Our weekly round up of the big news stories from the world of screen superheroes… The Dark Knight Rises became the third film of the year to cross the $400m mark in North America on Friday and will overtake The Hunger Games this weekend to become the second-biggest domestic release of 2012 behind The Avengers […]
Movie Review – The Three Stooges (2012)
The Three Stooges, 2012. Directed by Peter Farrelly and Bobby Farrelly. Starring Chris Diamantopoulos, Sean Hayes, Will Sasso, Jane Lynch, Larry David, Sofía Vergara, Brian Doyle-Murray, Jennifer Hudson and Kate Upton. SYNOPSIS: Moe, Larry and Curly get caught up in a series of misadventures as they attempt to save their childhood orphanage. The Farrelly Brothers […]
Second Opinion – The Expendables 2 (2012)
The Expendables 2, 2012. Directed by Simon West. Starring Sylvester Stallone, Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Chuck Norris, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Jason Statham, Dolph Lundgren, Jet Li, Randy Couture, Terry Crews, Liam Hemsworth, Yu Nan and Scott Adkins. SYNOPSIS: Sent to track down a safe that holds the key to global power, the Expendables come up […]
An update on Adam McKay’s adaptation of The Boys
Two years ago Adam McKay discussed the possibility of bringing Garth Ennis’ The Boys comic book series to the big screen. Since that time there have been many rumours of the project being shut down. However, new information has emerged via a conversation between McKay and a fan on Twitter. The fan tweeted to the […]
Special Features – The Top 5 WWE / Movie Crossovers
Luke Owen on his favourite WWE / movie crossovers… With the recent news that WWE Studios and Warner Bros. are working on a new animated crossover between Scooby Doo and the stars of the WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment – formally WWF), I thought I’d delve into the world of professional wrestling and movie crossovers. This […]
Special Features – The Top 13 Kid’s TV Show Theme Tunes
Luke Owen takes a stroll down memory lane as he selects his Top 13 Kid’s TV Show Theme Tunes… If there is one thing I notice on the YouTube comments section (other than utter stupidity), it’s that “kids of today don’t have good cartoons like we did”. Is this really true? Perhaps. But I’m sure […]
When the job’s too small for The Expendables, it’s time to call in The B-Team
It’s a momentous day for longtime action fans today as the likes of Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, Chuck Norris, Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren join forces on screen in The Expendables 2 [read our review here]. However, there’s another potential team-up on the horizon that’s sure to appeal to hardcore action aficionados, […]
Manning up for The Expendables 2 – The Bruce Willis Rampage
Tom Jolliffe mans up in preparation for The Expendables 2, taking in an overdose of explosive action cinema with ‘The Bruce Willis Rampage’… From bartender, to TV star, to the Nakatomi Plaza, Bruce Willis broke into the action genre in a big way, offering a more everyman alternative to the likes of Stallone and Schwarzenegger. […]
Daredevil rights to revert back to Marvel, Joe Carnahan releases sizzle reels
Since director David Slade (The Twilight Saga: Eclipse) decided to pass on the proposed Daredevil reboot in favour of the Hannibal TV pilot, 20th Century Fox has been facing a race against the clock to get the film into production before October 10th, at which point the rights to the character are set to revert […]
Second Opinion – The Bourne Legacy (2012)
The Bourne Legacy, 2012. Directed by Tony Gilroy. Starring Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz, Edward Norton, Joan Allen, Albert Finney, Scott Glenn, David Strathairn, Oscar Isaas, Louis Ozawa Changchien, Donna Murphy, Stacy Keach and Željko Ivanek. SYNOPSIS: Agent Aaron Cross finds himself on the run after the CIA attempt to liquidate a highly classified assassin program […]
