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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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See all Oscar flicks

Posted 19 years ago

When Oscar night rolls around, most people haven’t managed to catch all (or any) of the Best Picture nominees. AMC Theatres wants to help you out with that, especially if you’ve got an entire day to devote to staring at...

Adams visits Museum

Posted 19 years ago

Blue-eyed firetop Amy Adams first really grabbed my attention in CATCH ME IF YOU CAN (how could you leave that slice of lovely, Leo?), and her career has been getting bigger ever since. Bigger doesn’t necessarily mean better, however, and...

3 guys do D-Day

Posted 19 years ago

What can three talented guys do with some WWII uniforms, an empty beach, some digital editing equipment and a shitload of spare time? How about single-handedly (okay, triple-handedly) recreate the landing at Omaha Beach a la SAVING PRIVATE RYAN? This...

Fillion is chillin’

Posted 19 years ago

We don’t exactly have a high tolerance for vanilla romantic comedies around here, but they’re worth mentioning when someone like Nathan Fillion gets involved. Fillion, who is mystifyingly not a huge star (despite the worst possible luck with TV shows),...

Invisible or Clover 2?

Posted 19 years ago

This won’t come as a surprise: despite the second-week sinker that most horror/genre movies take, CLOVERFIELD was a stomping success when compared to its relatively meager budget. And thus, a sequel is already officially being discussed. Director Matt Reeves, who...

The Eye clips

Posted 19 years ago

I dug the Pang Brothers’ original THE EYE, which had some genuine trouser-trashing frights. Early reports claimed the American remake deviated significantly from the Hong Kong version, but now it seems the new spooker retains the best parts of what...

Forbidden posters

Posted 19 years ago

Kung fu fans are finally getting two legends in one flick: Jet Li and Jackie Chan unite for wu shu and crane kicks in THE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM. The movie follows a teen (SKY HIGH kid Michael Anganaro) who gets magically...

Butler & Heigl get Ugly

Posted 19 years ago

Gerard Butler is taking a break from shooting, slashing and causing abdominal envy for a bit of the haha with Katherine Heigl. The scruffy Scot will join Heigl and her own two bountiful co-stars in the romantic comedy THE UGLY...

Son of Rambow trailer

Posted 19 years ago

Shrewdly coinciding with the release of Stallone’s return as killing machine RAMBO comes the trailer for the whimsical British comedy SON OF RAMBOW. Set in the 80s, the movie revolves around a kid introduced to the wondrous violence of FIRST...

Punisher update

Posted 19 years ago

Fit filmmaking fox Lexi Alexander is finishing up her directing work on THE PUNISHER: WAR ZONE, the non-sequel featuring Marvel’s vengeance-fueled vigilante (he’s not a psychopath, he’s just motivated). Alexander has posted a brief update about the progress at her...

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