General movie news
Feb 15
One of the most striking effects in David Fincher’s “The Social Network” was the creation of the Winklevoss twins. Armie Hammer does an excellent job as an actor bringing life to both brothers, giving each sibling a unique personality. However, the performance wouldn’t have mattered if we didn’t completely buy the effect. The reality of …
Feb 12
After stumbling across this gem on sale, hidden at the very bottom of an already heavily reduced DVD bin, I figured that was only fair after my recent review of Under Seige to have a look at the more recent work of one of our favorite action stars, Steven Seagal, and what I got was …
Feb 11
Finally we can see what Matthew Vaughn (Kick-Ass) has in store for us with his new X-Men film “X-Men: First Class”. The superhero film will be released June 3rd, 2011. Check out the trailer below. Are you excited or will this be the next “X-Men Origins: Wolverine”?
Feb 09
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
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
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 …
