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Rayguns by Weta

Posted 19 years ago

If you were one of the few people who saw those little LORD OF THE RINGS movies, you’ll be familiar with FX company Weta, who aren’t just bringing orcs and trees to cinematic life. They’re also crafting some of the...

Spawn sequel talk

Posted 19 years ago

Like a lot of comic fans in the early 1990s, I read the first few dozen issues of SPAWN comics, watched the animated series and suffered through the abhorrent live-action movie. But comic guy Todd McFarlane isn’t quite done —...

Death Sentence poster

Posted 19 years ago

It’s nice to see SAW guy James Wan get away from the exhausted torture-horror for a straight-up old-school revenge tale, even if it’s basically just Kevin Bacon impersonating Chuck Bronson’s famed role. In DEATH SENTENCE, the former Footlooser and Hollow...

Trick’R Treat trailer

Posted 19 years ago

There’s never a shortage of horror movies, but an effective trailer can help catch the attention of the true terror fanatics. X2 and SUPERMAN RETURNS co-writer Mike Dougherty gets behind the camera to deliver chills with TRICK ‘r TREAT, which...

New Punisher found?

Posted 19 years ago

Thomas Jane may have left the skull-shirt and arsenal behind for other geek-friendly ventures, but Lionsgate and Marvel are hitting us with another PUNISHER movie without him. Do we have our replacement Frank Castle already? Latino Review says it’s Ray...

Wolverine director!

Posted 19 years ago

It looks like we might get our favorite adamantium-clawed mutant in theaters next year after all! The WOLVERINE solo movie now officially has a director, and it’s… Gavin Hood? Yep, the South African director of the acclaimed TSOTSI will delve...

Bourne Google contest

Posted 19 years ago

Are you a fan of the BOURNE movies? How do you feel about winning stuff like cars and money? Then pay attention! As Matt Damon’s amnesiac espionage agent prepares to unravel his past in THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM, you can track...

GearHead comic flick

Posted 19 years ago

Not just the big studios are adapting comics into movies (of wildly varying quality) — smaller film companies can try it too. And the results could easily end up more enjoyable than a $130 million fiasco about a killer space...

Melissa is Captive

Posted 19 years ago

Toothy Aussie beauty Melissa George is developing quite the horror pedigree with TURISTAS, THE AMITYVILLE HORROR and the impending 30 DAYS OF NIGHT. Now it sounds like she’ll find herself in more terrifying trouble in a thriller called CAPTIVE. Not...

MySpace Woodcock

Posted 19 years ago

Hey, wasn’t Billy Bob Thornton kind of an A-list actor for a while there? And Seann William Scott seems to have basically disappeared after the DUKES OF HAZZARD remake. But they’re both back for a comedy called MR. WOODCOCK, which...

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