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The way I see it, there are three types of people who will want to see ‘Riddick’ this weekend: 1) those who enjoy the established character and want to see more, 2) those who like Vin Diesel and his ‘Fast and Fur...
The way I see it, there are three types of people who will want to see ‘Riddick’ this weekend: 1) those who enjoy the established character and want to see more, 2) those who like Vin Diesel and his ‘Fast and Fur...
Film industry bible Variety reports that Warner Bros. and DC Entertainment have signed Ben Affleck to play the Caped Crusader in the upcoming Superman/Batman crossover film (or, in Variety parlance, B.Aff’s Boffo Bat Bonanza...
Mark Millar’s ultra-violent superhero story is back in ‘Kick-Ass 2’. If you can believe it, this highly entertaining sequel amps everything up to eleven. From the characters to the story and especially the violen...
How can you not like Smurfs, whose sole reason for existence is to live a peaceful life full of fun, dancing, singing and love? Not to mention that they live in cool mushroom houses in the forest and all wear the same outfit. If y...
This second installment in a supposed Wolverine trilogy is certainly a step in the right direction. Despite ‘X-Men Origins: Wolverine‘ being a terrible mess of a film on all levels, it managed to muster almost $400 mil...
The two ‘RED’ films are meant to be fun and funny. They feature several well-known and highly-accomplished actors doing fantastic secret-agent stuff. The first movie was very engaging as it introduced lead characters F...
In terms of box office, it may be difficult for ‘Despicable Me 2’ to beat its predecessor, which made over $543 million just three years ago. Nevertheless, the directors and writers are back again with Steve Carrell as...
For some reason, 2013 has turned out to be a particularly bad year for franchise sequels. Unfortunately, one of the worst to them leads off our major Blu-ray releases this week.
This week, a third ‘Hangover’ movie and a sixth ‘Fast & Furious’ grace cinema screens. Why? Seriously, why must every remotely popular movie be turned into a never-ending franchise of sequels, prequels,...
With more than $1.5 billion in previous sales, Universal rolls out a sixth entry to one of its biggest film franchises this week. Despite awful dialogue and numerous over-the-top, zany action sequences that are more comical than s...
I’m not quite sure why ‘The Hangover Part III’ was called ‘The Hangover Part III’. The first two films in this series actually dealt with four friends who had epic hangovers and crazy exploits and adv...
Rumors of a new ‘Poltergeist‘ project have been circulating for a while now. It appears that this undertaking has gained some steam recently and has brought some heavy hitters on board. Reportedly, it will be a reboot of the 1982 ...