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David McVay
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Feb 09
Retro Review: Commando (1985)
The film that made Schwarzenegger an action star! Sure he had starred in “Conan the Barbarian” (1982), “Conan the Destroyer” (1984) and “The Terminator” (1984) before this, but it was “Commando” that allowed him to be the true action hero. In this film, Arnold was just a super commando, not a villainous robot killer or the …
Feb 08
Is Cobie Smulders Nick Fury’s Sidekick Maria Hill?
On this week’s Film Actually (episode 118) we discussed that Samuel L. Jackson (as Nick Fury) is filming cameos for both “Thor” and “Captain America: The First Avenger”. Jackson had said on Jimmy Fallon that Fury has a female sidekick in these cameos and the internet was buzzing with curiosity, “what character is it?”
Feb 08
Is General Zod in Superman: The Man of Steel?
In an earlier post we discussed the short list for Lois Lane (read it here) and then we discussed Kristen Stewart’s departure from the the running (read it here) as Lois. On this weeks Film Actually (episode 118) we discussed another female casting rumour. A new short list showed up on First Showing but they …
Feb 08
Captain America – New High Resolution images
Months ago, high resolution concept art for Captain America’s suit came out and everyone got really excited. The page with those shots is still hit everyday on this site. Now shots of the suit have been all over the place for weeks now but Bleeding Cool has just put up some really high resolution shots …
Feb 08
Super Bowl TV Spot: Terra Nova
What do you get when you take “Jurassic Park”, the TV series “Dinotopia” and the TV series “Land of the Lost”, squeeze them together and then run the pulp through a food processor and then bake it for 45 minutes at 180?C? Why you get Steven Spielberg’s new TV series “Terra Nova”. Well that’s what …
Feb 07
Super Bowl Trailer: Transformers 3 – Dark Side of the Moon
Jesus!!! Everyone knows I loved the first “Transformers” and hated the second, didn’t we all? But, holy crap! This little Super Bowl TV spot for the third film in the series is hotness!!! I want to see a full trailer before I get too excited but this is good start. Transformers ‘Dark of The Moon’ …
