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Here’s the latest trailer for Ridley Scott’s “Prometheus,” the sorta-prelude to “Alien.” The visuals look remarkable, though what’s funny is that the occasional snippet of dialog underwhelms. In this respect I am reminded of Scott’s “Legend,” that had beautiful visuals–a Ridley Scott trademark–but little else to counterbalance them. Don’t quite know why that is. Perhaps […]
Bloomspot is offering a free screening of “Tarsem Singh’s “Mirror, Mirror” in Washington, DC on Saturday, March 24. Personally, I am more interested in “Snow White and the Huntsman,” for a seemingly darker, more intense take on the subject, which is why I am surprised that this film come from Singh, who’s know for more […]
I was watching Netflix, when I saw one of the new additions was “The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes,” a cartoon that’s, essentially, a twenty-three minute advert for Marvel Studios upcoming ‘Avengers’ movie this May. The show is featured on Disney XD, which is owned by Disney (as is Marvel). I didn’t expect all that much, […]
Johnny Depp is once again teaming with director Tim Burton, and the latest result of their collaboration is a new version of Dan Curtis‘s “Dark Shadows.” When I first saw the first pictures of Johnny Depp as vampire Barnabas Collins, they felt just a bit…campy and lacking in anything approaching subtlety. After seeing the trailer, […]
Here’s the trailer for Chris Kentis and Laura Lau‘s “Silent House.” It’s a film of the ‘Paranormal Activity’ variety, based upon a film from Uraguay, “The Silent House.” The original film was shot in one take, while the remake looks like it was, it wasn’t.
Here’s the latest trailer from Peter Berg’s “Battleship,” with quite a bit more Rihanna, as well as additional scenes seemingly designed to set it apart from ‘Transformers.’ That being said, you can say a lot of things about Berg, but one that you can’t is that you don’t know where all the money spent on […]
What is it about taking away, as opposed to adding, features to a person’s face that makes it look so creepy? A new movie from Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, the director of “28 Weeks Later” looks like it’s going to answer that question, while also seeking the answer to what really scares us.
Ever wonder what a trailer that crossed “Wall-E” with “Prometheus” would look like? I haven’t either, though now that I have seen it, it’s pretty awesome.
According to Deadline, Netflix is considering bringing back “Terra Nova,” the time travel series recently cancelled by Fox. My problem with this idea is that “Terra Nova” wasn’t that entertaining to begin with, and extremely expensive to produce, so I am a bit dubious about this one. Besides, any television series that can have time […]
If you have ever imagined Mike Mignola’s Hellboy crossed with a robot, then Brian Clevinger and Scott Wegener’s “Atomic Robo” is the comic for you. It’s drawn in a manner that reminds me of Mignola’s art work crossed with that of “Jackie Chan Adventures.” The writing is also very good, which is important because otherwise […]
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