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In case anyone has doubts about “The Avengers” being THE summer movie to see (and yes, I am including “The Dark Knight Rises” in that boast) then consider this excerpt from The Hollywood Reporter: “The Avengers is humongous — the film Marvel and its legions of fans have been waiting for.” It’s hard to imagine […]
And according to Deadline, it’s Francis Lawrence. Lawrence directed NBC’s short-lived series “Kings,” as well as “Constantine” and “I Am Legend” and most recently, “Water For Elephants.” So why is it that I think he’s not a great choice? Is it because he cast Keanu Reeves as John Constantine (from the Vertigo comics series, Hellblazer). […]
Video from the new Disney XD series “Tron: Uprising.” Thanks to the guys at Aintitcool for the heads up.
Rian Johnson‘s followup to”The Brothers Bloom” has arrived, and it appears–for a movie that revolves around time travel–to be surprisingly light on special effects. Time travel movies, those that attempt to be faithful to the possibility, are oftentimes too mired in the science to be very entertaining. A fate suffered by 2004’s Primer; though when […]
I am not a huge fan of Joss Whedon’s “Buffy, The Vampire Slayer”–which is interesting, because I think that the movie it was based upon was, on the whole, a lot more fun. One reason is that it shares a vampire master with the remake of “Salem’s Lot,” (which is so much better than Tobe […]
Didn’t Luc Besson retire? If so, he has an odd way of showing it because a new film, Lockout, was not only executive produced by him but the screenplay that he helped write was based upon his idea. It doesn’t look like anything that we haven’t seen before, if the trailer is any indicator, though […]
As much as I hate to correct a blog entry that’s generating massive (for me) amounts of hits, I have to do what I have to do: My entry for “Van Helsing 2,” a sequel to a film that’s better off forgotten, doesn’t exist and was actually “Solomon Kane,” the video of which I have […]
Remember when I wrote that Gary Ross was not coming back for “Catching Fire,” the sequel to “The Hunger Games, which he directed?” Well, that may or may not be true, as sources from Deadline illustrate. That being said, you’ll notice that they say that Ross did not “withdraw” from the franchise. Now, keep in […]
According to Collider, Shane Black’s “Iron Man 3″ is casting soon, so if you’ve never been an extra before, it’s worth considering. The last time I did it was on “The Dark Knight Rises” and that was a lot of fun (when you factor out that it was really cold, there was LOTS of running […]
Collider has a whole bunch of pictures from Ridley Scott’s “Prometheus.” They are mainly beauty shots or behind-the-scenes pics, and don’t reveal anything beyond what anyone following the production already knows. Though they are pretty, and hi-res.
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