To celebrate the DVD and Blu-ray release of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Jeff, Joel, Lucas and Will discuss all things Transformers. From the original 80's cartoon and comics to the toys and the recent live-action films we've got our giant shape-shifting alien robot bases well covered.
Last February when on holiday in Spain, I was fortunate enough to meet Mike Hostench, co-director of Sitges Festival Internacional de Cinema Fantàstic de Catalunya, the largest fantastic film festival of Europe and one of the largest and most important in the world. His enthusiasm convinced me to attend the festival last month. Believe me, […]
Will and Lucas brave the cold and hordes of undead to talk about what they did around Hallowe'en and to look back and wonder about giant robots in computer games. Will dressed up in red and is always the first to get killed, and Lucas has been investigating and beating up armoured junkies. Will Twilight be discussed? Find out in episode one-one.
The first trailer for Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time has arrived; the upcoming Disney film is adapted from the 2003 Ubisoft video game of the same name. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal as the least convincing Persian in the history of film, a performance made even more glaringly offensive by his affected English accent. The […]
The Heat Vision Blog has some intriguing news about Kenneth Branagh’s big screen adaptation of Marvel Comics Thor, both on the casting and story front. Word has come down that Sir Anthony Hopkins is in negotiations to play Odin, the chief god of Asgard and the father of Thor (Chris Hemsworth) and his brother Loki […]
Update: The Yahoo Movies link won’t work for our Canadian readers, but we’ve embedded the video here for your viewing pleasure. Yahoo Movies has posted the full theatrical trailer for James Cameron‘s upcoming 3D sci-fi adventure Avatar. Not convinced by that first teaser trailer? The new trailer offers an expanded look at Cameron’s new film, finally […]
CHUD has posted a very interesting rumour regarding a potential remake of the classic film The Third Man, the 1949 film noir directed by Carol Reed, starring Orson Welles and Joseph Cotten. Canal Plus is said to be shopping the remake around and has lined up screenwriter Steven Knight (Eastern Promises) as well as Leonardo […]
The folks over at How It Should Have Ended are best known for their hilarious animated alternate endings to popular films. They have finally tackled the cinematic abomination that was Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, showing the many different ways the film probably should have ended. [youtube width=”560″ height=”344″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEdZ-yjxHLI[/youtube] The HISHE team clearly has a […]
Welcome to the first installment of what is sure to become the biggest thing on the ‘net since it stopped making those NIN-inspired up dial up noises. This will be an ongoing series of articles in which I recommend a film from the decade that gave me the love of the medium. The nineties were […]
Any new project by veteran filmmaker Sally Potter deserves attention. Any new film project which markets itself to mobile phones and the internet almost exclusively also demands attention. Put these two things together and you have Potter’s newest and most (at least technically) daring work to date. Rage is her new film set in the […]
Ain’t It Cool News is reporting a pretty interesting Green Lantern rumour regarding the role of Sinestro. Jackie Earle Haley — most recently known for his portrayal of Rorscach in Watchmen — is said to be up for the role of Hal Jordan’s mentor-turned-nemesis. It is still unclear whether Martin Campbell’s Green Lantern film will […]
The first trailer for Sylvester Stallone‘s 1980’s style action extravaganza The Expendables has arrived. The film stars some of the greatest action movie stars in the history of film, including Jet Li, Jason Statham, Dolph Lundgren and Stallone himself. Hell, he’s even thrown in Mickey Rourke and Eric Roberts for good measure. [youtube width=”560″ height=”344″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liVA7gpXgNk[/youtube] […]
Arnold “The Governator” Schwarzenegger. Bill “Henchman” Duke. Gary “Actually Crazy” Busey. Carl “Apollo Creed” Weathers. Jessie “The Body” Ventura. Danny “I’m gettin’ too old for this shit” Glover. What do these titans of the 80’s and 90’s action film have in common? All have gone toe-to-toe with the intergalactic hunter known as the Predator. Despite rippling biceps, superior numbers, and […]
Seeing as I’ve been in their presence for several years now, it’s still a surprise to me when I meet people who are not familiar with the phenomenon that is the hipster. Existing mainly within major metropolitan areas, they’re usually artsy, skinny jean wearing, indie-rock listening, vintage hunting, irony loving youths who, like so many generational ‘fringe’ […]
All over the world there are screenwriters toiling away at their keyboards, each desperately racing to finish the next big Michael Cera comedy vehicle. The writers of Zombieland were definitely the former, but sadly Cera was not available. Luckily for everyone, Jesse Eisenberg (the thinking man’s Michael Cera?) was available and Zombieland is much better […]
