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First Picture Of Brad Pitt From The Set Of Ridley Scott’s The Counselor
Once it was announced, Ridley Scott’s “The Counselor” quickly climbed to the top of my must see list. Based on a spec script by Cormac McCarthy (“No Country for Old Men”, “The Road”), the...
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Rosie Perez Joins Ridley Scott’s The Counselor
Remember Rosie Perez? The pint-sized former fly-girl, the spunky co-star of “White Men Can’t Jump”, and community activist? She’s been around here and there, though her highest profile film role in recent years was...
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Sharlto Copley Says Oldboy Remake Is Dark, Gritty, And True To The Original
Doesn’t it feel like the remake of Park Chan-wook’s “Oldboy” has been in the works for forever? Things have been progressing with more and more quickness, however, and the film has Spike Lee at...
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Teaser Trailer For Red Dwarf X
“Red Dwarf” is my all time favorite TV show, hands down. And that’s saying something, because I love the crap out of TV. However, the last installment of the show, the 2009 mini-series “Back...
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Park Chan-Wook’s Horror Thriller Stoker Has An Official Release Date
Many of us here feel “Stoker”, the English-language debut from Park Chan-wook, is a pretty big deal. After all, the South Korean director is the man behind the modern classics of the so-called “Vengeance...
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The Man With The Iron Fists Will Pummel Theaters This November
For a long time we heard rumors, whispers, gossip that RZA from the Wu-Tang Clan was working on a kung-fu movie. Many of us were skeptical. Sure it sounded like a damn fine idea,...
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King Curling (2011) Movie Review
Who out there has always wanted to see a Norwegian curling comedy? Thought so. That’s the precise thrill that Ole Endresen’s film “King Curling” provides. While there are obvious parallels with the Coen Brothers’...
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V/H/S (2012) Movie Review
“V/H/S” is a weird movie because I enjoy it much more in retrospect than I did sitting in the theater. There are some elements that will delight horror fans, but there are moments of...
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The Wolverine Fills Out The Cast
The cast around Hugh Jackman in “The Wolverine”, the sequel to 2009’s “X-Men Origins: Wolverine”, is filling out nicely. What we know of the story largely takes place in Japan, and a collection of...
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Savages (2012) Movie Review
Taylor Kitsch needs a hit like a crackhead. So far this year the “Friday Night Lights” alum has been in “John Carter” and “Battleship”, two of the biggest critical and financial disasters in recent...
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The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) Movie Review
Here’s the deal with Marc Webb’s “The Amazing Spider-Man”: it’s good; it’s fine. There is, however, a but. We’ll get to that. There’s web-slinging adventure, a good amount of fun, and some wonderful actors...
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Ted (2012) Movie Review
Seth MacFarlane’s foul-mouthed buddy comedy “Ted” is surprising. Not because of the story—there is nothing at all unusual there—but because it’s actually pretty funny. It isn’t brilliant, or game changing, or anything like that,...
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Badass Poster For RZA’s The Man With The Iron Fists
To be honest, until yesterday I had forgotten all about RZA’s directorial debut—a kung-fu actioner called “The Man With the Iron Fists”. But that first picture that the rapper/producer/actor/director tweeted yesterday brought it all...
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First Image From RZA’s The Man With The Iron Fists Will Pop Out Your Eyeballs
RZA’s love of martial arts movies is well documented. Hell, Wu Tang’s entire career was fraught with references to kung-fu movies and is an illustration of their passion for the genre. RZA loves kung-fu...
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New On Blu-Ray/DVD: Bullhead (2011)
Michael R. Roskam’s Oscar-nominated crime film “Bullhead” begins with a voice over prologue. This one line sums things up: “One thing is for sure, you’re always fucked.” With that single statement the mood is...
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Poster And Trailer For Robot And Frank
A few days ago the first poster for director Jake Schreier’s independent sci-fi buddy comedy “Robot and Frank” appeared. Today they’re back with the first trailer for the film. Frank (Frank Langella) is a...
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Gareth Edwards’ “Robot Star Wars” Gets A Name And A Writer
Gareth Edwards hit in a big way with his 2010 film “Monsters”. In addition to working on a new Godzilla movie, he’s quietly been working on another project. All we really knew about that...
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International Trailer For Taken 2 Gives Bryan Mills The Chance To Do What He Does Best
“Taken” is pretty badass. And if the new international trailer for “Taken 2” is to be believed, the sequel will follow in those footsteps. It looks like Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson) is about to...
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New Zombie 108 Trailer Is Bananas
The new trailer for Taiwanese horror flick “Zombie 108” has most of the things that I look for in a movie. There is a little bit of set up, a little bit of story,...
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