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Blu-Ray animation two-fer: Specs and release dates for Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie and Hotel Transylvania

Posted 13 years ago

Two more of 2012’s animated staples are heading to the home video market, one a critical success, the other a commercial success. First up is Disney’s and director Tim Burton‘s second attempt at FRANKENWEENIE, this time in the form of...

C’mon Hollywood: Has Tim Burton lost his touch or have we lost touch with Tim Burton?

Posted 14 years ago

This past weekend I caught Tim Burton’s FRANKENWEENIE and while sitting there, soaking the film in, I felt an air of familiarity, as if there would be no surprises and a bittersweet, oddly happy ending. Yet, as the film came...

Review: Frankenweenie

Posted 14 years ago

PLOT: Young Victor Frankenstein is a loner, with his only refuge being science and his beloved dog Sparky- who’s promptly hit by a car and killed. Victor is able to bring him back to life via his scientific know-how, but-...

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Six retro “monster movie” posters for Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie are here

Posted 14 years ago

Tim Burton’s stop-motion animation pic FRANKENWEENIE comes alive at the box office next week and in preparation for its release, Disney has released six retro “monster movie” posters to hype the film. They’re all really cool and feature a number...

Do you want this IMAX-exclusive Frankenweenie poster drawn by Tim Burton hanging on your wall?

Posted 14 years ago

The night FRANKENWEENIE is set to rise up in cinemas is swiftly approaching, and for those of you excited to see the thing I now have another reason to add atop your pile. As is the trend these days, the...

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Man of Tomorrow: James Gunn unveils first official look at armored Lex Luthor

Posted 1 day ago

James Gunn's released the first official look at his sequel to Superman, which comes out next summer.

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The End of Oak Street: There’s a nightmare on Oak Street in the new trailer of the sci-fi from the director of It Follows and J.J. Abrams

Posted 1 day ago

The Amblin-style of a J.J. Abrams production meets the haunting, mysterious direction of David Robert Mitchell in the new trailer.

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The Top 10 Sega Dreamcast Games Ranked

Posted 3 days ago

We rank the Top 10 Sega Dreamcast games, from Ikaruga to Powerstone, and more, to honor the underappreciated diamond in Sega's rough.

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The Five Best Changes George Lucas Made to the Star Wars Trilogy

Posted 2 days ago

George Lucas has been tinkering with the Star Wars trilogy for years, but not all of those changes have been bad.

Zack Snyder has signed on to write and direct a remake of John Carpenter's 1981 classic Escape from New York

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Zack Snyder to write and direct Escape from New York remake

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Zack Snyder has signed on to write and direct a remake of John Carpenter's 1981 classic Escape from New York

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The Top 5 Action Movie Match-Ups of the 90s

Posted 3 weeks ago

It's star vs star. We rank those movies that pit name actors against each other in devilishly fun, heated rivalries.

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Five action stars who deserved bigger movies

Posted 1 month ago

In a world of Schwarzeneggers, Stallones and Van Dammes, there are more stars that could have graced us with big action classics.

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The Top 10 Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) Games Ranked

Posted 1 week ago

With video games on the rise in Hollywood, we decided to look back on old school systems and rank the Top 10 Games of the NES era!

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Superman Actors Ranked: Which Actors Were the Best At Playing The Man of Steel?

Posted 3 weeks ago

We rank all of the Superman actors from worst to best!

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The Top 10 Super Nintendo (SNES) Games Ranked

Posted 3 weeks ago

We're back with a bold list that ranks the Top 10 Super Nintendo games, from beat 'em ups to platformers, Metroidvanias, and more!

Discover why Terminator 2: Judgment Day was decades ahead of its time, from groundbreaking VFX to its eerily relevant AI themes

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Why Terminator 2: Judgment Day Still Feels Ahead of Its Time

Posted 3 weeks ago

Discover why Terminator 2: Judgment Day was decades ahead of its time, from groundbreaking VFX to its eerily relevant AI themes