Arnie’s Return to Recharge Terminator Series

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It’s the strangest thing – when Arnold Schwarzenegger exited public office there was a keen flurry of activity regarding his supposedly inevitable return to the big screen. Rumours and remakes flew around our heads, a barely credible cartoon entity was teased but now comes a report that one of the most recognisable faces and names [...]

McG Lands Ouija Directing Job

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McG (Terminator Salvation) has won the contest to direct Ouija for Universal and is now in negotiations. McG beat rival director Breck Eisner (The Crazies) who was also in contention. Plot details on Universal’s planned adaptation of the classic Hasbro board game about conjuring up spirits of the dead are being kept under wraps, although [...]

Robert Downey Jr – Last Box Office Superstar?

Robert Downey Jr has had a very up and down (and up again) career, and whilst he has been hugely popular with a large set of fans for the duration, his fall from grace meant that he wasn’t a big box office draw for most of it. This has changed in the last couple of [...]

Friday Fun: 50 Movies, 1 Awesome Trailer

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While perusing around YouTube I came across this trailer by a guy called “vadoskincheg”.  It’s three minutes of pure awesomeness.  He created a mash up of 50 movies and cut it together to make a one trailer.  Using clips from all sorts of different films like Sherlock Holmes, Terminator Salvation, New Moon, The Day the [...]

Last Minute Christmas Present Recommendations!

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Ho Ho Ho! It’s that time of the year for giving and receiving and if your having trouble finding the perfect gift for your loved one then i will hopefully mention something that will help fill that stocking in time for 25th December. I’m going to run down my top Blu-Ray films, Top DVD’s, Top [...]

McG Wants to Direct Terminators 5 & 6

Terminator Salvation did little to improve the fortunes of the ailing Terminator franchise, despite excellent work from Sam Worthington and Anton Yelchin, McG’s direction failed to excite and rights to the Terminator series are being lined up for sale to the highest bidder. It seems a long time ago since Arnie promised that He’d Be [...]

A Professor of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Discusses Terminator Salvation

Earlier today I had the chance to talk to Noel Sharkey PhD DSc FIEE FBCSCITP FRIN FRSA, Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics at Sheffield university. During our conversation, which was organised to promote the DVD and Blu-Ray release of Terminator Salvation, the professor and I discussed the possibility of a Skynet-type system taking over, [...]

Blu-ray Review: Terminator Salvation

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This is a great month for Blu-ray releases, with a series of blockbusters tailor made for the High Def generation taking advantage of the new format. Terminator Salvation, released tomorrow, is a perfect example of a film given the deluxe HD treatment, not only in terms of sound and picture quality but also in the [...]

Competition: Win Terminator Salvation on Blu Ray in a T-600 Skull Box

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To celebrate the release of McG’s, Terminator Salvation being released on DVD & Blu Ray on Monday (23rd November), Sony Pictures have given us a Skull Box edition to give away. It’s on Blu Ray and as you can see from the image, it comes inside a T-600′s head! To be in with a chance [...]

Judgement Day and Night – All Four Terminator Films Back to Back at the BFI

The Terminator franchise is one of the most iconic of our generation, spanning three decades and three directors and giving us catchphrases, mind-bending time travel plot-lines and a enemy that is the Frankenstein of the 20th century. The cultural impact of these films is evident as we recognise the metal skeletons with the red unblinking [...]