a few good reasons to watch “Chuck”: Adam Baldwin’s wonderfully gruff CIA handler, some genuinely goofy espionage stories, an amusing supporting cast, and leggy secret agent Yvonne Strahovski. While she anxiously awaits word on whether her superfine superspy...

Shaolin Cowboy movie?

Posted 17 years ago

The Wachowskis briefly dabbled in the world of comic books with their label Burlyman Entertainment, and while the (now seemingly inert) company only published two original titles, one of them is apparently on its way to becoming a movie. Artist...

The Road gets a date

Posted 17 years ago

If you were looking forward to seeing filthy futuristic Viggo Mortensen and his youngster traveling post-apocalyptic America, you were left with a hollow space where the adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s bleak novel THE ROAD was originally meant to be. The...

More Roger Rabbit?

Posted 17 years ago

Filmmaker Robert Zemeckis may have spent three movies and several time periods with Marty McFly, but it sounds like he’d really like to hang out a bit more with old friend Roger Rabbit. Or maybe just his chesty ‘toon wife....

Bruce Willis sees Red

Posted 17 years ago

Like the Engerizer Bunny of action stars, the 54-year-old Bruce Willis just keeps going, and shooting, and punching, and quipping… The latest project (or one of them, anyway) to catch his attention is RED, Summit’s adaptation of Warren Ellis’ DC/Wildstrom...

Help Chaka live

Posted 17 years ago

Any of you old-school gamers out there might get a kick (or a bad flashback) out of this LAND OF THE LOST tie-in called “Chakker”. Basically a riff on the classic “Frogger”, the game puts players in control of friendly...

Mona Lisa heist

Posted 17 years ago

Director Roger Donaldson’s filmography is all over the place — NO WAY OUT, COCKTAIL, SPECIES, DANTE’S PEAK, THIRTEEN DAYS — but his next project seems to line up with his most recent one, the surprisingly fun Statham flick THE BANK...

Hurt Locker poster

Posted 17 years ago

Director Kathryn Bigelow’s upcoming Iraq action-drama THE HURT LOCKER is admirable for taking a non-traditional approach to war movies — it’s reminiscent of Sam Fuller’s underappreciated WWII film THE BIG RED ONE, in that it essentially follows a small group...

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