Smallville Season 9 Review

Smallville Season 9 Boxset

Over the course of nine seasons, Smallville has progressed from the formula for the first few seasons of “meteor-freak of the week”, with occasional dips into the wider mythology of Superman and nods to the fan-boys, to more expansive, season-bridging plots and the involvement of such Superman staples as Doomsday, Brainiac and The Phantom Zone. [...]

Alien Anthology Blu-ray Preview

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Impressively housed on London’s South Bank the London Film Museum recently played host to a preview of the Blu-ray release of the four Alien films, and with the highly polished Alien Anthology Blu-ray set out on shelves on the 25th of October I wanted to give you an idea of what you’ll be enjoying when [...]

Ouija Gets A New Direction And A New Director?

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After cameoing in such films as Paranormal Activity and The Skeleton Key, it looks as though the humble Ouija board is ready for its turn in the limelight. Part of the baffling decision to adapt numerous board games for the big screen, the Ouija board is relatively light on narrative backstory compared to fellow efforts [...]

Trailer for Anthony Hopkins Exorcist Chiller The Rite Manifests

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Debuted at Spike TV’s Scream Awards a few days ago the trailer for Mikael Håfström’s next film The Rite has found its way online. The trailer, which you can see below, is as plain as can be, littered with cliches, with only the reverberating tones of Anthony Hopkins doing anything to draw me into this [...]

Another Skyline Poster Appears on the Horizon

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We’ve brought you teasers, trailers, posters and stills galore for Skyline, the latest alien invasion spectacular to hit our screens. Although the track record of directors The Brothers Strause is a bit iffy (Aliens vs Predator - Requiem) there is no denying that the trailer looks mightily impressive and if nothing else, there are going to be some [...]

Cars 2 Teaser Trailer and Concept Art Zoom In

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Cars received a slightly lukewarm reception from the critics on its release. The animation was, as always with Pixar, both flawless and peerless and the nostalgia for an age when one would drive on the open highway for the sheer pleasure of it was heart-warming and affecting. Yet somehow, it didn’t seem to mesh into [...]

Matt Damon Won’t Appear in Bourne: Legacy

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We reported here about a week ago on the slightly convoluted explanation of Jason Bourne’s and accordingly Matt Damon’s involvement (or lack thereof) in Tony Gilroy’s upcoming Bourne sequel, The Bourne Legacy. Now, Deadline have a lengthy and detailed report on precisely what this will mean for the film. It transpires that the new film [...]

Has Baz Luhrmann Found his Leads for Gatsby Adaptation?

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It would appear that the auteur from down under, Baz Luhrmann, is ready to put the memory of his much-maligned romantic epic Australia behind him and get back into the director’s chair once again. Bleeding Cool have reported on the news that Luhrmann has met with previous leading man Leonardo DiCaprio, the luminous Rebecca Hall [...]

New International Trailer for Burlesque

Christina Aguilera stars in Screen Gems' BURLESQUE

Screengems have just sent us the new intenrational trailer for Burlesque which is released in the UK 17th December. The movie stars Kristen Bell , Cam Gigandet, Stanley Tucci, Alan Cumming, Eric Dane, Julianne Hough, Peter Gallagher, Cher, Christina Aguilera, David Walton and is directed by Steven Antin who also wrote the movie. Synopsis: A [...]

Ben Affleck Eyes a “Replay” of an Old Fixture

The critical and commercial success of The Town, Ben Affleck’s latest directorial outing seems to have afforded him a lot of choice in terms of his next project. There had been talk that he would sign on for Tales from the Gangster Squad for Warner Bros, but reports came in that he passed on the [...]

New Burke and Hare Clip Appears

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Puting Simon Pegg and Andy Serkis before the camera of John Landis seems to be a stroke of genius and their ressurectionist comedy Burke and Hare goes before the waiting public on the 29th of October. In order to tempt those souls still not convinced the curious combination of talents are worth shelling out good [...]

Poster for Gus Van Sant’s Restless

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A few days after the trailer dropped, Columbia Pictures and Imagine Entertainment have released the official trailer for Restless, their forthcoming teen drama. Directed by Gus Van Sant from a script by Jason Lew, Restless stars Mia Wasikowska, Ryo Kase, Jane Adams, Henry Hopper, Chin Han and Schuyler Fisk. Restless will be released on January 28, 2011. Synopsis: The [...]

Piranha 3D Sequel Lined up For August 2011

Here’s a bite-size piece of news for you all. Deadline has revealed that Dimension Films have already put together the creative force for their intended sequel to Piranha 3D, with the intention of getting the film out in US theatres by late August next year. Do I smell another yearly horror franchise to fill that [...]

Video Vault: Aliens

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With the Blu-ray release of the Alien Anthology on the 25th of October HeyUGuys are taking a look at the entire Alien and Predator series. From Facehuggers to trophy hunting Predators, from the iconic and classic to the dubious crossovers – this is your ultimate retrospective. So remember, even if you ain’t got time to bleed, [...]

Adrien Brody sues Makers of Giallo

Oscar-winning actor Adrien Brody has filed a lawsuit against the producers of Giallo (an Italian horror film he made last year under the direction of Dario Argento), alleging that they lied to him about payment for the film in order to stop him from walking off the set. The Hollywood Reporter has the story that [...]

Ryan Murphy To Remake The Rocky Horror Show (Again)

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Glee creator Ryan Murphy is no stranger to The Rocky Horror Show. Having just finished work on an episode of his hit show that pays homage to the classic, putting the ‘time warp’ in the capable hands of William McKinley High School’s Glee Club, Murphy has been approached by Fox 2000 regarding a remake of [...]

Director of The Fourth Kind Travels to Dark Moon for Warner Bros

Film Title: The Fourth Kind

Warner Bros. have picked up a spec script from the writer/director of The Fourth Kind Olatunde Osunsanmi called Dark Moon, which is in no way to be confused with the recently revealed subtitle of Michael Bay’s next Transformers film. Here’s how THR describe the scene Osunsanmi plans to lay before us, [Dark Moon] takes on [...]

New Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 TV Promos

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If you really can’t wait for the unveiling of the new Harry Potter film in a month’s time then Warner Bros. have released nine new TV promos for the film, which offer bitesize chunks of your favourite wands and wizards saga. While few will mourn the loss of 3D in the first film of the [...]

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole Review

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Following in the footsteps of fellow fantasy auteur Robert Rodriguez, 300 and Watchman director Zack Snyder broadens his repertoire and brings his visual chops (aided by 3D) to this animated adaptation of best-selling children’s book Guardians of Ga’Hoole. In a familiar tale of the hero’s journey/rites of passage in the midst of a struggle between [...]

Young Adult Set Pictures

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Cinematical have exclusively posted some set pictures from Jason Reitman’s new film Young Adult, which stars Charlize Theron, Patrick Wilson, Patton Oswalt, Hettienne Park, Brian McElhaney and Steven Wothe Jr. The film is currently in production, with filming taking place in Massapequa Park, NY for the rest of the week. Young Adult reunites Reitman with [...]