Tom Jolliffe celebrates the cinematic delights of 1987… The 80’s mark a special period in cinema for me. It’s predominantly an age thing. I grew up throughout the 80’s, soaking in some fantastic films. It was a rising golden age of blockbusters which took the foundations of what guys like Spielberg and Lucas launched in […]
Paul Verhoeven says the RoboCop remake was “too serious”
Although not thought of as one of the worst remakes ever made, there wasn’t a whole lot of fanfare for 2014’s RoboCop, which starred Joel Kinnaman, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Keaton and Gary Oldman. And now the director of the 1987 original, Paul Verhoeven, has spoken out about where he felt it went wrong. “Somehow […]
The Top 10 Greatest ZX Spectrum Tunes Ever!
Going through the Top 100 Your Sinclair games [follow the countdown here] I’ve become aware of the rather brilliant – and also dire – tunes that were designed around the games – some hidden amongst levels, but most placed in a prominent spot as the game’s main theme. Not wanting to be overly biased I strolled along […]
The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #94 – RoboCop
Villordsutch counts down Your Sinclair’s Top 100 ZX Spectrum Games… Arriving at Number #94 and we hit one of the first crimes in this Your Sinclair Top 100 as we find Murphy upholding the law and searching for justice in one of the greatest movie tie-in games on the ZX Spectrum. We’ve arrived – already […]
Die Hard Rebooted: 10 Other Franchise Reboots That Failed to Launch
Luke Owen looks at the failed franchise reboots… Rebooting a franchise isn’t just an idea anymore, it’s a formula. If you have a pre-existing franchise with a pre-existing audience, reboot it. And then if that doesn’t work, just reboot it again. We live in a world where we have three different attempts at creating a sustaining […]
Sequel to RoboCop reboot still in the pipeline at Sony
Sony is still considering a sequel to the 2014 RoboCop reboot, according to Den of Geek. SEE ALSO: Exclusive video interview with RoboCop star Gary Oldman The website’s source said that, although the RoboCop sequel is not a high priority for Sony, the project is not a closed one at the studio and they are […]
10 filmmakers who went from Indie Darling to Big Budget Blunder
In the wake of Josh Trank’s Fantastic Four, Matthew Lee looks at ten filmmakers who went from Indie Darling to Big Budget Blunder… Josh Trank’s debut, Chronicle, was a surprise hit of 2012. The film fused the found-footage genre with superhero tropes to create a coming-of-age story that was both fresh and exciting. Trank’s ability […]
Machinima producing RoboCop webseries RoboCops
The future of law enforcement is heading to Machimima, with the digital entertainment platform announcing a new live-action webseries entitled RoboCops. Here’s the official series description… “Dead or alive, you’re coming with me.” OCP’s Security Concepts Division’s RoboCop program is back in an all-new, short-form limited web series, based on Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s 1987 classic action film. […]
The most pirated movies of 2014
As 2014 draws to a close, Excipio has posted the list of the 20 most pirated movies of the year, with Martin Scorsese’s The Wolf of Wall Street narrowly edging out Disney’s blockbuster animation Frozen with more than 30 million illegal downloads over the past twelve months. Via Variety, here’s a list of the top […]
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