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Valkyrie Blu-ray review

Valkyrie tells the heroic true story of several German military officers that wholly rejected the ideals of Adolf Hitler and, in an effort to end his assault on German culture, attempt to assassinate him for the greater good of their country. They form a secret alliance with the purpose of removing Hitler from power, understanding ….

Martin Luther King Jr. biopic headed to big screen

DreamWorks is developing a biopic on civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. for the big screen, according to Variety. Steven Spielberg, Suzanne de Passe and Madison Jones will produce. The DreamWorks project marks the first film to be authorized by the King estate and gives producers the right to utilize King’s intellectual property – ….

Jet Li and Andy Lau’s action epic Warlords picks up U.S. distribution

Mark Cuban’s Magnet Releasing, the genre arm of Magnolia Pictures, announced today that it has acquired North American distribution rights to Peter Ho-Sun Chan’s historical action epic, Warlords, featuring Jet Li (The Forbidden Kingdom), Andy Lau (Infernal Affairs) and Takeshi Kaneshiro (Returner). Warlords was a huge critical and commercial hit in China, winning eight Hong ….

Dominic West to star in true account of miracle drug developer

Dominic West (The Wire, The Devil’s Whore, The Forgotten) will star as straight-talking Australian scientist Professor Howard Florey in Breaking The Mould for BBC Four, it was announced yesterday. It is widely recognized that Alexander Fleming was the man who discovered penicillin but the truth is a bit more complicated than that – and the ….

Some behind-the-scenes video from the set of Neil Marshall’s historical epic Centurion

I found this behind-the-scenes video about the filming of writer/director Neil Marshall’s upcoming Centurion, featuring some action scenes from the film, as well as Marshall, Olga Kurylenko, Dominic West and others discussing the genesis of the story, the shooting schedule and more.

David Morrissey talks Centurion and set photos pop-up online

David Morrissey spoke exclusively to Empire Magazine on his experiences filming Doomsday director Neil Marshall’s upcoming historical epic Centurion, while at the U.K. premiere of his new film Is Anybody There. The actor told the magazine: “It’s all about the Roman legion in England, so that’s why I have a crew cut! It’s all action ….

Clash of the Titans begins lensing today for Warner Bros.

Principal photography will began today (April 27th) on Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures’ epic action adventure Clash of the Titans, being directed by The Incredible Hulk’s Louis Leterrier. The film stars Sam Worthington (Terminator Salvation, the upcoming Avatar) and Academy Award nominees Liam Neeson (Taken, Schindler’s List) and Ralph Fiennes (the Harry Potter films, The ….

Doubt Blu-ray review

I didn’t watch Doubt in theaters, however watching the film on Blu-ray for the first time didn’t diminish the riveting effect of such powerful writing and acting representations for me. Doubt was a class in great filmmaking from beginning to end. The performances by Oscar winners Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman, as well as ….

Howard, Gooding and Cranston join George Lucas’ Red Tails project

Terrence Howard, Cuba Gooding Jr. and Bryan Cranston have joined the cast of George Lucas’ WWII action-adventure Red Tails, which follows the exploits of the Tuskegee Airmen, according to Variety. Nate Parker, David Oyelowo, Tristan Wilds, Method Man, Lee Tergesen, Ne-Yo, Elijah Kelley, Andre Royo and Jesse Williams are already attached to the ensemble project, ….