The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Criterion Collection Blu-ray review

Born at the conclusion of WWI, the prune-faced and frail Benjamin Button (Brad Pitt) is rejected by his father (Jason Flemyng) and left at the doorstep of Queenie (Taraji P. Henson), who runs a retirement home in New Orleans. The resident doctor suggests that Benjamin’s chances of survival are low. However, the resilient child perseveres, ….

First images of Superman Brandon Routh in Cracktown and Dylan Dog

Brandon Routh has been fairly quiet the past few years, with little to nothing announced in the way of movie projects, aside from a potential Superman sequel, and a few cameos and walk-ons. Well now it seems Routh’s career is heating up again, with a number of projects in the can, in pre-production or short-order ….

Michael Douglas returns to the thriller with a remake of Fritz Lang’s noir Beyond A Reasonable Doubt

The last thriller I saw Michael Douglas in was the 2006 film The Sentinel, which I thought was ok. It didn’t measure up to the classic Douglas action/comedy/thrillers of the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s like Coma, The China Syndrome, The Star Chamber, Romancing the Stone, Black Rain, and the all-time modern classic erotic thriller Basic ….

Bloody trailer and even bloodier trailer for action film noir Give ‘Em Hell Malone

This trailer for Give ‘Em Hell Malone, which may be appearing at the Cannes Marketplace in a few weeks according to FilmSchoolRejects, was posted on YouTube. The film was directed by Russell Mulcahy, who lensed the cult sci-fi classic Highlander, along with Ricochet, Resident Evil: Extinction, and a bunch of other action films. The movie ….

Notorious DVD review

On April 21st, 2009, Fox Home Entertainment released the biopic Notorious on DVD. The film tells the tragic story of Christopher Wallace (1972-1997) aka Biggie Smalls aka Notorious B.I.G., a Brooklyn-born rapper who was taken at 24 years of age, a casualty of the now famous East Coast-West Coast turf war which first claimed 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.

Guillermo Del Toro talks about Vampire trilogy The Strain

Publisher William Morrow posted this video featuring director Guillermo Del Toro discussing Vampires, the inspiration for his forthcoming Strain book trilogy, which he penned with author Chuck Hogan, who wrote the novel Prince of Thieves, which Stephen King hailed as one of the ten best novels of 2005. Here is the official synopsis of the ….

Hilary Duff plays a narcissistic seductress in What Goes Up: film snapshot

What Goes Up (formerly titled Safety Glass) is a film about a morally challenged New York reporter, Campbell Babbitt (Steve Coogan), who learns life lessons from a group of dysfunctional students (played by Hilary Duff, Josh Peck, Olivia Thirlby) while covering the hometown hoopla surrounding the first teacher in space. Set in the 1980s, this ….

Check out these clips of Sylvester Stallone’s upcoming The Expendables

The Expendables, Sylvester Stallone’s action icon reunion flick due out on April 23, 2010, now has some behind-the-scenes footage online, to go along with the photos that have making the rounds. It features several scenes from the film, including Stallone directing an action sequence and firing a gun, along with clip of Eric Roberts and ….