Attention ’90s kids and lovers of cheesy cartoons everywhere! The green-haired force against enemies of mother nature could be making a comeback. According to Hollywood Reporter, Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way Productions is currently working with Paramount to bring Captain Planet and the Planeteers back to the world of entertainment in the form of a movie….
If you are anything like me, you likely approached the first film in the Purge franchise with hesitation. It looked like another home invasion move. You’d seen The Strangers (2008) and Funny Games (2008), and somehow a charismatic psychopath and masks seemed over done. Maybe you somehow ended up at the theater in 2013, and…
At noon on June 1, The Hunger Games Facebook page released the first promo poster for Mockingjay Part 2 and the fandom is going crazy. The poster shows a destroyed statue of President Snow with the mockingjay symbol painted in red behind it. In the bottom corner of the poster (also painted in red) is “#UNITE” and “REVOLUTION.PN.”…
The newest Ghostbusters could all be women, according to a new rumor surrounding the reboot of the highly successful film franchise. It’s been 30 years since Ghostbusters was released to a then-record breaking box office reception. It became an instant classic, and is now regarded as one of the best comedies of all time. After…
Guardians of the Galaxy, directed by James Gunn, takes five misfit antiheroes and throws them headlong into a conflict of galactic proportions. The movie manages to flesh out each character while still making time for heart-pounding action and a ton of great comedic moments. Guardians is best when we just see the five leads bounce…
Superhero movies are becoming more and more ingrained in our culture. They are some of the most profitable movies we have and they have quickly surpassed every other kind of blockbuster in sheer number. They have also changed a great deal since the Batman Movie with bat shark repellant. Some have been dark and gritty…
In this series so far, we’ve covered some pretty special stuff. Videogames have often had a strained and unsuccessful relationship with their television contemporaries. Whether it’s an attempt to depict a popular game, warts and all (or with all kinds of stigmatisation and baggage attached), or if it’s just a game that they invented to…
Jurassic Park 4 was recently confirmed by Universal studios, and let me just say one thing: AAAAH OH MY GOD YES. After languishing in “development hell” for over a decade, which is such a crazy term for what is essentially two executives saying “we couldn’t make a good enough movie”, it looks like we’re finally…
Directed By: James Mangold Cast: Hugh Jackman, Tao Okamoto, Hiroyuki Sanada, Rila Fukushima, Svetlana Khodchenkova, Haruhiko Yamanouchi, Brian Tee, Famke Janssen The Wolverine “Our greatest enemy is the enemy within, for hidden there are dark and destructive emotions. But also hidden there is the light of reason that can lead us to the dawn.” –…
In today’s movie review of The Host (2013), the focus is on adolescent love “squares” rather than on alien invasion issues. “In a world where everything has been dubbed as perfect, aliens who were called “The Souls” try to invade the last of the remaining humans who were resisting their forces.” – This was the description…
Universal’s fear of R-rated films led to severe budget cuts to the Bioshock movie project The the details behind the cancellation of the ill-fated movie adaptation of the 2007 video game classic BioShock have always been shrouded in a fair amount of mystery. However, creative director and co-founder of Irrational Games and one of the…
Our favorite racing game series – Need for Speed – is all set to move on to the big screen. After having sold more than 140 million copies worldwide, and having made a lot of money in the process, the franchise will now be getting its own movie. DreamWorks Deal Need for Speed is the…
Guillermo del Toro’s upcoming giant monsters vs. giant robots movie Pacific Rim is nothing short of a geek’s dream come true. But when the first trailer was released last month, the focus of many gamers’ attention was not on the interdimensional monster invasion, but instead on the familiar voice of the film’s A.I. Fans of…
Premiering at Sundance in 2013, Steve Jobs will get the Ashton Kutcher star treatment in Joshua Michael Stern’s movie biopic “jOBS”. Kutcher is only one out of a handful of stars slated to star in the picture. The movie chronicles 30 years in the life of Steve Jobs, covering his ascension from college drop-out to…