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John Cusack To Play Edgar Allan Poe

John Cusack To Play Edgar Allan Poe

Brent McKnight August 27, 2010

John Cusack used everyone’s favorite social networking site to announce that he will play Edgar Allan Poe in James McTeigue’s (“V for Vendetta”, “Ninja Assassin”) thriller “The Raven”. No matter what else he does,...

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Neil Marshall Goes Underground

Neil Marshall Goes Underground

Brent McKnight August 27, 2010

Neil Marshall has taken on werewolves, the post-apocalypse, spelunking with monsters, and now that “Centurion”, his latest film, is available for public consumption, Roman history. Now it appears that he is going to do...

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A Dangerous Man (2009) Movie Review

A Dangerous Man (2009) Movie Review

Brent McKnight August 26, 2010

Steven Seagal has made some of my favorite movies of all time, like “Out for Justice”, “Hard to Kill”, “Above the Law”, “Under Siege”. He’s also made some unwatchable garbage, but that’s beside the...

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Scott Adkins Joins Van Damme’s Weapon

Scott Adkins Joins Van Damme’s Weapon

Brent McKnight August 26, 2010

Scott Adkins a badass. The kickboxer can fight like hell, and he has done so in a lot of movies, from direct-to-video gems like “Undisputed II” and “Undisputed III”, to big screen hits like...

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Jim Caviezel in Transit

Jim Caviezel in Transit

Brent McKnight August 25, 2010

The Hollywood Reporter reports that Jesus Christ himself, Jim Caviezel, is bringing his super-intense eyes to director Antonio Negret’s thriller “Transit”. So far the cast includes Elisabeth Rohm (“Angel”), Harold Perrineau (“Oz”), Diora Baird...

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His Name is Still Bruce

His Name is Still Bruce

Brent McKnight August 25, 2010

Jesus Christ, has it really been almost 30 years since “Evil Dead”? When I stop to think about it, this seems completely rational, but somehow I’m not emotionally prepared to accept it. “Evil Dead”...

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Eli Roth Plans To Make A Full-Length Thanksgiving

Eli Roth Plans To Make A Full-Length Thanksgiving

Brent McKnight August 24, 2010

When “Grindhouse” was released in 2007 I heard more about the awesome fake trailers that appeared between the two films than I did about “Death Proof” or “Planet Terror”, and for good reason. Everyone...

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Paul Verhoeven Brings His Crazy To The Dutch East Indies

Paul Verhoeven Brings His Crazy To The Dutch East Indies

Brent McKnight August 24, 2010

Paul Verhoeven may be the only person in the world that thinks “Showgirls” is a great movie. Don’t get me wrong, “Showgirls” is incredible, just not in the way that Verhoeven thinks. It’s more...

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Warner Bros. Buys David Goyer’s Debut Novel

Warner Bros. Buys David Goyer’s Debut Novel

Brent McKnight August 24, 2010

David Goyer already has a successful career writing for movies, his credits include “Batman Begins” and “The Dark Knight”, the “Blade” movies, “Jumper”, and “Kickboxer 2”, to name a few. He also wants to...

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Locke & Key Coming To The Small Screen

Locke & Key Coming To The Small Screen

Brent McKnight August 24, 2010

Just because a series of comic books is popular doesn’t mean that it will automatically draw a huge audience. The idea the comic book industry has of a big crowd and the idea movie...

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Monster Dogs On Screen

Monster Dogs On Screen

Brent McKnight August 23, 2010

Chris Wedge is best known for his animated features like “Ice Age” and “Robots”. However he is eyeing his live-action directorial debut with an adaptation of the 1998 Kirsten Bakis novel “Lives of Monster...

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Carey Mulligan Wants To Drive

Carey Mulligan Wants To Drive

Brent McKnight August 23, 2010

Pixie-esque Carey Mulligan is best known for her roles in dramas like “An Education” and the upcoming “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps”. She was in 2009’s crime thriller “Public Enemies”, and apparently she liked...

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Adam Scott Will Come To Your House If You Didn’t Like Piranha 3D

Adam Scott Will Come To Your House If You Didn’t Like Piranha 3D

Brent McKnight August 21, 2010

I thought “Piranha 3D” was awesome. It’s one of the most purely entertaining movies I’ve seen in a long time. Star Adam Scott feels the same way. On Thursday Scott wrote about it on...

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New Theatrical Trailer For Korean Slasher Bedevilled

New Theatrical Trailer For Korean Slasher Bedevilled

Brent McKnight August 20, 2010

24 Frames Per Second has the new theatrical trailer for first-time writer/director Jang Cheol-soo’s new slasher/revenge thriller “Bedevilled”. Synopsis: Hae-won is a beautiful single woman in her thirties who works at a bank in...

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Piranha 3D (2010) Movie Review

Piranha 3D (2010) Movie Review

Brent McKnight August 20, 2010

Holy fucking shit. Let me say that again, slower this time. Holy. Fucking. Shit. “Piranha 3D” is my new favorite movie of 2010. I’m not a big fan of everything being in 3D these...

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Will Carla Gugino Be A MILF?

Will Carla Gugino Be A MILF?

Brent McKnight August 20, 2010

In this case MILF means Mother I’d Like To Fight. Sorry for any confusion amongst any horny teens in the audience, that certainly wasn’t my intention. Carla Gugino is hot and also kicks a...

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TMNT Remake Hires Iron Man Writing Duo

TMNT Remake Hires Iron Man Writing Duo

Brent McKnight August 19, 2010

Everyone’s favorite heroes in a half-shell now have a scribe, or more accurately scribes, to write their new movie. Heatvision reports that the team of Art Marcum and Matt Holloway have signed to write...

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The Horseman (2008) Movie Review

The Horseman (2008) Movie Review

Brent McKnight August 19, 2010

You can tell “The Horseman” is going to be grim from the very first frame, when you see a teenage girl crying in an alley. Images like that don’t generally indicate that happy fun...

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Warren Ellis Gives An Update On Gravel Movie

Warren Ellis Gives An Update On Gravel Movie

Brent McKnight August 19, 2010

Hollywood has been all up in Warren Ellis’ business lately. The creator of the comics like “Transmetropolitan” and “Planetary” has been busy. His three-issue mini-series “Red”, co-created with Cully Hamner, is a soon to...

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