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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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Tron himself returns

Posted 18 years ago

One of the greatest memories of a movie geek’s youth: seeing STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN, then sneaking into the theater next door for a showing of TRON. Needless to say, I’m excited about a TRON sequel —...

MBV in 3D, but where?

Posted 18 years ago

From what I’ve read, the recent Austin premiere of MY BLOODY VALENTINE 3D received a wildly positive reaction from the crowd in attendance… but will you be able to experience the same? Filmmakers and studios appear to be embracing the...

Descent 2 talk

Posted 18 years ago

While I found Neil Marshall’s spelunking horror flick THE DESCENT to be genuinely and satisfyingly terrifying, I’m not sure it demanded a sequel. As usual, we’re getting one anyway. Marshall is back in a producing capacity, with the first movie’s...

No Rosemary’s remake?

Posted 18 years ago

Michael Bay’s production company Platinum Dunes has become the King of the Horror Remake (TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE, AMITYVILLE HORROR, FRIDAY THE 13th), but even they may have their limits. We just recently heard they returned their proposed remake of NEAR...

Judge Dredd again?

Posted 18 years ago

It might be an understatement to say that the big-budget Sly-powered JUDGE DREDD movie didn’t turn out especially satisfying (at least to fans of the comic incarnation), but we may get another chance at seeing The Law personified filling perps...

Terminator characters

Posted 18 years ago

I was skeptical about the casting of Anton Yelchin as Kyle Reese in McG’s TERMINATOR SALVATION. The kid’s a good actor, but physically seemed kind of wispy for the tenacious futuristic soldier and unwitting father to mankind’s savior. These new...

Chow half off Hornet

Posted 18 years ago

After a whole lot of hopeful rumors, Asian superstar Stephen Chow officially came on board Seth Rogen’s GREEN HORNET movie, both directing the pulp hero’s exploits and co-starring as his bodyguard Kato. Now Chow is officially not on board. Not...

New Sonnenfeld aliens

Posted 18 years ago

MEN IN BLACK director Barry Sonnenfeld will bring a new alien invasion to screens, adapting a book that isn’t actually a book. Sonnenfeld will direct THE HOW-TO GUIDE FOR SAVING THE WORLD, an action-comedy about “a loser who discovers a...

Shankman’s Sinbad

Posted 18 years ago

It’s time for swashbuckling Middle Eastern sailor SINBAD to take a new adventure, and who better to bring it to life than the director of… THE PACIFIER? Adam Shankman is boarding that ship, developing and directing THE 8th VOYAGE OF...

Fighter Maggie Q

Posted 18 years ago

Tasty exotic dish Maggie Q has already smacked around random bad guys in MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 3 and Bruce Willis in LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD, but there are still more bipeds to pummel. Ms. Q (aka Maggie Denise Quigley) will...

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