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Glorious images from sci-fi action thriller Yakuza Weapon

Well Go USA Entertainment has revealed the box art and a few images from their upcoming Blu-ray and DVD release of the Tak Sakaguchi/Yûdai Yamaguchi-directed sci-fi action thriller Yakuza Weapon. Co-directed by Sakaguchi and Yudai Yamaguchi, who previously worked together on the likes of Battlefield Baseball and Cromartie High School, the film is another Sushi ….

Celebrate The Simpsons 500th episode and win $10,500 and cool swag

In celebration of The Simpsons’ historic 500th episode milestone, Fox has invited fans of the cult classic animated series to participate in The Simpsons Ultimate Fan Marathon Challenge at Hollywood & Highland in Los Angeles. Fans will come together to watch up to 500 continuous episodes of The Simpsons in an attempt to break the ….

Documentary Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films coming from Not Quite Hollywood creator

Drafthouse Films recently nabbed U.S. rights to Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films from Celluloid Nightmares. From acclaimed cult film documentarian Mark Hartley (Not Quite Hollywood, Machete Maidens Unleashed), Electric Boogaloo centers on the story of two Israeli-born, movie-obsessed cousins, Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus, who in pursuit of the American dream ….

Watchmen to return?

From a story that was originally reported on THR, I posted a preview on MyFantasyArt of the controversial upcoming DC Entertainment return to the Watchmen universe, the acclaimed 1986 graphic novel by writer Alan Moore and artist Dave Gibbons. This summer, DC Comics will publish a seven comic book mini-series called Before Watchmen. Every week, ….

New details on Liam Neeson’s currently-filming Taken sequel

Liam Neeson has his hands full right now with giant CG wolves in Joe Carnahan’s The Grey. But the actor has a string of high-profile action projects in post-production, and among them is an as-yet-untitled sequel to the Luc Besson-produced action thriller Taken. What I know about Taken 2 is that it takes place in ….

Cult film studio Hammer to restore and re-release iconic movie library

Legendary cult horror studio Hammer has announced a massive restoration project for its library of films. In partnership with Studiocanal, Pinewood, Anolis Entertainment and other film distributors, more than 30 films will be revamped in high-definition for Blu-ray and other new media formats. Hammer’s original U.S. production partners, 20th Century Fox, Warner Bros and Paramount, ….

Un-cut streaming version of Human Centipede 2 includes poster making-of exclusive

The Human Centipede 2 is one of those films that you can’t stop watching once it starts, no matter how disgusted you are. This un-cut and obviously unrated version can only make the stomach-churning original seem like an episode of MASH. However, unlike the original cult classic film, the tagline for Human Centipede 2 is ….