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See Rick Baker’s designs for abandoned Steven Spielberg film Night Skies

File this one away in the 'What Could Have Been' cabinet. After CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND became a hit, Columbia Pictures wanted a sequel, so director Steven Spielberg set about developing a much darker, horror-tinged film that would...

Posted 11 years ago

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Cool Horror Videos: Making the Alien

Posted 12 years ago

The terms “Classic” and “Masterpiece” are thrown around by critics so often nowadays that you almost have to question if the words truly have any meaning anymore. But Ridley Scott’s 1979 horror masterpiece ALIEN is a true classic in every...

New Game of Thrones season 3 featurette serves as a lesson in locations vs. effects

Posted 12 years ago

A new featurette for HBO’s Game of Thrones, season 3, has surfaced, this time focusing on the location of Iceland, which the series uses to represent the land “beyond the wall,” which is a vast, snow-and-ice covered landscape, populated by...

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Gary Oldman indicates that he may be coming around on The Fifth Element

Posted 2 days ago

Initially, Oldman was not invested in the sci-fi film as it was a favor to Luc Besson, but his wife has talked him into reconsidering it.

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Deep Cover Review: Bryce Dallas Howard and Orlando Bloom improvise a surprisingly good action-comedy

Posted 2 days ago

Nick Mohammed, Sean Bean, and Ian McShane round out the ensemble of this better than expected Prime Video original.

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Did Marvel spoil the ending of The Fantastic Four: First Steps?

Posted 2 days ago

Did Marvel spoil the ending of The Fantastic Four: First Steps? We dig into the available footage in an attempt to find out

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Diablo Review: Scott Adkins is great in this fun action flick

Posted 2 days ago

Scott Adkins delivers one of his best action vehicles with Diablo, which reunites him with Undisputed 3 baddie Marko Zaror.

The series regular cast of the Friday the 13th TV series Crystal Lake has been rounded out with the addition of 3 more actors

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Crystal Lake: 3 more join the cast of Friday the 13th TV series

Posted 1 day ago

The series regular cast of the Friday the 13th TV series Crystal Lake has been rounded out with the addition of 3 more actors

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Swordfish: Does this “high tech” thriller hold up 24 years later?

Posted 2 weeks ago

Back in 2001, Swordfish, starring John Travolta and Hugh Jackman, was considered high tech. How does it hold up 24 years later?

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The Chronicles of Riddick: Vin Diesel’s vanity project was a flop (but isn’t half bad)

Posted 2 weeks ago

While it derailed his career for a while, Vin Diesel's The Chronicles of Riddick is better than people remember.

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The Punisher: Was Dolph Lundgren actually the best Frank Castle?

Posted 4 weeks ago

We take a look back at the obscure 1989 version of The Punisher, starring Dolph Lundgren!

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The 25 Greatest Action Movies of All Time!

Posted 2 weeks ago

What are the greatest action movies of all time? Here are 25 we think make the cut.

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Blown Away: The Best 90s Action Movie You Never Saw!

Posted 1 month ago

We take a look back at the underrated 1994 action flick Blown Away, starring Jeff Bridges and Tommy Lee Jones.

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Mission: Impossible 2 – The Movie That Turned Tom Cruise Into An Action Hero?

Posted 4 weeks ago

While Cruise had dipped his toe into the genre with Top Gun and the first Mission: Impossible, this John Woo flick reinvented his image.