The Iron Giant movie, which hit the theaters back in 1999, had it all. Great animation. Wonderful voice actors. And a heartfelt story. (Have tissues ready for the “Superman” scene.) So both critics and fans alike were a bit mystified when it didn’t rake in millions as later giant robot-with-human sidekicks films did a few years later. Was The Iron Giant ahead of its time?
Continue reading From the Scrapheap: Iron Giant Remastered, Returning to Theaters and Toy Stores
While J.J. Abrams and company have been keeping a tight lid on The Force Awakens, releasing information in a very careful and calculated way, Star Wars fans have recently been treated to some interesting news and rumors surrounding the as of yet untitled Star Wars Episode VIII, currently slated for release in May 2017.
Continue reading What We Know So Far: Star Wars Episode VIII Casting and Rumors
Keeping with the recent trend of movie studios developing video game franchises for the big screen, 20th Century Fox and Chernin Entertainment are reportedly giving Mega Man the live action treatment.
The brain child of Akira Kitamura and Keiji Infune, we first met the human/robot hero in 1987 when Capcom released the first Mega Man video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System. The main series of games pit the Blue Bomber against the dastardly Dr. Wily and his army of evil robots bent on world domination.
Continue reading Live Action Mega Man Movie in the Works at 20th Century Fox
Though many fans are still getting over the CG disappointment that was the Hobbit Trilogy, a recent announcement concerning the BluRay/ DVD release might just bring some back into the fold. The extended version of the epic finale, will include a R rated version of The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies.
Continue reading The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies Gets ‘R’ Rating
Fox announced the Assassins Creed film nearly two years ago with Michael Fassbender at the helm. It’s needless to say the first official image released was a long time coming.
Continue reading First Look at Michael Fassbender in Assassin’s Creed
There aren’t too many horror films these days that make their way onto my must watch list. Sure we get the occasional really scary film like The Conjuring, or a bit more cerebral fare like It Follows, and of course we made no secret of our love of Cabin in the Woods. But today we are going to talk about another ‘horror’ film that has made it onto not only my “Must see” list, and then onto my “Hey, watch this” list.
Tucker and Dale vs. Evil impressed us when it first came out with its limited run in theaters, but has developed a cult audience over the last few years, made up of others who also fell in love with the oddball horror-comedy. This cult following collectively jumped for joy at the news that there is a sequel officially in development!
Continue reading Tucker and Dale Versus Evil 2 Confirmed in Development!
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