The Expendables Body Count Infographic

The Expendables Body Count Infographic

Last week Gary posted this exhaustive look at the cinematic death dealt out by the main actors in Slyvester Stallone’s bombastic 80s action heroes class reunion, The Expendables. Taking the gory initiative artist Stephen Wildish compiled this excellent infographic to illustrate the macabre tally and we wanted to share it with you. You can read [...]

Video Vault – Explorers

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80’s Hollywood proved to be an incredibly fertile time for much-loved and long-cherished fantasy films. Thousands of column inches and blogging space has been devoted to the likes of firm favourites such as Ghostbusters, The Thing and the Indiana Jones series, but it’s sometimes the smaller films from that period (which for one reason or [...]

Jason Flemyng Will Play Azazel in X-Men: First Class

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On stage at Movie Con III in London for an Ironclad panel Jason Flemyng spoke about his, previously unknown, role in Matthew Vaughn’s X-Men: First Class. He will play Azazel, who according to this site, is the father to Nightcrawler, the teleporting mutant played by Alan Cumming in the Bryan Singer directed X2. Flemyng confirmed [...]

Edgar Wright Sees Ant-Man As “A High-Tech Spy Heist Film”

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Despite his best attempts to give away as little as possible during his press jaunt for Scott Prilgim Vs. The World, Edgar Wright has nevertheless spilled an interesting nugget of information regarding his take on the upcoming Ant-Man film. Talking to Vanity Fair, Wright revealed that he will be approaching the material as “essentially a [...]

First Look at The Coen Brothers’ True Grit

True Grit

The Coen Brothers’ follow-up to the Oscar-nominated A Serious Man, True Grit, has attracted some buzz ever since it was first announced. Now, courtesy of The Playlist, we have the first official image from the film. Starring Jeff Bridges, Josh Brolin, Matt Damon, Hailee Steinfield and Barry Pepper; True Grit is an adaptation of the [...]

Star Wars Blu-Ray Announcement and Deleted Scene Video

With a slightly muted fanfare George Lucas told fans today at Celebration V that the Star Wars trilogies will be coming to Blu-ray next year. Depending on your (certain) point of view it is either great news that three of the most celebrated films of the past thirty five years are finally being released in [...]

All Aboard For Salt 2?

Despite Angelina Jolie’s Salt not actually having been released yet in the UK, The Los Angeles Times is reporting that a sequel may well be in the works. The film, which has already made $150 million, see’s Jolie’s character accused of being a Russian sleeper spy and follows her attempts to (maybe) clear her name [...]

The First Trailer for Russell Crowe’s The Next Three Days

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Yahoo have debuted the first trailer for the Russell Crowe’s new movie, The Next Three Days. The movie is directed by Academy Award winning director, Paul Haggis (Crash) and also stars Elizabeth Banks, Liam Neeson, Brian Dennehy and Olivia Wilde. Yahoo also give is the Synopsis: Life seems perfect for John Brennan until his wife, [...]

Resident Evil Afterlife Gets New Posters and International Trailer

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If the recent onslaught of marketing for Resident Evil: Afterlife hasn’t convinced you to take in the fourth episode in the series here’s a new trailer to entice. Paul W.S. Anderson returns to direct the carnage with Milla Jovovich as his Alice in Zombieland with Ali Larter, Boris Kodjoe co-starring and Sienna Guillory returning as [...]

Win Tickets to the Avatar Re-Release at the BFI IMAX

As you’ve no doubt heard, James Cameron’s Avatar is coming back to cinemas across the globe for a limited run and will contain more than 8 minutes of new footage. You can find out all the details in this post or scroll down to view the trailer released for the movie’s second run. Twentieth Century [...]

Judge Dredd’s Going For the ‘Urban’ Look

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Following the scoop from Bleeding Cool last month, Empire brings news from Movie-Con this evening that New Zealander Karl Urban has definitely been confirmed as Judge Dredd in the upcoming rebooted. This is great news for fans of the infamous Mega-City One lawman. Urban is a fine character actor, and thanks to his winning turn [...]

First Look at Eastwood’s Hereafter

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Courtesy of The Playlist, via the latest edition of Entertainment Weekly, we have our first look at Matt Damon and Bryce Dallas Howard in Hereafter. Hereafter centers on three people — a blue-collar American, a French journalist and a London school boy — who are touched by death in different ways. Clint Eastwood, who refers [...]

No Need to Panic: Justin Bieber’s Flick Has a New Director. Phew!

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Literally some film fans would have been concerned earlier this month when it was announced that An Inconvenient Truth’s Oscar-winning helmer David Guggenheim had pulled out of directing the 3D Justin Bieber movie that is set to take over Valentine’s Day weekend next year. But, I say to those (probably very lonely) people, fear not, [...]

First Photos & Clip from Ed Zwick’s Love and Other Drugs UPDATED with HD Trailer

Love and Other Drugs

Here’s our first look at Love and Other Drugs, Ed Zwick’s much-talked about romantic drama. Love and Other Drugs stars Anne Hathaway, Jake Gyllenhaal, Oliver Platt, Judy Greer, Hank Azaria, Gabriel Macht and Josh Gad. The script was co-written by Ed Zwick and Charles Randolph, and is based on Hard Sell: The Evolution of a [...]

The Last Exorcism Clip & Poster

The Last Exorcism

The first official clip from The Last Exorcism has made it’s way online today via Empire. If that wasn’t enough to get your blood pumping, then there’s a brand spanking new poster as well. The Last Exorcism has been directed by Daniel Stamm (A Necessary Death), with horror-gore extraordinaire Eli Roth acting as exec producer. The film stars [...]

Once Beloved Franchise finally Terminated?

Terminator Story

For anyone who doesn’t want their memories of James Cameron’s much-loved violent and edgy 1984 sci-fi classic sullied forever, please don’t read on. Comingsoon are reporting that a US production company are seeking the rights to allow them to develop a CG 3D animated movie, featuring Sarah Connor, Kyle Reese and the Arnie Terminator. To [...]

First Trailer Daydream Nation

Daydream Nation

The first trailer for Daydream Nation has found it’s way onto YouTube and it looks like it could be rather a bleak affair! Daydream Nation stars Kat Dennings, Josh Lucas, Reece Thompson, Andie MacDowell and Natasha Calis. It’s directed by Michael Goldblach and as yet I can’t find a release date for it. The synopsis [...]

How Do You Know Trailer Knows How

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How do you know, when news of another Hollywood romantic comedy appears, that it will be any different to the multitude of fellow love/laughfests out there? Well, this one seeks to distance itself from the pack by emblazoning the name of the James L. Brooks over the trailer. And don’t be fooled by this trailer, [...]

Jeffrey Dean Morgan Becomes The Courier

Jeffrey Dean Morgan

Jeffrey Dean Morgan, last seen heading up The Losers, has signed on to star in the upcoming action film, The Courier. The Courier will be directed by Hany Abu-Assad (Paradise Now) from a script penned by Derek Haas and Michael Brandt. According to Deadline, Morgan will play a courier who has taken on improbable missions [...]

Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World Review

We’re trying out a new format for our Scott Pilgrim review. In honour of most of the characters in the film going head-to-head, toe-to-toe, mano-a-mano, we’re having a bit of a review battle. In the red corner, we have self-confessed Scott Pilgrim-fanatic, Ben Mortimer, a man who has read the comics (several times), and who [...]