Yancy Butler

Date of Birth

1970-07-02

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Known for

Hard Target, Drop Zone, Kick-Ass, WolvesBayne, The Last Letter

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Chloe Grace Moretz not interested in reprising Hit-Girl for Kick-Ass 3

Posted 8 years ago

Chloe Grace Moretz became a superstar when she stole the show away from actors like Nicolas Cage and Mark Strong as the ass-kicking, butterfly knife-twisting Hit-Girl in 2010’s KICK-ASS. Director Matthew Vaughn and comic creator Mark Millar are interested in...

Malcolm McDowell’s wig steals the show in red-band Death Race 2050 trailer

Posted 9 years ago

Even with the blood and guts of men, women and children raining down across the screen, I couldn't get the geriatric tribble perched atop Malcolm McDowell out of my head. Set up as a sequel/reboot to 1975's DEATH RACE 2000,...

Roger Corman’s Death Race 2050 gets an official red band trailer!

Posted 9 years ago

The only thing that beats the excitment of another Roger Corman movie is the anticipation of another DEATH RACE movie! Fortunately, DEATH RACE 2050 provides both in one fell swoop, and now you can check out its blistering red band trailer. The...

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Roger Corman’s Death Race 2050 gets a trailer and January release

Posted 10 years ago

A few days ago, we got a look at the New York Comic-Con exclusive poster for producer Roger Corman's DEATH RACE 2050, his return to the world of his 1975 Paul Bartel-directed classic DEATH RACE 2000, which starred David Carradine...

Roger Corman’s Death Race 2050 gets an NYCC exclusive poster

Posted 10 years ago

In 1975, Roger Corman produced DEATH RACE 2000, a film that became a grindhouse / drive-in classic. Thirty-three years later, Paul W.S. Anderson made a DEATH RACE remake. Now we have two separate DEATH RACE projects to look forward to...

Chloe Grace Moretz feels she’s done playing Hit-Girl

Posted 12 years ago

Earlier this month, Kick-Ass creators Mark Millar and John Romita Jr. were frank about the money KICK-ASS 2 did (or rather didn’t) make, but the idea of a KICK-ASS 3 wasn’t completely out of the question for them. While KICK-ASS...

Comic creators speak up about Kick-Ass 3 and against Jim Carrey

Posted 12 years ago

There's a thin line between dark humor and poor taste when it comes to the KICK-ASS films, and I think the direction of Matthew Vaughn allowed the first to fall into one category and the lack thereof left the sequel...

Cool Videos: Awesome ode to John Woo’s Hard Target featuring the unrated version’s footage!

Posted 12 years ago

A few months ago I did a Best Movie You Never Saw on John Woo's HARD BOILED, which is a masterful action flick starring Chow Yun Fat. In that column I mentioned the uncut version of Woo's first American film,...

Cool Videos: Kick-Ass 2 movie review song!

Posted 13 years ago

Fortress of Attitude is back with another review song, bringing their usual dose of comedy and harmony to fill you in on what they thought of the latest superhero flick, KICK-ASS 2. While not as glowing as Bumbray's review, it's...

Top 10 Best Profanity Filled Movies (NSFW Video Edition!)

Posted 13 years ago

The first KICK ASS made waves for loads of violence and a potty mouth from the pint-sized Hit Girl. The aequel opening today is sure to be chock full of the same creetive swearing from the bevvy of real-life superheroes....

Review: Kick-Ass 2

Posted 13 years ago

PLOT: After inspiring a wave of new people to don costumes and fight crime, David Lizewski (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) comes out of retirement, and once again becomes Kick-Ass. With Hit-Girl (Chloe Grace Moretz) sidelined by a need to be a “normal...

Exclusive 1:1 Interviews with Kick-Ass 2 stars Chloe Moretz and Aaron Taylor-Johnson

Posted 13 years ago

In KICK-ASS 2, we see the return of everybody’s favorite do-it-yourself superhero, Dave Lizewski – aka Kick-Ass. We last left him having saved the city (and his own ass) from vicious mob boss Frank D’Amico, but that doesn’t mean his...

Exclusive 1:1 Interview with Kick-Ass 2 star Christopher Mintz-Plasse

Posted 13 years ago

Warning: the word “motherf*cker” is uttered about three times during this interview. And actually, that isn’t too bad, considering we’re talking about the name of Christopher Mintz-Plasse’s super villain in KICK-ASS 2. You’ve never really seen a bad guy like...

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