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The A-Team Trailer is Pretty Freaking Awesome
Honestly, I had my doubts about “Smokin’ Aces” director Joe Carnahan’s upcoming summer blockbuster “The A-Team,” that is, until the first theatrical trailer made its way onto movie-oriented websites early Friday morning. Much to...
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The Second Trailer for True Legend Gave Me Chills. Serious Chills.
In case you didn’t know, Yuen Woo Ping is the man, and the second trailer for his directorial debut “True Legend” is pretty snazzy. It’s been a while since I’ve seen an “old school”...
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Dead Snow Headed to Region 1 This February
Because I’m an impatient horror dweeb who’s prone to spending too much of my hard-earned cash on import DVDs, I already own a copy of Tommy Wirkola’s impossibly entertaining Nazi zombie comedy “Dead Snow”...
Read More »Watch Albert Pyun’s Captain America. For Free. Right Now.
If you didn’t grow up nerdy and socially awkward in the early 90′s, chances are you missed out on Albert Pyun’s wonky adaptation of the semi-popular Marvel comic book “Captain America.” The film, which...
Read More »Luke Goss Snags Lead Role in Death Race Prequel
B-movie actor and occasional Guillermo del Toro collaborator Luke Goss, also known in certain circles as the poor man’s Jason Statham, is set to star in the prequel to Paul W.S. Anderson’s ultra-goofy 2008...
Read More »Badass Footage From Pawat Panangkasiri’s Action Flick Nak Prok
If you’re a martial arts fan in any capacity, then you’re probably already painfully familiar with the Thai action scene. The work coming out of this country at the moment is, in a word,...
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Prequel to John Carpenter’s The Thing Begins Production This March
If it’s not a remake, it’s a sequel. And if it’s not a sequel, it’s a bloody prequel. The outstanding individuals twittering diligently at Production Weekly are reporting this morning that the prequel to...
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The Top 5 Animated Features of 2009
For reasons that escape me as of this writing, I have consumed an abnormally large number of animated films this year. Oddly enough, the vast majority of these pictures are among some of the...
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Will Ghostbusters 3 Begin Shooting This Summer? Harold Ramis Says Yes.
“Ghostbusters 3″ rumors are a dime a dozen these days. One day Bill Murray’s going to play a ghost, the next he’s not. It’s ridiculous, and frequently irritating. So when I stumbled across this...
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No Less Than Three Trailers for Pierre Morel’s From Paris with Love
I’m torn on this one, people. While I’m a huge fan of Pierre Morel’s cinematic output, I’m not exactly what you’d call the biggest John Travolta supporter on the planet. In my humble opinion,...
Read More »Hungry For More Retro Exploitation? Run! Bitch Run! is Ready to Assist You
Believe it or not, I’ve actually lost count of how many exploitation homages we’re currently dealing with at the moment, though you won’t hear me complaining about it. As an avid fan of 70′s...
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The Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of 2009
Regardless of whether or not you agree with the shady practice of downloading pirated movies, torrent sites are probably here to stay. Unless the industry gets its proverbial fecal matter together within the next...
Read More »Repo Men Offers Organ Repossession Without the Operatic Warbling
Yes, I am painfully aware that “Repo! The Genetic Opera” has been around in various forms for quite some time, and I’m also aware that its fanbase is somewhat rabid in its devotion to...
Read More »The Burbank Playas Present Manipede Trailer is Endlessly Amusing
Okay, okay. You got me. That byline is, perhaps, more than a little misleading. After all, I don’t expect everyone to thoroughly appreciate the trailer for Matt Johnson’s madcap horror/comedy “The Burbank Playas Present...
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Two Peculiar Trailers For The Argentinian Superhero Comedy Zenitram
Honestly, I didn’t know what to expect when I finally sat down to watch the two truly bizarre trailers for writer/director Luis Barone’s upcoming superhero flick “Zenitram.” The clips embedded below are completely without...
Read More »An Unnerving Trailer for Gerald Johnson’s Serial Killer Flick Tony
Imagine, if you will, Stephen Root’s character from Mike Judge’s comedic masterpiece “Office Space” interpreted as a nervous, skinny little weirdo living in London and you’ve pretty much encapsulated writer/director Gerald Johnson’s upcoming character...
Read More »Magnolia To Distribute George A. Romero’s Survival of the Dead
Although I’ll probably get stuffed into the metaphorical meat grinder for saying as much, I’m of the belief that George A. Romero’s recent zombified output — namely, “Land of the Dead” and “Diary of...
Read More »Joel Anderson’s Lake Mungo Added to the After Dark Horrorfest Roster
Writer/director Joel Anderson’s understated supernatural drama “Lake Mungo” is an original and very refreshing ghost story, one that will probably irritate and annoy those with abnormally short attention spans. Although the film has been...
Read More »First Official Trailer for Bing Bailey’s Portrait of a Zombie
It’s extremely hard to get excited about zombie movies these days. Everyone and their gluttonous grandmother has made one, flooding the market with cheap, unimpressive direct-to-video genre flicks that do nothing but drag the...
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