Thrillers

Third Da Vinci Code being prepped before release of Angels and Demons?

While fans await the May 15th Columbia Pictures’ release of Ron Howard’s Angels and Demons, Variety reports the studio is already working on the third pic in the franchise. Author Dan Brown announced that his next installment in the Da Vinci Code series will be The Lost Symbol, which Doubleday will publish on September 15, ….

Terminator target may join Elm Street remake and dream of Freddy Krueger

Thomas Dekker – who plays the teenage John Connor on the possibly cancelled Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles – is in final negotiations to join the cast of A Nightmare on Elm Street reboot, as a character named Jesse, a jock on the high school swim team., according to ShockTillYouDrop. He would join Jackie Earle ….

Batman: Dead End filmmakers return with Hunter Prey

Sandy Collora, famous for producing the indie short Batman: Dead End, recently wrapped an original sci-fi feature film called Hunter Prey. The new film centers on a group of elite intergalactic commandos that have crash-landed on a harsh planet while transporting an alien prisoner. Now they must track down and recapture the escaped creature, and ….

Quantum of Solace Blu-ray review

Quantum of Solace has been thoroughly criticized as being nothing more than the fourth Jason Bourne film, rather than James Bond 22. It seems most people were expecting the more classic Bond that Casino Royale hinted at resurrecting. I am in total disagreement with the majority I guess, in thinking that taking Bond back to ….

Vintage-looking photos from Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds

CanMag has posted some promotional photos from the set of Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds, featuring the cast, crew and a lot of Brad Pitt. Pitt plays Lieutenant Aldo Raine, who’s in charge of the ‘Basterds’, who’s only mission is to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis during World War ….

FilmFetish is giving away two copies of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button on DVD

A thrilling adventure and captivating story of one man’s unusual and enchanted life, director David Fincher’s Academy Award-winning film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button debuts as a two-disc DVD and two-disc Blu-ray on May 5, 2009 from Paramount Home Entertainment. To celebrate the release, I’m giving away two copies of the DVD edition to ….

Find out how to win $2,500 from producers of the slasher flick Laid to Rest

On April 21st, 2009, Anchor Bay Entertainment releases the Unrated Director’s Cut of Robert Hall’s Laid to Rest on DVD, featuring the debut of the next great masked serial killer – ChromeSkull. For fans who want to find out more about Laid to Rest and ChromeSkull, there’s a new website and contest where fans can ….

The Scarecrow follows Christopher Nolan to the sci-fi thriller Inception

Marion Cotillard (A Good Year), Cillian Murphy (28 Days Later, Red Eye) and Ellen Page (Juno) are all in discussions to join Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi thriller Inception, which he is writing and directing. Leonardo DiCaprio is already attached to star in the film. Production on the film starts this summer for a ….

A Mighty Heart Blu-ray review

A MIghty Heart is based on Mariane Pearl’s account of the riveting and unforgettable story of her husband, Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl’s life and death. Director Michael Winterbottom crafts a film that captivates, intrigues, saddens and angers us, even though we know the outcome of events before watching.

Win an invite to the L.A. premiere of The Mutant Chronicles, plus more cool swag from the movie

Mutant Chronicles is now available on HDNet Ultra VOD and opens in theaters on Friday, April 24th in theaters. Just as Thomas Jane and Ron Perlman kick some serious mutant ass in the film, Magnet Releasing and Pressman Films are kicking some major ass by offering the Ultimate Mutant Chronicles Prize Giveaway! One lucky grand prize ….

Win one of two copies of No Country for Old Men: Collector’s Edition on DVD

Next Tuesday, April 7th, Miramax Films and Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment will release No Country for Old Men: Collector’s Edition on Blu-ray and DVD. The 2007 Oscar winner for Best Picture arrives with more than five hours of bonus features including extensive interviews with the filmmakers and an unauthorized trip backstage with star Josh ….

New Gerard Butler sci-fi thriller Game trailer! More violent than 300?

Well, maybe not. But it’s certainly kinetic. Game stars Gerard Butler as a game avatar from a fictional game called Slayers, who’s had enough. It’s set in a future-world where humans can control other humans in mass-scale, multi-player online gaming environments, and Butler attempts to regain his independence, and take down the game’s mastermind in ….