Working with DC Comics’ We Can Be Heroes campaign, a relief effort to fight hunger in the Horn of Africa, Kia created a number of custom vehicles for the 2013 New York Auto Show. The vehicles are designed with styling queues from iconic DC superheroes like Wonder Woman, Superman, Batman, and Aquaman. The cause that […]
Though you never know;) Now this, I like. The earlier posters from Guillermo Del Toro’s “Pacific Rim” were OK, but they didn’t to me quite capture all the giant robot goodness that the film appears to be chock full of. So, what better place to start that with than the American and Australian Jaegers, Gipsy […]
“Space Precinct,” arguably one of Gerry Anderson’s more controversial series, mainly due to the $1.5 million per episode cost, which made it the most expensive show in Britain at the time. Yet, despite all the money spent, the ratings were only average, which I suspect had more than a little to do with the terrible […]
Welcome to the first ‘Whiny Bastard Edition’ of Screenphiles, where I do a little venting about film makers doing things that they probably shouldn’t. I was at work when I heard of the latest plan to remake John Carpenter’s “Escape From New York”–which was (essentially) already remade–in space–by James Mathers and Stephen St. Leger’s in […]
Collider has reported that Dave Bautista has been chosen to be Drax The Destroyer in Marvel Studios’ upcoming space saga, “Guardians Of The Galaxy.” That being said, I should admit that while I haven’t seen too many films with Bautista in them, I have seen virtually every episode of “Stargate: Atlantis” with Jason Momoa, as […]
Today is the day that I have decided to celebrate a few of the things to be thankful for, like there being a sequel to Stephen Sommers’ 2009 film “G.I. Joe: The Rise Of Cobra.” This is something I do, I should add, because I am an advocate of comic book-based films, more so than […]
Bong Joon-ho’s 2006 cautionary monster tale, “The Host” is one of the best giant monster films to unspool in years. It’s similar thematically to the original “Godzilla,” with a major difference: the monster isn’t a lizard, doesn’t breathe fire, and looks like a huge tadpole with legs. And teeth. Huge teeth. It would be worth […]
It appears that Nicholas Cage has finally come to his senses, and is putting the Ghost Rider behind him. 2007’s original, directed by Mark Steven Johnson, wasn’t terrible, but it made a sophomore mistake, namely that it was pretty tame for a movie about a character that’s possessed by a demon. The original film should […]
I dig movies, which makes sense since I write a movie blog. That being said, what am I going to do when Skynet rises, and the machines take over? Or when the time comes when there’s no room in Hell, and the dead walk the earth? Which is why I would like to reintroduce everyone […]
The head of DreamWorks Animation, Jeffrey Katzenberg, reported that as a result of the weak performance of 2012’s “Rise Of The Guardians” the studio had to write off $87 million. Sure, it’s not a “John Carter” sized loss, but it’s still substantial. Now here’s the weird part: ‘Rise’ earned over $300 million worldwide (on a $145 million […]
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