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The Expendables Trailer #2

Alright action junkies, the second trailer for Sly Stallone’s much-anticipated “The Expendables” has just been released. The film promises to bring together the biggest, baddest action stars of all...

Jun 4, 2010 / Eric M. Armstrong
Trailers

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World Trailer

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World Trailer

Director: Edgar Wright Writer: Edgar Wright Studio: Universal Pictures Cast: Michael Cera, Kieran Culkin, Mary Elizabeth Winstead Release: August 13, 2010 Meet charming and jobless Scott Pilgrim...

Jun 1, 2010 / Eric M. Armstrong
Features

‘The Hobbit’ Loses Guillermo del Toro as Director

‘The Hobbit’ Loses Guillermo del Toro as Director

Guillermo del Toro, director of “Pan’s Labyrinth” and the man slated to helm the adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien’s famous novel, “The Hobbit,” has announced that he is leaving the project. “In light...

Jun 1, 2010 / Eric M. Armstrong
Drama

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010)

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010)

Is “Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time” the best video game adaptation ever? Personally, I prefer Uwe Boll’s “House of the Dead.” At least the latter had the decency not to spend $200 million as if...

May 31, 2010 / Eric M. Armstrong
Below the Line

Shrek Forever After (2010)

Shrek Forever After (2010)

The trilogy used to be the golden standard for film franchises prior to the aughts. Every now and then a “James Bond” or a “Godzilla” or a “Star Trek” would come along and break the mold, creating a...

May 30, 2010 / Eric M. Armstrong
Features

Dennis Hopper Dead at 74

Dennis Hopper Dead at 74

Hollywood screen legend, Dennis Hopper, known as one of Tinseltown’s most creative and versatile bad boys died Saturday from complications due to prostate cancer, a friend of the actor told Reuters ....

May 29, 2010 / Eric M. Armstrong
Drama

50,000 Movies Are Made Every Year — Is That Too Many?

50,000 Movies Are Made Every Year — Is That Too Many?

Most advancements in technology, notably the incredible strides digital video has made in recent years, are hailed as grand steps towards some idealized zenith of uninhibited collectivist creativity....

May 27, 2010 / Eric M. Armstrong
FCS

MacGruber (2010)

MacGruber (2010)

Saddled with plot holes, tonal and practical inconsistencies, shallow characters and an uneven, intermittently funny script, “MacGruber” is not a good film. But it does feature a surprisingly nuanced...

May 27, 2010 / Eric M. Armstrong
News

Video: Why is ‘Twilight’ So Popular?

Do you have a wife, girlfriend, daughter or mother who is obsessed with Stephanie Meyer’s “Twilight” books and the those awful, awful films? If so, chances are you’ve picked up one of the books at...

May 27, 2010 / Eric M. Armstrong
Festivals

Tallgrass Presents the Midwest Premiere of Lee Whitman’s ‘WAR STORIES’

Tallgrass Presents the Midwest Premiere of Lee Whitman’s ‘WAR STORIES’

Wichita, KAN. – The Tallgrass Film Association and Uncheckable Films will present the Midwest premiere of Wichita-native Lee Whitman’s feature film debut WAR STORIES. The film will screen 7 p.m.,...

May 25, 2010 / Eric M. Armstrong
Action/Adventure

TMA’s 25 Greatest Horror Movies of All Time

TMA’s 25 Greatest Horror Movies of All Time

As usual, distilling the value of a film into a short paragraph and ranking it against every other film ever released in the same genre is imperfect, subjective and quite frankly, irrational — but it...

May 25, 2010 / Eric M. Armstrong
Blogs

Postal Failure: Aparna Sen’s ‘The Japanese Wife’ Disappoints

Postal Failure: Aparna Sen’s ‘The Japanese Wife’ Disappoints

Indian indie favourite Aparna Sen’s new film about love through letters lacks style and diction. The phonetic possibility of her surname Sen makes Indian indie filmmaker Aparna Sen’s films a fine...

May 19, 2010 / Sayandeb Chowdhury
Features

Terry Gilliam Nabs Ewan McGregor For ‘Don Quixote’

Terry Gilliam Nabs Ewan McGregor For ‘Don Quixote’

Terry Gilliam’s fittingly Quixotic quest to make a movie set against the backdrop of Miguel de Cervantes’ 17th century magnum opus “Don Quixote” may finally be coming to a head. Empire bumped into...

May 18, 2010 / Eric M. Armstrong
Trailers

Video: Gritty Super Hero Reboot Parody

Video: Gritty Super Hero Reboot Parody

So, you’ve got a once vibrant franchise that’s made hundreds of millions of dollars. You’d love to keep this golden egg laying goose alive and well, but the most recent iterations have become tired,...

May 18, 2010 / Eric M. Armstrong
News

3D Version of Cult Thriller ‘Battle Royale’ in the Works

3D Version of Cult Thriller ‘Battle Royale’ in the Works

For those of you who think 3D is a gimmick and will disappear as quickly as it did in the 1950s, you’re right about the gimmick part. But the technology seems to be here to stay. Hollywood has been...

May 17, 2010 / Eric M. Armstrong
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