MOVIE SYNOPSIS Based on the celebrated comic book arc, this epic action-adventure takes Wolverine, the most iconic character of the X-Men universe, to modern day Japan. Out of his depth in an unknown world he faces his ultimate nemesis in a life-or-death battle that will leave him forever changed. Continue Reading
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Can’t wait to see: “The Numbers Station”
MOVIE SYNOPSIS After his latest mission goes disastrously wrong, veteran CIA black ops agent Emerson Kent (John Cusack, 2012) is given one last chance to prove he still has what it takes to do his job. His new assignment: guarding Katherine (Malin Akerman, Watchmen), a code operator at a Continue Reading
Movie review: “The Place Beyond the Pines”
Thwarted expectations lie at the heart of The Place Beyond the Pines, Derek Cianfrance’s almost Shakespearianly-epic tale of two distinctly different men struggling to reconcile two implacably opposed extremes – what they believe life will bring to them and what it actually ends up delivering. Both Ryan Gosling as Continue Reading
“World War Z” goes downunder + new movie poster
SYNOPSIS The film, a loose adaptation of Max Brooks’s bestseller World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War, is directed by Marc Forster. Pitt stars as Gerry Lane, a United Nations researcher who must leave his family in the care of the military and go on a Continue Reading
Zoom! “Planes” gets ready to take off with new trailer
SYNOPSIS Dusty (Dane Cook) is a cropdusting plane who dreams of competing in a famous aerial race. The problem? He is hopelessly afraid of heights. With the support of his mentor Skipper (Stacey Keach) and a host of new friends, Dusty sets off to make his dreams come true. Continue Reading
Weekend Pop Art #4: Zombies are everywhere
These days you could be forgiven for thinking that zombies are everywhere. So prevalent have the post-apocalytic undead become that they are starting to pop up in movies that never featured them in the first place and it’s thanks in part to the imaginative brilliance of one Matt Busch. Continue Reading
Sneak peek: “Europa Report” trailer
MOVIE SYNOPSIS [A group of astronauts] embark on a mission to Jupiter’s moon Europa to investigate the possible existence of alien life within our solar system. When unmanned probes suggest that a hidden ocean could exist underneath Europa’s icy surface and may contain single-celled life, Europa Ventures, a privately funded Continue Reading
Meet you at “The World’s End” (movie trailer + poster)
MOVIE SYNOPSIS 20 years after attempting an epic pub crawl, five childhood friends reunite when one of them becomes hell bent on trying the drinking marathon again. They are convinced to stage an encore by mate Gary King, a 40-year old man trapped at the cigarette end of his Continue Reading
Can’t wait to see: “Fruitvale Station”
MOVIE SYNOPSIS Starring Michael B. Jordan and Octavia Spencer, “Fruitvale Station” tells the true story of Oscar Grant (Jordan), who was shot and killed at age 22 by a BART police officer at the Fruitvale station in Oakland, Calif. on New Year’s Day in 2009. Grant’s death was caught Continue Reading
Sneak peek: “Riddick” in all his darkness-dwelling glory (new poster + trailer)
MOVIE SYNOPSIS The infamous Riddick has been left for dead on a sun-scorched planet that appears to be lifeless. Soon, however, he finds himself fighting for survival against alien predators more lethal than any human he’s encountered. The only way off is for Riddick to activate an emergency beacon Continue Reading